This is the industry-standard qualification for pest professionals in the UK. Learn about pest biolo...
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Pest companies in the UK
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Pest technicians
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Recommend PM career *
*82% of pest technicians would recommend pest management as a career.
Starting out in pest management: Is pest management right for me?
Pest management typically attracts a wide variety of people. Customer service experts, school leavers, ex-military, and science graduates regularly find a fulfilling career in pest management.
If you like helping people, solving problems and have good attention to detail, pest control could be right for you.
What's it like working in pest management?
Pest professionals tackle different challenges every day while helping keep communities safe and healthy.
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Pest management keeps commercial and domestic customers free of pests and ultimately protects public health. As a young person coming into the industry through a graduate scheme, I found out quickly this is not just a job but a very good career path, as there are so many opportunities within pest control.
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What I like about the job is the variety of customers I visit and meet with across different sectors. It could be in a big food production site, local shop, restaurant, or cafe. It's a challenge because you're visiting different sites, and you're problem-solving and doing root cause analysis, trying to find if they have a pest or where the pest has come from.
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I'd never considered pest management before, and I think if my careers advisor at school had mentioned it, I'd have laughed in their face. But here I am 25 years later, loving it! The food chain is definitely something that needs protecting, and there are a lot of issues out there that relate to pests and public health, which is changing so dynamically that it makes it a very interesting place to be.
The best things about pest management rated by professionals
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