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.

Impact

The Gary Dietrich Wildlife Management Apprentice Program equips college graduates with the practical experience necessary to become effective wildlife habitat managers.  The achievements of its graduates will have a major impact on the quality of wildlife management throughout North America. 

Learning opportunities :

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