At this moment in time a Mandatory testing to competency standard lev1 or equivalent is on the card but before this happens the Private sector need to prove they can deliver a system acceptable to all. This is no were near happening even the price of an assessment cannot be set at fixed level. All the organisation even the collages are trying to rip people off this will not run well with the Scottish Government even if Basc Bds are sitting on the start up panels.
eg. Barony Collage two years ago assessment only £87 Dear David or will we start to call you Forrest, if you hadnt noticed everything has gone up in the last two years . Today's price for the same assessment on your own ground £140. DJC don't worry the government will not let it happen ""Really"" think again have a wee look at the amount of local authorities that have made there personnel redundant . while there is no set guide lines and BASC let people charge what they want for the Assessment.
The have dropped BP as of this year and that should tell people that the Scottish government have lost faith in what SNH was trying to do with the deer industry up here.