Not trained, and he makes poor decisions, and the cost of one Colt Python later (anti-venom is not cheap) he is fine.
This was his second timber rattler bite, only about a 3' snake, first was a 54" monster, biggest I have ever seen, both within 50 yards of our house. Both froze and posed for me when I took the shot. The monster got a couple of rounds of flight control since that is what was in the Benelli at that moment.
If I found somebody who did the snake conditioning locally I would put him through it for sure.