We can not neglect the topic even though in the context of the Professional Pest Control can have a flavor more cultural than practical although maybe in the future could also have implications more professional than the present. The use of predators and parasitoids is known especially in agriculture, which are used, for biological defense mainly of fruit trees and vegetables. The best known and used are, ladybugs and lacewings (predators of aphids and mites) and trichogram (parasitoid of moth eggs). These insects are bred en masse into real industrial laboratories where they organize their optimal conditions for development, according to the periods of greatest use.
The skills
Human resources and their skills and motivations are in fact the crux of the matter. I believe that awareness of hygienic pest control services should represent the stimulus professional departure.
It should in this context make a mention of the Integrated Pest Management as the creation of a system of integrated pest management visions they interact even broader. As the quality, even in these new professional approaches, the important thing is to believe, not as an act of faith, but as a rational and due tribute to the new production requirements.
Inform/form and training
We have used the terminology in this context that the legislature adopts in the field of security with the professionalism of a “exterminator” must include inseparably both the technical expertise that the relevant safety standards in its broadest sense: his, the others, not to mention the environment.
To return to the professional exterminator can emphasize the need to know the technical characteristics of the products they use, equipment and personal protective equipment. It should also be well informed about the application techniques: where, how and when to operate and what you add a general competence of the parasites and the toxicology of the main products and related active ingredients used.
The professional profile is completed with a little of familiarity in the context of plant engineering, especially electricity, and with a fair degree of skills in performing small maintenances.
Above all it must be in a position to know what not to do, and therefore should have detailed operational protocols. Also the ability to have good interpersonal relations is a professional background of some importance. Certainly the job of the exterminator, or PCO (Pest Control Operator), now goes a bit in the spin doctors, and what is the burden and honor of the profession.
Aspects bio-ethologicas pests
If, as recommended texts of war strategy, to better combat the enemy must know him, even as part of pest control, which precisely is often defined as “fight”, you have to implement this concept.
For the knowledge of the entity weed it is essential to choose the technique that is the most appropriate means for the purpose. You first need to define what / the species is based on multiple indications provided by the environment in which it is determined the infestation: damage, tracks, burrows or shelter can help, but it is much better to take a sample to carry out the direct identification by morphological characteristics specific; very often necessary to microscopic examination.
After this step you will have to know as much information as possible starting with the biological cycle, also depending on the environmental conditions (temperature, humidity and even food can be varied considerably development time). These variables are also important to define the optimal conditions of life and those limiting.
For example, to prevent certain types of infestation, you can act by varying the temperature and / or the environmental humidity. Studying the biological cycle in these terms let you know when to act, what stage hit and provides the tools to determine the intervals between treatments, when these, such as in the case of cockroaches and fleas, are not receivable respectively ooteche and nymphs quiescent.
Finally, but of great importance, we must not overlook aspects ethological pest: attractiveness to light or photophobia are the most exploited by the market, just remember the light traps for flying insects or stananti formulated spray for cockroaches. But other aspects of behavior can prove useful in a fight reasoned, for example to know when they are most active, if they are good fliers, such as food preferences have or what kind of shelters usually seek. Knowing is therefore the starting point for good works.
Conclusions
The above would indicate the various ingredients which make up the “recipe pest”. Arrange the ingredients is a step forward to make a good service, but as well as in the culinary delicacies is necessary to get the work of a chef prepared, in this job you have to be professionally trained.
At the risk of falling in the obvious we remember that the work of environmental operators requires prudence, competence and common sense. We conclude by reminding everyone that the fact of intervening in any sector, improving the level of hygiene, and even disinfecting, is not an expense, but a forward-looking and rational investment.
