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SSAA Farmer Assist

Farmer Assist is a national community support program that connects Australian farmers and landholders with accredited conservation volunteers from the Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia (SSAA) to assist with pest animal management. The program is provided free of charge to registered landholders. Through the Farmer Assist online platform, landholders can create job requests describing their pest animal problems—such as feral pigs, foxes, rabbits, wild dogs, deer or other invasive species—and approved conservation volunteers can apply to provide assistance. All conservation volunteers hold verified SSAA membership, maintain required shooting competencies, and are covered by a $20 million public liability insurance policy when operating under the program. Landholders retain full control over who they accept onto their property and the conditions of access. Farmer Assist does not provide costly commercial pest-control contractors; all support is offered by accredited conservation volunteers with an emphasis on safe, responsible, and ethical pest management practices.

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  • Our Skilled Volunteers Deliver Consistent, Reliable Solutions.
  • Trusted by Many, We Take Pride in Offering our Services.
  • Building Connections and Relationships with the Rural Community.
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SSAA (WA) Members

If you are a current member of one of our SSAA Conservation & Wildlife Management (CWM) Branches, you can go straight to the registration page to sign-up for the SSAA Farmer Assist program. Your current SSAA CWM accreditation is recognised as being sufficient to cover the practical target assessment requirements of the program.

If you are not a current member of SSAA CWM, you are required to undertake the practical competency target assessment that is part of the registration process. The practical competency target assessment involves successfully shooting the approved SSAA Farmer Assist Assessment Target and getting the target signed off by a SSAA authorised range officer.

The practical competency target assessment can be undertaken at any suitable SSAA WA range. Please contact your local range directly to find out if they have the facilities and time to accommodate your needs. You are advised to contact your local range prior to attending to shoot the target so you know the appropriate time to arrive and what range fees may be applicable.

SSAA WA has provided a list of suitable ranges where interested members can shoot the assessment target. SSAA WA may also coordinate special assessment days at specific venues if demand exists.

Please contact our CWM Officer for details of the ranges available

Main Assessment Target Ranges

Use the contact information on the SSAA Farmer Assist website to directly contact or be referred to the club website where other contact information can be found.

Information for farmers

Do you need assistance with pest animals? SSAA Farmer Assist can help!

We have accredited, insured and friendly members all across Australia ready and waiting to help you.

Our accreditation process ensures that our members display a professional standard* shooting competency to register for the program and this standard comes without a professional price tag.

Our members participate in this program as volunteers so no fees and no charges apply. They want to help you, they want to be involved in pest management and they don’t expect or want any payment from you for it.

The process for you to register for the program is simple and it only takes a few minutes of your time. Help with pest animal issues is only a couple of short steps away so what’s stopping you?

SSAA Farmer Assist

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When you join SSAA you become part of Australia’s largest shooting organisation and join thousands of other people around the country in ensuring the future of the shooting sports.

As a member you’ll have access to shooting clubs, a national magazine and a great insurance package for your firearms at home and in the field along with lots of other great benefits.

Your membership gives us strength to lobby the State and Federal Governments on matters that affect our sport. The greater our membership, the more effective we are.


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Information and enquiries: 
Ph: 08 9497 7919

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Box D154 GPO Perth WA 6840

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PO Box 874, Balcatta 6914