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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
Employment Outlook
An employment outlook has not been assigned due to low levels of employment for this occupation in PEI.
Source: Job Bank
Prevailing Wages
AREA | LOW | MEDIAN | HIGH |
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PEI | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Canada | $14.00 | $19.58 | $33.35 |
Training
There are no known training programs for this occupation in PEI. If you are aware of a local training program, please contact us.
More Info
View the full occupational profile with details on work characteristics, interests, employment requirements and more on the Occupational and Skills Information System (OaSIS) website.
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