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As some of you know, there have been changes to the DSC1 and DSC2 qualification requirements. These came into effect 1 April.

The updates involve the game and hygiene assessment and a redesigned shooting assessment.

Due to COVID restrictions, many courses that had been booked over the past year were postponed. For those who have now been given a reorganised course date and assessment and were booked before 1 April, the only change is the shooting assessment, which is explained below.

Game meat and general hygiene written assessment

The 40 questions for this assessment are still part of the DSC1 requirement underpinning that the

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