Cataleg D ocupacions capçalera

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Ocupacions

Hunter

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Animal hunter Animal trapper Deer hunter Deer stalker Fur trapper Game trapper Hunter Pelt trapper Trapper Wildlife culler Wildlife manager

Hunters track and pursue animals with the intention of trapping or killing them. They hunt animals for the purpose of gaining food and other animal products, recreation, trade or wildlife management. Hunters specialise in the skill of tracking down and shooting animals with weapons such as rifles and bows. They also use devices to trap animals for similar purposes.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Setting traps to catch mammals, birds or reptiles;
(b) Killing trapped or free mammals, birds or reptiles with firearms or other weapons;
(c) Skinning and otherwise treating killed mammals, birds or reptiles to obtain desired products for sale or delivery;
(d) Delivering or selling trapped live mammals, birds or reptiles;
(e) Repairing and maintaining equipment.

Knowledge

  • Environmental sciences
  • Natural environments and wildlife
  • Forestry
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Law

Digital competencies

  • Hunting, trapping and slaughtering animals
  • Monitoring environmental conditions
  • Complying with environmental protection laws and standards
  • Accompanying and welcoming people
  • Advising on environmental issues

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

Fishery workers, hunters and trappers

Hunters and trappers

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Hunters and trappers

9

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

64,29%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-18,18% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

55,56%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

22,22%

Part-time contracts

1,00% Turnover index

0

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

0%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

86%

14%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Fishery workers, hunters and trappers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Hunters and trappers

Administrative and support service activities
70%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
10%
Information and communication
10%
Other service activities
10%
0%
0%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.