Description

Gary Dietrich Wildlife Management Apprenticeship Program 

The Gary Dietrich Wildlife Management Apprentice Program is a 2-year program designed to train the next generation of land management professionals who will make a large scale positive impact on Wildlife Management. Candidates who have completed an associates, bachelors, or master degree can come to learn hands-on wildlife, fisheries, and natural resource management skills. Through the implementation of a quality curriculum, expert instructors, and a host of industry and landowner partners, we are equipping apprentices with the training and on-the-job experience needed to provide quality wildlife management on public and private lands. This program is great place to kick-start your career. Through SCWA and our partners, we have successfully placed one hundred percent of our Apprentices in desired wildlife management jobs.

During your stint as an Apprentice, you will work an average work week of 40 hours per week. You will be working alongside the SCWA habitat team on the 1250 acer Wildlife Education Center and other managed properties learning hands on wildlife management skills. This program also provides unique opportunities to travel to several high-end plantations and even into Canada.   

Learning opportunities learned during your two-year stint :

Wildlife Management 

Planting and maintaining crops
Pesticide applicator training 
Prescribed burning certification 
Sprayer calibration 
Duck pond management and construction 
Trapping nuisance animals 
Tractor/Equipment maintenance 
Planting and seeding equipment set up  
Bird dog training 
Early release quail management 
Pond fisheries management 
Wood duck nest box maintenance 
Hospitality 

Running hunts (Duck,Deer,Quail,Turkey, Dove and Pheasant tower shoots) 
Accounting and Budgeting 
Food Service management 
Sporting Clays Course design 
Shooting instructor certification 
Other Skills 

Basic Welding/Fabricating  
Basic Carpentry 
Basic HVAC
Basic Electrical 
Basic Plumbing 
Basic Surveying

Benefits

On-site housing 

Dog kennels 

Personal Storage area