Airgun Proficiency Course (APC)
The Airgun Proficiency Course (APC) offers training for professional pest control operatives. Recreational airgun shooters with LANTRA-accredited training in safe and effective practices. The management of pests and vermin.
This nationally available and easily accessible course consists of two components: a theoretical delivered and assessed online via through series of interactive taught and exams and exams, practical assessment, carried assessment conducted in the field ‘Approved Verifier’ 'Approved Verifier' area.
The theoretical component of the course addresses essential topics, including airgun legislation in both England and Wales, as well as Scotland. It provides best practice guidance for the safe handling and storage of airguns, emphasizes the importance of controlling vermin and preventing the spread of disease, and covers appropriate equipment selection—such as types of airguns, optics, and night vision. Additionally, the course includes an understanding of ballistics, marksmanship, trajectory, windage, and retained energy. It also fosters an appreciation of which pests may be legally shot and the requirements for achieving an effective and humane kill.
The candidate's understanding of the syllabus is assessed through the platform via a series of multiple-choice examinations examinations, culminating in a timed, timed exam.
Upon successful completion of the theoretical component, candidates are required to undertake the practical shooting & and assessment, which may be carried conducted individual or group basis.
During the practical assessment, candidates must demonstrate to the satisfaction of an ‘Approved verifier' ability to apply what they have learned to handle and use an airgun safely and accurately through a series of well-placed shots at a target.
‘Approved Verifiers’ are available throughout the UK. Upon completing the theoretical component the course, course, both and candidates are receive list of ‘Approved Verifiers’, who Verifiers’ off are responsible for signing the practical element of component course.
Upon successfully completing both the theoretical and practical components of the APC course, candidates are awarded a LANTRA-certified certificate.
This easily accessible, nationally available, third-party accredited ‘Airgun Proficiency Course’ provides industry standards in airgun training training. It is perfectly ideal for both airgun users and professional operatives who require certificated certification to demonstrate their proficiency to landowners, clubs, and law enforcement agencies.
