Description

Trappers and hunters trap and hunt wild animals for pelts or live sale. They are usually self-employed and work on a seasonal basis.

Job Titles

• Fur trapper
• Game trapper
• Hunter
• Sealer
• Trapper

Main Duties

• 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.

Workplaces

• Self-employed

Skills

• Equipment and Tool Selection
• Quality Control Testing
• Decision Making
• Management of Material Resources
• Monitoring

Abilities

• Spatial Orientation
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Dynamic Strength
• Far Vision
• Multi-Limb Coordination

Personal Attributes

• Independence
• Adaptability
• Attention to Detail
• Analytical Thinking
• Innovativeness

Similar Occupations

• Hunting guide (in 64322.00 Outdoor sport and recreational guides)
• Nuisance control trapper; Animal control trapper (in 73202.00 Pest controllers and fumigators)

Source: OaSIS