Hi folks,
I've just discovered that I probably need to get DSC2 fairly swiftly in the new year.
What is the quickest way to do it from a standing start (no dsc1)?
Does anyone run packages with the Dsc2 witnessed stalks included?
There is some urgency here.
Hi folks,
I've just discovered that I probably need to get DSC2 fairly swiftly in the new year.
What is the quickest way to do it from a standing start (no dsc1)?
Does anyone run packages with the Dsc2 witnessed stalks included?
There is sone urgency here.
The quickest way to the DSC2 is to book yourself in with a Professional Hunter/DSC2 witness with lots of ground that holds Roe, in the Roe doe culling season, for say one and a half days. This will give you an opportunity to do 5-6 seperate stalks on day one and another two 'insurance' stalks the next morning. With a bit of luck you will manage to complete your three ICR's over that short time of intensive hunting.
MS Moray is correct DSC2 cannot be done before DSC1 is achieved. The ICR's for DSC2 cannot be done retrospectively.There is nothing to stop you doing your DSC 2 before your DSC 1, but you won't be able to register for DSC 2 until you have completed DSC 1 if that makes sense?
The forms can be downloaded from the DMQ website so you don't necessarily need a portfolio to be getting on with it. However, all evidence submitted must be less than 3 years old.
I would suggest though that much of the knowledge gained on DSC 1 will assist greatly towards achieving DSC 2. Are you sure you are ready for DSC 2?
Many folks don't seem to comprehend that the 'leap' from level 1 to 2 is not a small one! An awful lot of first DSC 2 stalks revert to a training stalk where the candidate is clearly nowhere near ready to be assessed. It is often worth going out with an AW or experienced holder of DSC 2 first just to give you confidence that you are up to the required standard.
Good luck.
MS
Sorry but both state that it can be started before registering. You have read Moray's post wrong Jon.MS Moray is correct DSC2 cannot be done before DSC1 is achieved. The ICR's for DSC2 cannot be done retrospectively.
Best regards.
Jon.
It didn't Glyn. Jon has got it wrong! MS and Moray both have it correct.When did this change? I always understood that evidence gathered upto three years prior to DSC2 registration could be submitted providing it was in the correct format, correctly witnessed and up to the required standard. Is this no longer the case?
I can guarantee you that MS isn't out of touch though and I doubt Moray is either.I am a little out of touch with the industry so it could well be the case that the prior evidence is no longer allowed but it certainly used to be the case. I will have to check.
I can guarantee you that MS isn't out of touch though and I doubt Moray is either.
Baguio
You doubtless all have way more experience as AW's than me, so please help me out here.
All I can do from where I currently sit is to read the guidance.......
DMQ's website states that "You must have completed DSC1 before you can register for DSC2" (see DMQ - FAQ about DSC1 amp DSC2 under "How Do I Register") or on their guidance for registering for DSC2 where they state "To register for DSC2 you must first have obtained DSC1."
The AW Handbook, dated May 2012, states that "A candidate’s period of registration for the gathering of evidence is 3 years from registration". I haven't gone through line by line but I can find nothing about the validity of evidence collected prior to registration.
The DSC2 Candidate presentation states that "You have 3 years in which to gather your evidence and submit your portfolio for assessment", with nothing on the validity of evidence collected prior to registration.
Seems clear enough to me, but happy for you to point me towards something/anything other than posts on Internet Forums that would support the hypothesis that "evidence gathered three years prior to registration is valid".
Otherwise all I can see is a clarification coming down the line from DMQ......
willie_gunn