Marshall that isn`t the half of the problem mate,
With regard to pest control in the US versus the UK we are as but children, we are a poor relative.
My friend and colleague recently returned from the US having visited the NPMA pestworld exhibition as the ceo of the British Pest Control Association and frankly the US delegates were genuinely scared by what happens this side of the pond.
There are no statutory minimum entry standards into the industry, there is no legal requirement for technicians to follow a CPD route to update and keep their skills relevant and no personal licencing of pest control techs.
This is one of the reasons this sort of measure is required, I recently gave a lecture at our own industry exhibition and to my dismay 20% of the questions fielded were looking for ways to circumvent either the law or the Code of Practice we were lecturing on.
It`s a bloody joke on occasion, it will get better but for too long too many persons have been receiving a sub-standard, cheap and nasty service. Because they liked the price they were prepared to accept it for all its failings.
So now many businesses in the UK have become price conditioned, if and when things improve and the industry becomes a proper profession there will be cost implications and I`m not sure that they are ready for it because they have had it too easy for far too long.
Only time will tell
Best Wishes
Bunny
Well, that would explain quite a bit. If there as not been any incentive to provide a service that actually eliminates pests, or provides a worthwhile service, I can see why many Pest Control Companies (and those that pay them, are happy with a wink, nod an a cheque passed between them). Apparently to the detriment of all involved.
I can only speak for myself, but at two of the three food manufacturing facilities I have worked for in the past 20 years, we have been responsible for our own pest control monitoring and application. I have had to be licensed by the state and have had to keep said certification current.
The one facility I worked for that had contracted services, I fired two different companies before I found one that would do things the way "I wanted them done".
By and large, contracted pest control companies, regardless their competency, have no real "skin in the game" as it were. If they lose an account, there will always be another account to gain. When you do your own pest control, you tend to take it seriously.
Back to the main topic though, there has been some talk and some local legislation in the US about non-toxic baits in external bait stations. I'm not quite sure what the purpose of baiting rodents, thus drawing them closer to your facility and then not poisoning them is.
Marshall