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Managing Your Pest Control Contract and Contractor

Aim and Objectives

This course will provide delegates with the information and advice necessary to implement and manage a successful pest control contract.

Delegates

Designed specifically for those personnel associated with managing pest control contracts or auditing pest control systems in food and allied industries. This course is run on an ‘open to all-comers’ basis. It can also be run in-house where required.

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 It really happens!!!!!   Cockroach infested rodent bait

Course Content

  • An introduction to pests and the reasons for controlling them.
  • Understanding pesticide legislation and its impact on contract management.
  • The relative merits of in-house and contracted-out systems.
  • Understanding your objectives and those of the contractor.
  • Establishing the pest control contract specification.
  • Selecting the contractor.
  • Monitoring the performance of the contractor.

Duration

One day.

Certificates

Certificates of Attendance are provided for all delegates.

Your trainer, Dr John Simmons, has more than 20 years experience in pest control including periods as a service manager with National Britannia and technical manager of Igrox Ltd. He has substantial experience of implementing pest management programmes within complex food manufacturing sites. During five years as technical manager of the British Pest Control Association John was responsible for delivering the training and examination schemes provided by the Association.

Cost

Contact John Simmons for further details

This course is also run in conjunction with the Society for Food Hygiene and Technology. Dates and prices are shown on their website www.sofht.co.uk