This handbook explains the requirements for selecting, developing, evaluating, and placing a student in the Refuges and Wildlife Cooperative Education Program of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Following a brief program description, information is provided on the following topics: the responsibilities of various administrators; the program components (career occupations, purpose, objectives, eligibility, selections, appointment, work schedules, pay and benefits, travel expenses, academic expenses, classification and promotion, assignments, transfers, and termination); training program development (orientation and training, trial period, and performance appraisal); and employment after graduation. Twelve appendixes, which make up most of the document, include more detailed descriptions of the program and forms used in training. They consist of the following: (1) definitions; (2) academic occupational requirements; (3) cooperative education agreements; (4) statements of understanding; (5) orientation guide; (6) sample position descriptions; (7) sample performance standards; (8) sample training plan; (9) work period appraisal; (10) sample personnel forms; (11) sample vacancy notice; and (12) qualification standards. (KC)