1. (a) Applicants for a level II wildlife control operator’s license shall have completed a 6-hour workshop, be certified by the National Wildlife Control Operators Association (NWCOA), or have held a previous level II wildlife control operator’s license.

2. (b) A workshop shall include the following topics:

   1. (1) Laws and rules;
   2. (2) Wildlife biology and ecology;
   3. (3) Best management practices;
   4. (4) Exclusionary methods, to include training on devices such as repellants, one-way doors, habitat modification, and live traps;
   5. (5) Consideration of humane issues of wildlife;
   6. (6) Site evaluation;
   7. (7) Non-lethal or lethal resolutions to wildlife problems;
   8. (8) Techniques to prevent reoccurrence of the problem;
   9. (9) Capture, transport, and handling of wildlife;
   10. (10) Euthanasia;
   11. (11) Landowner relations; and
   12. (12) Disease, hazards, and risks.
3. (c) The level II wildlife control operators may utilize persons employed by them, and under their supervision, to assist in carrying out their business.
4. (d) The wildlife control operator shall not use assistants who do not have the ability, knowledge, and training to capably perform the tasks assigned to them.
5. (e) Each assistant shall carry a copy of their supervisor’s level II wildlife control operator license.
6. (f) Level II wildlife control operators shall submit a report as specified in Fis 308.07(c).
7. (g) In addition to paragraph (f) above, a level II wildlife control operator who also holds a regular trapping license for the purpose of trapping furbearers during the regular trapping seasons shall report all furbearing animals taken during the open season for trapping on the annual trappers report as described in Fis 303.08.
8. (h) The license fee shall be $135 for residents and $400 for nonresidents.

Source. #7801, eff 6-1-03; ss and moved by #8385, eff 6-25-05 (from Fis 308.04); ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; amd by #10981, eff 1-1-16; amd by #12591, eff 7-25-18; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23