Trappers and hunters
Trappers and hunters trap and hunt wild animals for pelts or live sale.
Undetermined
Market Demand
TEER 5
Skill Level
NL, PE, NS
Top Provinces
What They Do
- Set traps with bait and position traps along trails
- Operate boats or snowmobiles or travel on foot, snowshoes or skis to patrol trapline or to reach hunting areas
- Pursue animals by observing and recognizing tracks, trails, animal droppings or broken foliage
- Remove catch and reset traps and snares
- Kill and skin catch for pelts, and treat and pack pelts for marketing or for transport to public auctions
- Kill wild animals using firearms or other weapons
- Trap live animals for sale to buyers or for relocation purposes
- Maintain and repair trapping and hunting equipment
- Maintain trails and access to trapping lines or hunting regions
- Trap designated animals for bounty or other control programs
- May train dogs for hunting
- May monitor animal population in the trapping or hunting regions to ensure future sustainability.
Qualifications
- checkCompletion of trapping or hunting courses may be required in some provinces.
- checkA provincial trapping or hunting licence is required.
Market Outlook by Province
Immigration Pathways
TEER 5 occupations require short-term work demonstration and minimal formal education. Immigration pathways are limited but some provincial programs apply.
Provincial Nominee Programs
Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Agri-Food Pilot
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Quality Control Testing
to ensure traps, firearms and other equipment are functioning correctly
Equipment and Tool Selection, and Setting Up
to select the appropriate trapping lines or equipment for the desired animals and to install traps according to safety requirements and regulations
Spatial Orientation
to navigate through forests, mountains and other natural terrains to locate traps and return to their starting point or designated locations
Arm-Hand Steadiness
to set traps and place them carefully to ensure they are effective and safe
Independence
to handle tasks, make decisions and solve problems without relying on others
Knowledge in Livestock, Farm Animals & Wildlife
to understand the behaviour and habits of different species to predict where and when animals are likely to be found
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