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This Lantra-accredited Customised Award is exclusively developed and delivered by a Lantra-approved Training Provider, who meets our quality standards. The course is specifically tailored to meet learners’ needs. For further details about the course content and delivery locations, please contact the Training Provider using the details provided below.

The minimum age to undertake this course is 18.

 

Delivered by the National Game Keepers Organisation (NGO) and leading pest control agency 360 Wildlife, this Night Shooting Course is aimed at professional operatives, recreational shooters and all those involved in shooting vermin, predators, pests and deer at night.  It is designed to set the industry standard in Night Shooting and is perfect for all those involved in the dispatch of pests, predators, vermin and deer at night, and demonstrates a level of competence to landowners, employers.

The finer details

This assessed course is designed to be nationally available and easily accessible online. The course consists of a series of interactive taught modules, classes and exams delivered by a UK leading pest control agency (360 Wildlife) and the National Game Keepers Organisation (NGO).
 

The course covers key subjects that include:

  • The origins of night shooting
  • Understanding thermal imaging and night vision devices
  • Understanding technical specifications, maintenance, device set-up and zeroing
  • Legislation and UK law concerning the use of thermal imaging and night vision technology for shooting at night
  • Safe shooting in both urban and rural environments
  • Considerations surrounding species identification
  • The use of thermal and night vision in wildlife management
  • Crucial best practice guidance for all professional operatives and recreational shooters involved in the dispatch of pests, predators, vermin and deer at night
The course is assessed via a series of multiple-choice exams and a final timed multiple-choice exam.

Delivery method

Online

Recognised by

National Game Keepers Organisation

Course description:

Night Shooting Course Download PDF

Who should attend?

Professional pest control operatives, recreational shooters and deer managers 

What will be covered?

Each year, thousands of professional and recreational shooters around the UK engage in the shooting of pests, vermin, deer and predators at night.
The objective of the Night Shooting Course is to set an industry standard and establish best practice guidance in the safe and effective use of thermal and night vision equipment for the control of wildlife. 
 
The course aims to provide quality, assessed training that also helps these individuals to appreciate the safety considerations, limitations and application of using thermal and night vision technology in the control and management of wildlife. 
 

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