Support game-shooting activities
URN: LANGa2
Business Sectors (Suites): Game and Wildlife Management
Developed by: Lantra
Approved on:
2022
Overview
This standard is about supporting game-shooting activities. It relates to the activities that you undertake to support shoot days in a wildlife management area. This will include assisting with the running of the shoot day, handling carcasses and returning the shoot area to the required condition.
This standard is for those who work in game and can be applied to any area of land used for game shooting.
To meet this standard you will be able to:
• assist with activities essential to running the shoot day, working according to the planned game-shooting programme
• conclude work related to equipment, facilities and the shoot area
• transport, sort and store game carcasses.
Your work must comply with all current legal requirements and codes of practice when carrying out this activity.
For you to fully understand the content of the standard, and the activities, it is important that you are able to understand the terms used within the standard. See the Glossary for some definitions that should help you with this.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- carry out all activities safely, in line with the relevant health and safety requirements
- support game-shooting activities by carrying out a variety of activities effectively, in order to achieve the requirements of the game-shooting programme
- maintain the safety of participants, staff and the public by adhering to the game-shooting programme and the relevant legal requirements
- communicate effectively the shoot safety requirements to all those involved with the shoot day
- assist participants and colleagues with guns
- monitor game movements, adjust activities accordingly and report on movements to the appropriate person
- observe wild game to determine if their condition is suitable for human consumption
- find, approach and dispatch injured game humanely
- handle and transport game carcasses in a way that maintains their quality and value in accordance with the relevant legal requirements
- assist with the inspection of game carcasses to confirm whether their condition is suitable to enter the human food chain, and report any abnormalities to the appropriate person
- sort game carcasses accurately by species, age and sex, as appropriate
- store game carcasses according to the relevant legal requirements
- return the shoot area to its condition before the shoot
- dispose of waste according to the relevant legal requirements
- clean, transport and store equipment and sporting aids after use
- maintain accurate records according to the relevant organisational and legal requirements
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
- the relevant health and safety requirements associated with supporting shoot day activities
- the relevant legal requirements (including those that are nation-specific) that control the game-shooting activities
- the principles of handling guns safely
- the different activities that help facilitate the shoot day
- how to recognise the normal behaviour and condition of small game and the signs that indicate ill health
- the common small game diseases including those that are notifiable
- the expected movements of the game, possible deviations and the actions required to correct deviations
- how to dispatch different game species humanely
- the proper techniques to be used to handle, transport and store game carcasses, and how incorrect handling practices can damage and contaminate game meat
- the legal requirements and codes of practice controlling the handling, transport and storage of game carcasses
- the potential causes of contamination that can impact on the quality of game meat, including the factors that can affect human health after consumption
- how to inspect game carcasses and the action to take if carcass abnormalities are identified
- the preparation requirements of shot game so that it is suitable for human consumption
- your responsibilities under the current food hygiene regulations as it applies to the handling of game carcasses for human consumption
- the processes used by game dealers to enter game meat into the food chain
- the legal requirements controlling record keeping, labelling and traceability for game meat entering the food chain
- why the shoot area needs to be returned to its pre-shoot condition
- how to clean and inspect firearms safely
Scope/range
Complete two of the following shoot day activities:
• dogging-in
• beating
• stopping
• picking-up
• transporting dead game
• sewelling
• flagging
• guiding
Determine the condition of live game through observations of:
• behaviour
• physical condition
Segregate carcasses that represent a potential risk as a result of:
• abnormal behaviour
• poor physical condition
Inspect game for:
• shot damage
• physical condition
• environmental contamination
Return the shoot area to its pre-shoot condition including:
• collecting equipment
• disposing of spent ammunition cases
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Shooting activities – any relevant legal field sport involving the hunting of game with a firearm
Wildlife management area – any area of land used for the provision of game-shooting activities
Gun – a participant in shooting activity
Game – any legal quarry species in the nation in which the shoot takes place. The legal restrictions for shooting “small game” differs in each of the four UK nations and should be checked with the relevant national authority.
National authority controlling shooting activities:
• England – DEFRA
• Northern Ireland – NI Environment Agency
• Scotland – NatureScot
• Wales – Natural Resources Wales
Sporting aids and equipment:
• flags
• sticks
• sewelling
• communication equipment
• binoculars
• firearms
Links To Other NOS
External Links
Version Number
3
Indicative Review Date
2027
Validity
Current
Status
Original
Originating Organisation
Lantra
Original URN
LANGa2
Relevant Occupations
Estate Worker, Gamekeeper
SOC Code
5119
Keywords
game; shooting; beating; picking-up