I fulfill a number of wildlife management contracts in the South East of England and have a need to add in one (or possibly more) Wildlife Managers onto one of the contracts that i have on a site near High Wycombe.
Primary focus will initially be on grey squirrel control, using an air rifle to shoot squirrels from a fixed point overlooking a bait station. If that goes well, the appointee could also have access to managing roe and muntjac, from high seats and via stalking. This is paid work, with roughly 10 sessions of squirrel control of about 3 hours each to do between now and the end of March. Successful candidate can expect to earn circa £600-700.
This work takes place in high public access areas and (as well as having the requirements outlined below) the successful appointee will need to be able to operate in a professional and discrete manner, avoiding conflict with members of the public.
Qualifications required are as follows:
Emergency First Aid at Work plus Forestry add on
Lantra Grey Squirrel Management Qualification, or the Shooting and Hunting Academy Grey Squirrel Course, or DSC 2
Manual handling certificate (can be done online)
Suitable insurance
If all goes well, candidates could undertake deer management on the same site. To do that, DSC 2 and an open firearms certificate would be needed.
If you're interested, please drop me a message via the forum, confirming that you have the necessary qualifications and outlining your experience in work of this type.
I fully expect that there will be a range of views on the requirements listed above, but to coin a phrase, it is what it is!
Hopefully it's of interest to someone.
Primary focus will initially be on grey squirrel control, using an air rifle to shoot squirrels from a fixed point overlooking a bait station. If that goes well, the appointee could also have access to managing roe and muntjac, from high seats and via stalking. This is paid work, with roughly 10 sessions of squirrel control of about 3 hours each to do between now and the end of March. Successful candidate can expect to earn circa £600-700.
This work takes place in high public access areas and (as well as having the requirements outlined below) the successful appointee will need to be able to operate in a professional and discrete manner, avoiding conflict with members of the public.
Qualifications required are as follows:
Emergency First Aid at Work plus Forestry add on
Lantra Grey Squirrel Management Qualification, or the Shooting and Hunting Academy Grey Squirrel Course, or DSC 2
Manual handling certificate (can be done online)
Suitable insurance
If all goes well, candidates could undertake deer management on the same site. To do that, DSC 2 and an open firearms certificate would be needed.
If you're interested, please drop me a message via the forum, confirming that you have the necessary qualifications and outlining your experience in work of this type.
I fully expect that there will be a range of views on the requirements listed above, but to coin a phrase, it is what it is!
Hopefully it's of interest to someone.
