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good storage regimes. You are not paying for how much pesticide the contractor can spread around your site – you are paying for the knowledge and experience of your contractor to keep you pest free.
THE PERFECT PEST CONTROL PARTNERSHIP Pest management (i.e. not just control) requires a professionally trained and suitably qualified pest control technician who is committed to the principles of Continuing Professional Development. You may have done your due diligence with the company you chose, but who’s on your site spraying pesticides about? Look for the BASIS PROMPT card – over 2,000 UK technicians have one.
The key aspect of control needs to be the thorough use of inspection principles to define the potential risks before pest activity develops. This is proactive pest control – as access to pesticide becomes more restricted it is essential that we
embrace these principles. The days of blanket spraying with insecticide and perimeter baiting with rodenticide are
numbered – hence you no longer need a ‘ratman’, you need a professional. We may have to accept that sustainable control and legislation may require more regular inspections with restricted use of pesticides. When you do have pest issues comprehensive monitoring can flag it early and allow targeted control. IPM principles such as good hygiene help improve the efficacy of any insecticide treatments – insecticides and rodenticides tend to succeed better in clean conditions, and pests will look elsewhere if there is no food for them. And any reduction in the use of toxic chemicals on your premises must be better for the health and wellbeing of your staff and the contractor himself – he is in contact with pesticides every day.
Targeted use of insecticides will lengthen the operating life of the active ingredients we have access to – misuse encourages resistance amongst pest species.
In conclusion, sustainable pest control will need to move away from heavy reliance on pesticides. Control will require partnership between you the customer and your professional contractor to create a pest free environment. Cost should not be the only consideration when considering which pest contractor to use – we are no longer ‘ratmen’, BPCA members are trained operators who provide a skilled service. So use a professional – the best way to ‘get out of jail’ is to avoid it in the first place.
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