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Career Details : Hunters and Trappers

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Description

Hunt and trap wild animals for human consumption, fur, feed, bait, or other purposes.

Experience

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.

Education

These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.

Training

Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.

Tasks

  • Stands watch to observe behavior of captured quarry.
  • Drives quarry into traps, nets, or killing area, using dogs or prods.
  • Removes designated parts, such as ears or tail, from slain quarry as evidence for killing bounty, using knife.
  • Scrapes fat, blubber, or flesh from skin-side of pelt with knife or hand scraper, and cures pelts with salt and boric acid.
  • Packs pelts in containers and loads containers onto trucks for transporting.
  • Traps or captures quarry alive for identification, relocation, or live sale.
  • Skins quarry, using knife, and stretches pelts on frames to be cured.
  • Selects, baits, and sets traps according to species, size, habits, and environs of bird or animal and reason for trapping.
  • Trains dogs for hunting.
  • Washes and sorts pelts according to species, color, and quality.
  • Restrains quarry with arms or nets and rigs net or sling under catch to permit hoisting without bodily injury.
  • Patrols trapline or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps.
  • Kills quarry for pelts or bounty, using club, poison, gun, or drowning method.
  • Releases quarry from trap or net and transfers it to cage, or secures identification tag to quarry and releases it.

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    Frequent Work Context

    • Outdoors
    • Hazardous Situations
    • Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
    • Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
    • Consequence of Error

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