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Hunters and Trappers

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.

Important Abilities

   1. Static Strength
   2. Speed of Limb Movement
   3. Near Vision
   4. Far Vision
   5. Trunk Strength

General Work Activities

   1. Performing General Physical Activities
   2. Handling and Moving Objects
   3. Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
   4. Judging Qualities of Things, Service, People
   5. Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Important Skills

   1. Equipment Selection
   2. Monitoring
   3. Installation
   4. Critical Thinking
   5. Instructing

Frequent Work Context

   1. Outdoors
   2. Hazardous Situations
   3. Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
   4. Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
   5. Consequence of Error

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