City & Guilds
Level 2
QN: 501/0406/8
Curriculum Active
City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Work-based Game and Wildlife Management
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by City & Guilds. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 917 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 2
Awarding Body
City & Guilds
Syllabus Units
24 Units
Guided Hours
917 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Assist game shooting by loading
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare to assist game shooting by loading
- Be able to assist game shooting by loading
- Be able to select
- use and maintain relevant equipment
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Know / understand how to load in support of game shooting
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
2
Assist in the care of game chicks
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to establish game chicks in the rearing unit
- Be able to care for juvenile gamebirds
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to select
- use and maintain relevant equipment
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Know how to establish game chicks in the rearing unit.
- Know how to care for juvenile gamebirds
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Know how to maintain accurate records
3
Assist with the care of game birds during release
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to assist with the care of gamebirds during release.
- Be able to assist with the release and establishment of gamebirds into the wild.
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to select
- use and maintain relevant equipment
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Know how it is important to prepare release areas
- Know how to prepare game birds for release
- Know how to assist with the release and establishment of gamebirds into the wild.
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Know how to maintain accurate records
4
Assist with the catching of game breeding stock
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to catch gamebirds for breeding purposes
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to select
- use and maintain relevant equipment
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Know how to catch game birds for breeding
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know how to maintain accurate records
5
Assist with the management of public relations and access to a sporting estate
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to assist with the management of public relations and access
- Be able to assist with incidents associated with access
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Know authorised and unauthorised access
- Know about poaching and the effects of poaching
- Know how to assist with incidents associated with access
- Know the importance of good public relations to a sporting estate
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
6
Assist with the production of fertile game eggs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to establish and maintain breeding stock of gamebirds
- Be able to collect and store game eggs in preparation for incubation
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to select
- use and maintain relevant equipment
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Know how to establish and maintain breeding stock.
- Understand egg collection
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know how to maintain accurate records
7
Assist with the production of game bird chicks
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to assist in incubation of game eggs
- Be able to assist with the hatching of game chicks
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to select
- use and maintain relevant equipment
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Know how to assist in incubation of game eggs.
- Know how to assist with the hatching of game chicks
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Know how to maintain accurate records
8
Care for animals after they have worked
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to care for animals after they have worked
- Be able to work safely
- Know how to care for animals after they have worked
- Know relevant health and safety legislation
9
Care for animals used in support of gamekeeping and wildlife management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to feed and water animals.
- Be able to maintain the health and well-being of animals
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to select
- use and maintain relevant equipment
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Know how to feed and water animals.
- Know how to maintain the health and well-being of animals
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Know how to maintain accurate records
10
Control vertebrate pest populations using chemical means
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to determine the need for vertebrate pest control
- Be able to control vertebrate pest populations using chemical means
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Know how to determine the need for vertebrate pest control.
- Know how to control vertebrate pest populations using chemical means
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know how to maintain accurate records
11
Control vertebrate pests and predators by shooting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to determine the need for vertebrate pests and predator control.
- Be able to shoot vertebrate pests and predators.
- Be able to handle firearms and ammunition according to legal requirements
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Know how to determine the need for vertebrate pests and predator control
- Know how to shoot vertebrate pests and predators.
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know how to maintain accurate records
12
Control vertebrate pests and predators using traps
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to determine the need for vertebrate pests and predator control
- Be able to trap vertebrate pests and predators
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Know how to determine the need for vertebrate pests and predator control.
- Know how to trap vertebrate pests and predators
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know how to maintain accurate records
13
Handle animals to enable them to work effectively
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to handle animals to enable them to work effectively
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Know how to handle animals to enable them to work effectively
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
14
Maintain and improve game and wildlife habitats
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- To be able to maintain and improve game and wildlife habitat
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Understand how to maintain and improve game and wildlife habitat
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Know how to maintain accurate records
15
Maintain equipment and machines
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare equipment and machines for maintenance
- Be able to carry out maintenance procedures
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Know how to prepare and carry out maintenance for equipment and machines
- Know relevant health and safety and legislation and environmental good practice
16
Maintain game populations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain game populations
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to select
- use and maintain relevant equipment
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Know the welfare requirements of wild game populations
- Know how resources are used to maintain wild game populations
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Know how to maintain accurate records
17
Monitor game populations and habitat
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to determine game population characteristics.
- Be able to monitor game habitat
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Know how to determine game population characteristics.
- Know how to monitor game habitat.
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know how to maintain accurate records
18
Monitoring and maintaining health and safety
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain health, safety and security in the workplace
- be able to use equipment and materials safely
- know the systems and procedures for maintaining health, safety and security.
- Understand why equipment is transported and stored safely
- Know the reason for following manufacturers’ guidance
- maintain good standards of heath and safety for self and for others
- understand how to maintain the health and safety of self and others
- Know the safe lifting techniques
- Know how to maintain health and safety
19
Prepare and maintain structures and surfaces
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare for construction and maintenance
- Be able to prepare and maintain structures and surfaces
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to select
- use and maintain relevant equipment
- Know how to prepare for construction and maintenance
- Know how to prepare and maintain structures and surfaces
- Know how to deal with problems
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
20
Prepare deer for human consumption
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to transport and store dead deer, Be to able prepare and inspect dead deer
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Understand how to transport and store dead deer.
- Understand how to prepare and inspect dead deer in preparation for human consumption.
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know how to maintain accurate records
21
Stalk and cull deer
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to stalk deer
- Understand how to stalk deer
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Be able to maintain accurate records
- Understand how to humanely cull deer.
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know how to maintain accurate records
22
Support game shooting activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare game transport and storage facilities in support of game shooting activities
- Know the principles of different shooting activities
- Understand how to support shoot day activities.
- Understand the principles of the different shooting activities
- Know normal anatomy and physiology of small game
- Understand normal game behaviour
- Understand humane dispatch
- Know the principles of food safety and hygiene associated with shot wild game
- Know how to inspect
- prepare and store game according to legal requirements.
- Know the importance of returning shoot area to pre-shoot condition
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Know how to maintain accurate records
- Be able to prepare sporting aids and shoot area in support of planned shooting activities
- Be able to support shoot day activities
- Be able to deal effectively with shot game, To be able to deal effectively with shot game
- Be able to return shooting area to pre-shoot condition
- Be able to clean and maintain shoot equipment and sporting aids
23
Support participants on a shoot day
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to advise participants on a shoot day
- Be able to coach participants on a shoot day
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Know how to advise participants on a shoot day.
- Understand how to coach participants on a shoot day
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
24
Support heather control activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Be able to establish areas of moorland ready for heather burning activities
- Be able to support heather burning activities
- Be able to select
- use and maintain relevant tools and equipment
- Be able to maintain effective communications throughout burning activities
- Know relevant health and safety requirements and environmental good practice
- Know the principles of controlled heather burning activities
- Know the controls that are needed to support heather burning activities
- Know the tools and equipment required to support heather burning
- Know the appropriate action in the event of an emergency
- Know the importance of effective communication
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 501/0406/8
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- City & Guilds
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Aug 2010
- Operational End
- Dec 2026