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Overview
Game keepers manage habitats, protect game species, maintain hunting equipment, organise shoots and coordinate practical tasks around animals, woodland, waterways and game meat handling.
In job descriptions, look for game management plans, habitat work, species knowledge, animal hygiene, gun dogs, beaters, woodland clearance, predator control, game meat safety and equipment maintenance.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Game keeper work is usually outdoors and property-based, with practical responsibility for habitat condition, game protection, organised shoots and safe handling after hunting activity.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth comes from game species knowledge, habitat management, animal hygiene, equipment care and coordination of beaters, gun dogs and shoot logistics.
Salary context
For pay expectations, the important signals are estate size, seasonal intensity, game meat responsibility, equipment upkeep and whether the post includes planning or supervision.
Career paths
Progression can move from field maintenance and shoot support toward game management planning, habitat coordination, estate operations or specialist responsibility for dogs, meat handling or conservation work.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy names the land type, species, shoot duties, equipment, accommodation expectations and food-safety responsibilities. These details separate wildlife management from general outdoor labour.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Fish and Game Wardens
33-3031.00
O*NET occupation is more specific
The O*NET occupation covers a more specific field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETFishing and Hunting Workers
45-3031.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
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Occupation group
Protective services workers not elsewhere classified (5419)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a491c5c1-e126-4414-9ac9-3625a4a79513 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 5419.10 |
| ISCO group | 5419 |
| Concept type | Occupation |