Hunter to game keeper
A hunter already meets 29% of what the game keeper role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
68.4/ 100
1 How much of what a game keeper is expected to do is already part of a hunter’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the game keeper role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A game keeper role treats 3 of its required skills as things a hunter already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- manage game management plans
- understand game species
- wild game meat food safety requirements
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A game keeper role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hunter background worth leading with.
- already held manage game management plans management skills
- already held understand game species natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held wild game meat food safety requirements services
- already held coordinate the sale of game communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held hire beaters management skills
- already held train gun dogs handling and moving
All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the game keeper role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn rear game required
- still to learn remove predators required
- still to learn apply animal hygiene practices required
- still to learn organise game shoots required
- still to learn control the production of game meat for human consumption required
- still to learn manage habitats to benefit game required
- still to learn protect game required
- optional, not held manage rivers and streams optional
- still to learn animal welfare legislation required
- still to learn maintain game equipment required
- optional, not held manage chemical testing procedures optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a game keeper role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 control the production of game meat for human consumption practise this
- 02 maintain game equipment practise this
- 03 manage habitats to benefit game practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- already held manage game management plans skill
- already held understand game species knowledge
- already held wild game meat food safety requirements knowledge
- already held coordinate the sale of game skill
- already held hire beaters skill
- already held train gun dogs skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held clear woodland optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held clear woodland optional
- optional, not held manage rivers and streams optional
- optional, not held manage chemical testing procedures optional
24 held skills the game keeper role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role European firearms-control legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role acquire licences for the use of weapons skill
- not needed by the target role animal hunting knowledge
- not needed by the target role camouflage knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with wildlife hazard management programmes skill
- not needed by the target role control animal movement skill
- not needed by the target role deal with killing animals processes skill
- not needed by the target role dispose of dead animals skill
- not needed by the target role ecosystems knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role hunt animals skill
- not needed by the target role monitor wildlife skill
- not needed by the target role process animal by-products skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid to animals skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role slaughter animals skill
- not needed by the target role topography knowledge
- not needed by the target role trap animals skill
- not needed by the target role types of arrows knowledge
- not needed by the target role use firearms skill
- not needed by the target role use geographic information systems skill
- not needed by the target role wildlife knowledge
- not needed by the target role wildlife projects knowledge
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn animal welfare legislation required
Common questions about this move
Can a hunter become a game keeper?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A hunter already covers 29% of what a game keeper is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 3 of which the game keeper role treats as required.
What skills does a hunter need to become a game keeper?
9 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is control the production of game meat for human consumption.
How hard is the move from hunter to game keeper?
Its learning distance is 68.4 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.