Content of training course:

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 Invertebrate Pest species encountered in Domestic Premises.Concentrating on the wide range of insect and invertebrate species found infesting households.

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1. Content of training course:

2. To understand how these invertebrates can affect households.

3. Damage and contamination of foodstuffs and fabrics, furniture.

4. Mental and physical well-being - especially with parasitic species.

5. To realise the importance of identifying the correct species to provide the correct control measures.

6. Examination of various invertebrate developmental stages.

7. Study and explanation of life cycles to provide optimum control measures.

8. Locating infestations within the domestic situation – indoors and outdoors.

9. To use appropriate monitoring techniques to capture specimens and gauge extent of infestation and efficiency of treatment over time.

10. Gather background on history of infestation and possible spread to/from neighbouring premises.

11. To discuss types of treatment – insecticide application, physical measures, changing outdoor influences (stock rotation, bird feeders, dampness, hygiene, nests.)