| Bill Allen's
Pocono Institute of Taxidermy 1100 Foster Ave White Haven Pa 18661 (570) 443 - 9166 email: Pocono Institute |
ART OF TAXIDERMY - COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
| 2 Hours ~ ORIENTATION Introductions, your future in Taxidermy, laws, explanation of how our course is operated, explanation of equipment, precautions. |
160 Hours ~ FISH COURSE Skinning, scraping, patter making, body carving, mounting, finish work, airbrush painting techniques and displaying. |
| 118 Hours ~ BIRD COURSE Skinning, body making, mounting, finish work, and displaying. |
192 Hours ~ FUR COURSE Skinning, fleshing, eye setting, mounting, finish work, natural habitat bases, and displaying. Demonstrations and hands-on sculpting. |
| 8 Hours ~ BUSINESS COURSE Setting up a business, pricing and overhead, targeted marketing, doing displays, advertising, taking in work, receipts, licensing, and State and Federal regulations. |
480 TOTAL HOURS ( equivalent to 12 weeks ) |
| PARTIAL COURSE OPTIONS
~ Fish Course ~ 4 Weeks Bird Course ~ 3 Weeks Fur course ~ 4.5 Weeks ** The 40 hours , or 12th week not included in the list above, is combination of sorting, tagging, and specimen preparation for each course. A business course is included in each course. A certificate will be awarded to all students who complete the course in a satisfactory manner. |