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NWCOA Certification Hours List
The following is a listing of hours that the NWCOA Certification Committee has given various training
opportunities.
Training is listed by calendar year. All training listed here does not require you to submit an agenda as the
Committee has already received it. The only task you must do is to provide proof of attendance. Then apply
the hours listed in the columns to your certification application or renewal form.
Category 1
Wildlife Biology and Handling.
Topics include information
relating to life cycles, habits, and
effects of Control on wildlife,
health of wildlife, population
dynamics, and habitat
management. Care, Euthanasia,
Diagnostics of Diseases and
anything relating to the
possession of an animal.
Category 2
Technical.
Topics include Methods,
Equipment, Research, and
Business Management.
Category 3
Human Health, Safety and
Community Relations.
Topics relating to the Human
aspects of Wildlife Damage
Management, including Zoonosis,
Equipment Safety, Employee,
Public and Client Safety, Risk
Management, Legalities and
other related topics.
What if a training is not listed?
If a training you have attended is not listed, and you would like to see if it meets NWCOA requirement, simply
send a copy of the training agenda to goNWCOA@gmail.com, subject line CWCP Credit Hour Approval or PO
BOX 655, Fredericksburg, VA 22404, attn.: CWCP Credit Hour Approval.
Be sure the agenda contains the following information:
1. Schedule with designation of hours for each section.
2. The person(s)/organization(s) that provided the training.
3. Resume listing qualifications of instructors
4. Location of the training.
5. Date of the training.
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1998
th
18 Vertebrate Pest
Conference
MSCPCA/HSUS Solving
Beaver Problems
Annual Critter Control
Meeting
Location
Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
Costa Mesa, CA
10
5
5
Methuen, MA
5
1
12
Detroit, MI
2.5
0
11.5
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1999
Bird and Rodent
Control Wildlife
Control Technologies
Location
Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
Fresno, CA
4
0
7
Solving conflicts with
Beavers, HSUS
FTA Short Course
Annual Critter Control
Meeting
Annual Critter Control
Meeting
Verona, NY
4
1
12
Purdue Univ.
Kona, HI
7
1.5
5
0
50
11.5
Orlando, FL
2.5
0
10.5
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2000
NJ State DEP Trappers
Ed. Course
Bird Barrier Cert.
WCT Seminar
Vertebrate Pest
Conference
CTNWCOA Seminar
Location
NJ
Category 1
5
Category 2
10
Category 3
0
National
Las Vegas, NV
San Diego, CA
0
10
10
6
5
5
0
5
5
Vernon, CT
0
7.5
1
IADCA
Indianapolis, IN
0
4.5
0
NYSWMA
IADCA Fall Meeting
NY
1
1.5
2
2
4
1
CTNWCO Beaver
Flooding Control
Devices
Fur Takers of America
Professional Short
Course
Ninth Eastern Wildlife
Damage Management
Conf. Sustainable
Ecosystems
Ninth Eastern Wildlife
Damage Management
Conf. Wildlife Wars
Ninth Eastern Wildlife
Damage Management
Conf. 20/20: The
Latest News WDM
Ninth Eastern Wildlife
Damage Management
Conf. Population
Dynamics
MSPCA Solving
Human Beaver
Conflicts
Critter Control Annual
Meeting
Session Woods, CT
1
4
1
Purdue Univ
18
34
5.5
Penn State Univ.
4
0
0
Penn State Univ.
0
0
4
Penn State Univ.
0
4
0
Penn State Univ.
4
0
0
Topsfield, MA
1
4
1
Las Vegas, NV
0
10.5
2.5
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2001
NJ State DEP
Trappers Ed.
Course
Location
Category 1
5
Category 2
10
Category 3
0
Bird Barrier
Certification
Course
Critter Control
Optional Meeting
(national)
0
6
0
Fort Lauderdale,
FL
0
4.5
2
New England
NWCO Seminar
Bird Control at
Agricultural and
Industrial Sites
NYSWMA
Seminar
Professional
Trappers Short
Course
NYSSF's First
Annual Trapping
Seminar
Critter Control
Annual Meeting
Vernon, CT
2
4
1
Fresno, CA
0
5
4
Syracuse, NY
0
1
5
Purdue Univ
15
45
5
Long Island, NY
1
9
2
New Orleans, LA
0
8.5
4
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2002
NJ State DEP
Trappers Ed.
Course
Location
Category 1
5
Category 2
10
Category 3
0
Bird Barrier
Certification
Course
(national)
0
6
0
WCT Seminar
Las Vegas, NV
10
5
5
CTNWCOA
Seminar
Controlling
Rodent &
Nuisance
Mammals in
Agriculture
NYS Wildlife
Management
Assoc. Spring
Seminar
National Goose
Management
Academy
National Goose
Management
New Jersey in the
field goose round
ups
Vernon, CT
1
4
1
Fresno, CA
0
6
1
New Hartford,
NY
1
2
3
Indianapolis, IN
6
9
3
9
2
1
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2003
NJ State DEP
Trappers Ed.
Course
Location
Category 1
5
Category 2
10
Category 3
0
Bird Barrier
Certification
Course
WCT Seminar
(national)
0
6
0
Las Vegas, NV
10
5
5
National Goose
Management
Academy
NYSWMA
Seminar
MADCA Sept.
Seminar
Indianapolis, IN
11
9
3
Syracuse, NY
1
4
1
0
2.5
2
CTNWCOA
Seminar
Vernon, CT
1
5.6
0.5
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2004
NJ State DEP
Trappers Ed.
Course
Bird Barrier
Certification
Course
WCT Seminar
NYSWMA
Seminar
CTNWCOA
Seminar
New England 7th
Annual Seminar
Location
Category 1
5
Category 2
10
Category 3
0
(national)
0
6
0
Biloxi, MS
Syracuse, NY
10
1
5
4
5
2
Vernon, CT
0
6
3
1
5
2
National Wildlife
Damage
Management
Academy
National Goose
Management
Academy
MADCA
MADCA March
Seminar
MADCA Sept.
Seminar
Auburn, IN
18
21
9
Indianapolis,
6
9
3
Jan Seminar
1
0.5
3.5
3
0
2.5
0
3
1
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2005
NJ State DEP
Trappers Ed.
Course
Location
Category 1
5
Category 2
10
Category 3
0
Bird Barrier
Certification
Course
Bird B Gone 1/2
Day Certification
Course
(national)
0
6
0
0
3.5
0
0
6
0
Bird B Gone Full
Day Certification
Course
,
National Wildlife
Damage
Management
Academy
WCT Seminar
Auburn Indiana
18.5
25.5
5
Las Vegas, NV
10
5
5
NYSWMA
Seminar
NJ State Dept.
Health Certified
Animal Control
Officer Course
Syracuse, NY
1
5
3
29
15
12
MADCA March
Seminar
2
4
0
MADCA Sept.
Seminar
0
4
1
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2006
Location
NJ State DEP Trappers Ed.
Course
Bird Barrier Certification
Course
Bird B Gone 1/2 Day
Certification Course
(national)
Bird B Gone Full Day
Certification Course
Category 1
Category 2
5
10
Category
3
0
0
6
0
0
3.5
0
0
6
0
NJWDMA Seminar
CTNWCOA Seminar
NYSWMA Seminar
NY DEP Beaver Snare Course
WCT Seminar
NJ
Hartford CT
Syracuse NY
Syracuse NY
Las Vegas, NV
1
1
0
1
10
5
3.5
9
1
5
0
3
3
0
5
National Wildlife Damage
Management Academy
Bat Management Workshop
NJ State Dept. Health
Certified Animal Control
Officer Course
MADCA Sept. Seminar
Auburn, IN
11
38
9
Medina
4
29
21
15
3
12
1
5
0
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2007
Location
Category 1
AAll Animal Control June
22Meeting
NJ State DEP Trappers Ed.
Course
Annual Meeting
Bird Barrier Certification
Course
Bird B Gone 1/2 Day
Certification Course
0
Category
2
10.5
Category
3
1
NJ
5
10
0
(national)
0
6
0
0
3.5
0
0
6
0
Bird B Gone Full Day
Certification Course
CTNWCOA Seminar,
Hartford CT
2
3
2
Nuisance Beaver Trapping
Course
Nuisance Beaver Trapping
Instructor Course
Oklahoma City,
OK
March 10,
Okmulgee
County
Fairgrounds, OK
Auburn Indiana
1
6
1
1
5
1
2
36
12
Syracuse NY
Atlantic City NJ
Las Vegas, NV
1.5
1
10
2.5
5
5
2
0
5
Bat Management Workshop Medina, OH
6.5
20.5
5.5
NJ State Department of
Health Certified Animal
Control Officer Course
29
15
12
MADCA March Seminar
1
2.5
2
National Wildlife Damage
Management Academy
NYSWMA Seminar
NJWDMA Seminar
WCT Seminar
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2008
Location
NJ State DEP Trappers Ed.
Course
Bird Barrier Certification
Course
Bird B Gone 1/2 Day
Certification Course
(national)
Bird B Gone Full Day
Certification Course
Category 1
5
Category Category 3
2
10
0
0
6
0
0
3.5
0
0
6
0
WCT Seminar
Covington, KY
10
5
5
Bat Management
Workshop/Tech Only
Bat Management
Workshop/Entire
Workshop
NWCOA Goose
Management Workshop
Professional Trappers
Short Course Purdue
Univ.
Medina, OH
5
13
2
Medina, OH
8
26.5
3
Indianapolis, IN
6
9
3
15
45
5
NJWDMA Seminar
NJ State Dept. Health
Certified Animal Control
Officer Course
Atlantic City NJ
1
29
5
15
0
12
0
4
2
1
12.5
3.5
0.5
9*
1
MADCA Sept. Seminar
NPMA Bird and Wildlife
Symposium
AAll Animal Control
Annual Meeting
St Louis
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2009
NJ State DEP
Trappers Ed. Course
Location
Category 1
5
Category 2
10
Category 3
0
Bird Barrier
Certification Course
Bird B Gone 1/2
Day Certification
Course
Bird B Gone Full
Day Certification
Course
(national)
0
6
0
0
3.5
0
0
6
0
Special Canada
Goose Permit
Workshop
NYSWMA Seminar
Bird Barrier AviHaze System
Training
WCT Seminar
March 5-6, ODWC NE
Regional Office,
Oklahoma
Syracuse NY
Secaucus NJ
2
12
2
1
1
3
2
1
1
Indianapolis, IN
3
12
2
Nuisance Goose
Workshop
Ft. Harrison State Park
IN
1
1
1
Bat Management
Workshop
NJ State Dept.
Health Certified
Animal Control
Officer Course
NWCOA Basic
WCO Training
Course
NPMA Bird and
Wildlife
Symposium
Medina, OH
9
26
10
29
15
12
KY
2
4.5
5
St Louis
2
13.5
2
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2010
WCT
AAll Animal Control
Location
Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
Woodlands, TX
1
12
0
Shooting in Sensitive
Environments
UNL, Lincoln, NE
August 4-6
Woodland, CA
10/7/10
December 9-10
Treehaven Field
Station, Tomahawk,
WI
0
13
2
0
0
8
0
12
3
MEDIC First Aid
International
Wildlife Tracking Skills
Workshop with Jim
Halfpenny
15
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2011
Location
Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
WCT
Jan 17-19, Las
Vegas, NV
Jan 17-18, New
Orleans
Charlotte, NC Jan
27-8
East Hartford, CT
March 26
5
10
5
8
4
4
0
7
0
1
7
0
NWCOA Basic Operators
Course
AAll Animal Control Annual
Meeting
CT NWCO Seminar
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2013
Goose Academy
Location
June 14-15,
Indianapolis, IN
Category 1
4
Category 2 Category 3
8
4