huntertogame 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.
29%
68.4/ 100
1 Share of the game keeper role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hunter profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A game keeper role treats 3 of its required skills as things a hunter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- 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 would need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held rear game required
- required, not held remove predators required
- required, not held apply animal hygiene practices required
- required, not held organise game shoots required
- required, not held control the production of game meat for human consumption required
- required, not held manage habitats to benefit game required
- required, not held protect game required
- optional, not held manage rivers and streams optional
- required, not held animal welfare legislation required
- required, not held 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 skill · occupation specific
- 02 maintain game equipment skill · occupation specific
- 03 manage habitats to benefit game skill · occupation specific
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.
- required, not held animal welfare legislation required
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.