Highland Gamekeeping National Certificate

Course

In Caithness

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Caithness (Scotland)

Full time for one year, with work placement and blocks of attendance at The NHC-Thurso

Facilities

Location

Start date

Caithness (Highland)
Main Centre, Ormlie Road, Thurso, KW14 7EE

Start date

On request

About this course

Gamekeeping SVQ Level 2 would be helpful.

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Course programme

HIGHLAND GAMEKEEPING National Certificate
Qualification National Certificate Highland Gamekeeping

SCQF level : 6

Availability
  • Thurso
Start Annually in August

Duration One academic session

Career Higher National Certificate Gamekeeping with Wildlife Management (see separate entry)

Curriculum areas
Landbased

Gamekeeping

Course summary Full time for one year, with work placement and blocks of attendance at The NHC-Thurso

Course description
Who can join?
You should be at least 17 years of age, with a reasonably high standard of physical fitness is required. You should hold three Standard Grades at level 4 or above. Mature students or those not holding the required qualifications will be considered on individual merit. The Gamekeeping SVQ Level 2 would be helpful.

How do I attend?
You will have a placement with an employer on a sporting estate and will attend The NHC - Thurso for short blocks of study. When attending college assistance with travel and accommodation costs is provided.

While in your work placement on the estate the employer provides you with accommodation.

Interviews for places on the course are held in Inverness in early May each year. The course start date is very early in August, but you will be asked to attend a week long training programme in health and safety in June.

What will I study?
The College has been at the forefront in developing a training programme for gamekeeping. We have built up a range of expertise within the college and developed excellent relationships with estates, estate keepers and specialists such as the Deer Commission for Scotland, Forestry Commission and Scottish Natural Heritage.

Throughout the course there is a strong bias towards practical "hands on" training. This includes high ground estates with deer stalking, grouse shooting, fishing on the famous northern salmon rivers, low ground estates with pheasant, partridge and wildfowl shooting.

What could I do next?
The Higher National Certificate in Gamekeeping and Wildlife Management course available through The NHC - Thurso.

Gamekeeping offers a challenging and rewarding way of life: previous course participants have gone on to find full-time employment in estates throughout Britain.

How do I join?
The procedures to gain a place on the course are as follows:
Prior to interview:
Application form sent back completed to The North Highland College

Acknowledgement letter sent to applicant confirming the application form has been received

Letter from The North Highland College sent to applicant asking him/her to attend an interview in Inverness sometime in late April/early May

After interview:
If successful at interview, the applicant receives a letter of acceptance to the Gamekeeping course at the College. This letter will also include the name, address and telephone number of the Estate and Keeper to which the student has been allocated.

It is the student-s responsibility to contact the Estate and Keeper and to attend a further interview at the specific estate.

It is the student-s responsibility to contact the College to obtain the forms to apply for a full-time further education bursary. It is essential to apply for a bursary as soon as you receive your letter of acceptance. You may not receive your first bursary payment in August so please make alternative arrangements for finance.

You will be required to attend college for a two-day induction to the course in June. The two day induction will cover first aid, health and safety topics.

The course starts on the first Monday in August. You will start the course based on the estate with the Estate Keeper. Accommodation is in an Estate 'bothy- or cottage.Your electricity will be paid by the Estate but you must provide your own food.

You will attend college for block-release periods (classroom study) spread throughout the year. Accommodation will be arranged for you in Thurso but you must pay for this (details of block release dates, accommodation, costs, etc will be provided at a later date).

Highland Gamekeeping National Certificate

Price on request