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This Lantra-accredited Customised Award is exclusively developed and delivered by a Lantra-approved Training Provider, who meets our quality standards. The course is specifically tailored to meet learners’ needs. For further details about the course content and delivery locations, please contact the Training Provider using the details provided below.

The minimum age to undertake this course is 16.

 

This Advanced Deer Management course was developed by industry leaders in association with the UK’s top professionals across the entire spectrum of deer management, and it is hosted and exclusively available through the Shooting & Hunting Academy.  
It is an excellent course for individuals aiming to enter the deer or wildlife management industry in a professional capacity. It provides a strong foundation in both the theoretical and practical aspects of deer management, including deer control and ongoing management, management planning, habitat management, and deer park management, plus much more.

The finer details

Modern deer control and wildlife management now demands a broader perspective, shifting the emphasis from traditional culling to Ecosystem-Based Management.

This course focuses on the current challenges that continue to threaten our native woodlands. It strongly leans toward maintaining ecological balance through structured deer control & management strategies.  It aims to help address biodiversity loss and helps candidates recognise the impacts on wider wildlife and habitats, so that the current threat to ground-nesting birds, songbirds, invertebrates, and many species of flora and fauna can be addressed in a professional manner.

Delivery method

Online

Course description:

Advanced Deer Management (Online) Download PDF

Who should attend?

This course is suited to anyone looking for a career in deer and wildlife management or wish to upskill at every level.

What will be covered?

This course will help wildlife managers to become proficient at:

  1. Assessing how wild deer interact with entire ecosystems.
  2. Collaborating with ecologists, landowners, and conservation bodies.
  3. Responding to land use changes and policy shifts as they evolve to incorporate rewilding initiatives, carbon capture projects, and agri-environmental schemes under Environment Land Management (ELM) policies.
  4. Dealing with public perception and ethical considerations.
  5. Carry out effective, efficient, and structured deer control as a means of achieving environmental harmony between wild deer, and the interests of those who not only derive a living from rural businesses, but also those who are custodians of this country’s wildlife heritage.
In summary, this course will help you to become ecologically aware, ethically responsible, policy-informed, and communicatively skilled. 

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