The Ranger Standards Manual

Welcome to the Rangers Standards Manual, an on-line tool that supports the Ranger Professional Development Journey.

The Manual provides guidance on the employment and professional development of rangers. It covers 2 distinct areas:

Code of Practice for employment of Rangers, outlining the Role of the Ranger, professional best practice and the skills and competencies required to do the job.
Ranger Professional Development journey that starts with induction and foundation training and works towards a Scottish Ranger Award through a programme of Continuing Professional Development Programme (CPD).

The Manual is set out in 8 sections that chart the process from recruitment through to Ranger Manager:

1. Code of Practice for the employment of Rangers. This section supports the
recruitment of rangers and is divided into 4 parts:

• The role of the Ranger as described in the National Policy
• Professional Best practice that all Rangers should follow
• The skills and competencies of a Ranger. These are based on National Occupational Standards and are designed to relate to National Outcomes and the Aims of
• Rangers as outlined in National Policy
• Assessing your service. Not all services will require the same skills and competencies. Services should identify the skills and competencies required to deliver their Service Plan/ Strategy

2. The Ranger Professional Development journey. This section outlines the benefits the Journey will bring to Rangers and Ranger Services

3. Planning the Journey. This is the start of the process either when the Ranger starts (at Induction) or when they would like to be accredited for prior learning.

4. Getting equipped for the Journey. This relates to new start Rangers. Following induction they should attend Foundation training which provides an idea of the
journey ahead and outlines what opportunities for gaining skills and competencies there are along the way.

5. The Journey. This section provides a guide to the CPD process

6. Reaching your destination. This section covers the Ranger Award and submitting your portfolio

7. The journey continues. The journey dies not stop with the Award. Further Management competencies are outlined – leading to a ‘CPD+’ award

8. Training providers. This section provides information on courses that are relevant to the set of speacilist competencies.

Please follow the link if you would like to view a copy of the full Ranger Standards Manual as a downloadable PDF.  Please note, that the Manual is current undergoing a pilot and is subject to change. The Specialist Competencies have already been revised and are available as a seperate download from the Planning the Journey page