Participants must arrive by 8:15 a.m.; late arrivals will not be certified. Lunch is not provided.

This course is presented by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, the New Hampshire Trappers Association, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture–Wildlife Services.

A Wildlife Control Operator (WCO) license is required for anyone providing commercial wildlife control in New Hampshire, except for licensed trappers, during the regulated trapping seasons. As part of the WCO licensing requirement, you must complete the day-long WCO class administered once a year in Concord and successfully complete a Fish and Game Trapper Education certification course.

The WCO Program was created to address instances when wildlife removal via trapping or exclusion is necessary to mitigate wildlife-human conflicts, often which occurs outside of the regulated trapping seasons. WCOs represent trained professionals licensed by New Hampshire Fish and Game available to assist with increasing public request for professional wildlife services.