Gamekeeper Current Vacancies

2008-06-13:

Gamekeepers manage and maintain areas of countryside to ensure there is enough game for shooting. Different types of keeper: lowland keepers work in woodland and open farmland. mallards upland keepers work on moors, and are concerned mainly with deer and grouse.

Shooting season, the busiest time for keepers, varies according to the type of game.
At this time gamekeepers arrange shoots and hire beaters to help flush birds out of cover to fly over the guns and collect birds that have been shot.

Much of the work involves maintaining the shoot habitat, which includes clearing overgrown woodland, clearing ditches, mending fences and maintaining buildings. training gun dogs, keeping records and sometimes arranging clay shoots.

River keepers or ghillies protect and manage rivers and streams as habitats for trout and salmon. from eggs or buy in young fish.
Gamekeepers work long, often irregular hours, usually with early starts, late finishes and weekend work bending.

Employment may be with a landowner or a shooting syndicate that rents shooting rights from a landowner.
Many gamekeepers begin on a part- time basis on smaller shoots and progress to full-time positions.

With experience progression to head game keeper may be possible.
Some gamekeepers become self-employed, by renting the shooting rights to land. Some gamekeepers work as self-employed contractors. (Permalink)