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Maintain security for a wildlife management area

URN: LANGa7
Business Sectors (Suites): Game and Wildlife Management
Developed by: Lantra
Approved on: 2022

Overview

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This standard is about maintaining security for a wildlife management area. 

This standard is for those who work in game conservation and it can be applied to any wildlife management area.

To meet this standard you will be able to:
• reduce opportunities for security breaches
• implement surveillance systems to monitor security
• implement security procedures 
• identify suspected security threats or incidents
• work with others to deal with suspected security incidents.

For you to fully understand the content of the standard, and the activities it describes, 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:

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  1. carry out the activity safely, in line with the relevant health and safety requirements
  2. maintain security procedures for the wildlife management area that comply with the relevant nation-specific legislation, codes of practice and organisational requirements
  3. implement systems that ensure the safe, secure and legal storage of controlled items, including firearms, ammunition, traps and snares, chemicals used for pest control and other hazardous items
  4. create and maintain a log of traps and snares, their setting, checking, re-setting and withdrawal for movement or storage, including the use of a systematic identification system
  5. maintain all notices and devices used to manage access to the wildlife management area in a serviceable condition
  6. give accurate information and advice in respect of enquiries from the public regarding activities taking place on the wildlife management area
  7. deal courteously with visitors, guests and the general public in the wildlife management area
  8. communicate with colleagues and other bodies and maintain effective team work
  9. maintain vigilance during all work activities for signs that indicate a security threat or incident
  10. use the relevant surveillance methods to monitor the wildlife management area
  11. monitor and interpret signs that indicate a suspected security incident and carry out additional surveillance to obtain evidence, in accordance with organisational procedures
  12. take action in accordance with the nature of the security incident without putting yourself or others at risk
  13. deal with suspected security incidents in a calm and courteous but firm manner 
  14. refer incidents that fall outside your area of responsibility to an appropriate person or the relevant authority
  15. record and report details of all incidents in accordance with the requirements of your organisation

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

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  1. the relevant health and safety requirements in relation to yourself, your colleagues, and the public, including for lone working
  2. the relevant legal requirements that control the security of firearms, ammunition, traps and snares, chemicals and other hazardous items
  3. the importance of maintaining records of traps and snares and how this can be done
  4. the importance of maintaining the security of equipment, livestock, working animals and game
  5. the areas at most risk of security incidents in the wildlife management area
  6. the relevant nation-specific laws concerning access, trespass and poaching 
  7. the importance of developing good working relationships with other land users, neighbours and other bodies to monitor and maintain security
  8. the use of notices and other devices in managing access to the wildlife management area
  9. how to communicate verbally with people in an appropriate manner
  10. how to recognise signs that indicate unauthorised access
  11. the methods employed by thieves, poachers and saboteurs and the signs that indicate their use
  12. the effects of poaching and sabotage on game populations and shooting activities
  13. the periods of the year when game is most vulnerable
  14. the measures that can be used to control access and the importance of maintaining them in a serviceable condition
  15. the types of surveillance methods and when they are best undertaken
  16. how to deal with suspected security incidents, including the reasons for remaining calm and courteous but firm
  17. how to deal with aggressive and abusive behaviour
  18. how distance and terrain may affect the methods used to deal with security incidents
  19. the limits of your authority and when and how to refer security incidents to an appropriate person or the relevant authorities 
  20. why it is important to accurately record and report all suspected incidents of unauthorised activity in accordance with organisation requirements

Scope/range

Scope Performance

Scope Knowledge

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Know how to deal with the following:

  • unauthorised activity
  • suspected poaching
  • poaching
  • visitors, guests and the general public

Values

Behaviours

Skills

Glossary

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Game – any legal quarry species in the nation in which the shoot takes place. The legal restrictions for shooting game differs in each of the four UK nations and should be checked with the relevant national authority.

Wildlife management area – any area of land used for the provision of game-shooting activities

Access – entry to land, facilities or buildings forming part of the sporting estate

Poaching – the unauthorised removal of game from the wild
General public could include – cyclists, walkers, dog walkers, wild campers (Scotland), tourists

Monitor the wildlife management area:
• buildings
• equipment
• livestock
• working animals
• game
• pests and predators
• access
• trespass
• poaching
• sabotage
• wildlife disturbance

National authority controlling shooting activities:
• England – DEFRA
• Northern Ireland – NI Environment Agency
• Scotland – NatureScot
• Wales – Natural Resources Wales

Other bodies could include: police rural crime teams, local land owners, farmers

Surveillance methods could include:
• patrols
• drones
• thermal imagery
• night vision
• CCTV
• trail cameras 
• body cams
• vehicle cams
• ANPR (Automatic numberplate recognition)

Links To Other NOS

External Links

Version Number

3

Indicative Review Date

2027

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

Lantra

Original URN

LANGa7

Relevant Occupations

Estate Worker, Gamekeeper

SOC Code

5119

Keywords

public relations; poaching; access