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Learn the basics of pest control using a rifle during the day and at night safely and responsibly.
Do you need to use a rifle for your work or are you interested in using one recreationally?
Do you have a requirement to shoot over different land types and / or at night?
Do you know the safety rules and regulations? This course will help you learn and progress.
The finer details
The purpose of this course is to enable you to facilitate safe, humane and effective night-time pest control measures, as well as plan and implement measures using a suitably prepared sporting rifle and optics matched to the operator’s proficiency, knowledge and skills.
The Workbook has been produced to accompany an ScJ Training Ltd rifle training course and to inform Learners of current ‘good working practice’. It is written to give guidelines in terms of recommended working practice and operation. Operating safety and safe firearm use are constantly emphasised throughout the rifle training programmes and Learner training and assessment will rigorously reflect this point.
Where Learners operate with their own equipment, which may include their own firearm as appropriate, the responsibility for that equipment and matters relating to its certification and conditions of use rests with the Learner. Any doubt or uncertainty on such matters should first be discussed and fully clarified with ScJ Training Ltd.
Learners attending firearms training course do so with an explicit obligation to operate and use equipment, including any firearm as deemed appropriate, in a manner which promotes and maintains the highest standards of operational safety.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) relating to the operation and use of a firearm remains the responsibility of the individual
Learner, who will be appropriately advised prior to course attendance.
This course follows on from the ScJ Training Ltd - Use of Sporting Rifle in Pest Control, course.
Delivery method
Classroom and practical assessmentCourse description:
Who should attend?
This product is designed for Learners who have successfully completed ScJ Training Ltd - Use of Sporting Rifle in Pest Control and have some experience of wildlife management and firearms awareness. Shoot management, pest control and farming interests are likely to be represented.
Learners are expected to have some experience of sporting rifles and supply their firearms certificate where applicable.
You must be 18 or over in order to register for this course.
What will be covered?
At the end of this course the Learner should be able to:
• identify and understand the main parts of a rifle, telescopic sight, and other equipment used for fox control, and know what happens when the trigger is pulled and how to
maintain a rifle
• understand the basics of delivering accurate shots
• appreciate a practical foundation for safe working practice related to sporting rifle use
• understand the basic principles of health and safety planning and risk assessment relating to sporting rifle use
• select and use appropriate vehicles as a shooting platform
• appreciate a procedure for recording control and management activity relating to the use of a sporting rifle
• undertake a series of day/night shooting scenarios and assess whether an opportunity is possible and appropriate in terms of good working practice and safety
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