Trappers set and position traps along trails; maintain trails for access to traplines; operate snowmobiles or travel on foot, snowshoes, or skis to patrol traplines; kill / skin catch for pelts; and treat / market pelts. They also trap live animals for sale / relocation purposes, and trap designated animals for bounty / other animal control programs.

Different backgrounds are required depending on your area of work. To be a trapper or hunter, you may need trapping or hunting courses in your province / territory of work and a trapping or hunting licence. Most recent entrants have a high school diploma, and almost 1 in 4 has a trade / vocational certificate or community college diploma.