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Pest Control the Safe Way: Termites, Rodents and Mosquitoes, and When You Need a Registered PCO

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About this book

A practical, South African guide to dealing with the pests that do real harm in homes, rentals and small businesses, without harming children, pets or wildlife. Twelve chapters follow a Pinetown homeowner with termites in her door frames, a Mitchells Plain tenant with rats in the ceiling and the yard, a Lowveld guesthouse owner in a malaria-risk area, and the registered pest control operator who mentors them: the safe way, step by step (identify the pest; take away food, water and shelter; keep it out; traps, screens and nets; a registered product exactly as its label says; a registered PCO); signs and inspection; proofing a home; how termites live, and termites when buying or selling a house; rats and mice, snap traps, locked bait stations and secondary poisoning of owls and pets; why street poisons such as "Two-Step" must never be used, and what to do in a poisoning; mosquitoes, breeding sites, malaria areas and seasons, bed nets, screens and repellents; cockroaches, ants, fleas, bedbugs, wasps, and animals that are not pests; reading a pesticide label, storage and first aid; and how to check a PCO's registration, compare quotes and guarantees, and complain. 30 diagrams and photographs, worked examples, practice exercises with answers, inspection, proofing and breeding-site checklists, trap, label and first-aid cards, a PCO hiring checklist, a pest log, a glossary, where to get help, and 144 Exam prep questions. A Skills Series title. Lecturers: a free Facilitator Guide (session plans built around a safe-home file, safety rules for the class, teaching notes and every answer) is available to colleges registered with HybridE. To register your college, contact Thandeka on 073 431 6763.

What is inside

  1. Chapter 1: Pests, Health and the Safe Way
  2. Chapter 2: Know Your Pest: Signs and Inspection
  3. Chapter 3: Keeping Pests Out: Proofing a Home
  4. Chapter 4: Termites: How They Live and How to Spot Them
  5. Chapter 5: Termites: Prevention, Treatment and Buying a House
  6. Chapter 6: Rats and Mice: Signs, Risks and Prevention
  7. Chapter 7: Rats and Mice: Traps, Baits and Street Poisons
  8. Chapter 8: Mosquitoes: Breeding, Bites and Disease
  9. Chapter 9: Mosquitoes: Protection Indoors and Out
  10. Chapter 10: Other Household Pests
  11. Chapter 11: Using Household Products Safely
  12. Chapter 12: When You Need a Registered PCO
  13. Appendix: Charts, Checklists, Cards, Pest Log, Glossary and Where to Get Help

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