The Gargoyle Academy

Join Exclusion Masters in Connecticut, December 4th & 5th 2025, for a step-by-step hands-on custom metal bending for Exclusion 2-day course. This is a beginner, intermediate level course. In this 2-day intense hands-on course, we discuss the damages caused by common offenders such as raccoons, squirrels, bats, birds and commensal rodents. We use different hand tools, metal brakes, and the Mighty Mock training aid, to learn the industry standards and techniques used to achieve long-lasting aesthetically pleasing solutions for preventing nuisance wildlife. We will focus on the most common entry points related to wildlife control and cover multiple solutions for each scenario. This 2-day course covers 16+ different hands-on modules and will provide you with a more advanced foundation for using metal for wildlife exclusion. This is a public class hosted by Wildlife Control Supplies in Suffield Connecticut that will have a class limit of 16. 

Class will be from 8am-5pm each day and lunch, snacks, and refreshments will be provided. 

Wildlife Control Supplies will be hosting an a Warehouse Open house the Evening of December 4th with complimentary food and beverages and a Warehouse tour.

Join The Gargoyle Academy in Virginia, March 26-28, 2026, to elevate your exclusionary tasks to a mastery level in this 3-day; intense, hands-on course, Students will learn how to safely and professionally exclude nuisance wildlife with hands-on training, by qualified and certified master instructors, in a controlled environment. Learn the ins and outs; and ups and downs; of the evolving industry standards. 

Learn revenue increasing systems, processes, and procedures, to take your business and your team to new heights.

This class will combine steep roof access, custom metal fabrication, and the installation of multiple industry leading exclusion products; while also testing your problem-solving skills. 

 
Day one will be hands-on learning safety equipment, rope anchoring, first man up, positioning, self-rescue, etc., on the rooftop mockups. 

 
Day two will be hands-on with different hand tools and brakes, learning different exclusion techniques, custom metal solutions, & multiple exclusion product installations on customized ground level mockups. 

 
Day three will be hands-on; on the roof top mockups; where students, using the skills learned in day 1 and 2, will experience real-world installation of the exclusion techniques and products while on ladders, scaffolding, anchored ropes, vertical line suspension and different roof surfaces.

Students will be training on several different siding surfaces such as d-log, cedar shake, shiplap, and vinyl, as well as different soffit return styles, gable corners styles, gable vent solutions, in addition to chimney cap installation, exhaust vent clean out, and replacement while suspended.

 
This is a public class hosted by Virginia Wildlife Damage Management Association (VWDMA), that will have a class limit of 16. The class will be from 8 am-5 pm each day with breakfast, lunch, and refreshments provided.  

A wild new world awaits you above the gutter line.