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Have you thought about spring trapping the burrows with Fenn Mk6 traps?
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The exam at the end of the course used to be the old BPCA part 1, which as Tomo says, was fairly straightforward. These days, the exam is the RSPH level2, which is quite tough. You dont just need to know the right answer, you need to know why it is the right answer, and be able to put it in writing. Only about 65% of people who sit the exam pass it. The other problem with the RSPH level 2 is that it takes upto 12 weeks to get your result. DO NOT think that you are a 'fully qualified' pest controller with this qualification alone - it is considered to be an 'entry level' qualifica
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'Bunny hugging' Government scraps rabbit control measures - click HERE for full story..
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Great first post. Oh, and by the way........ It isn't.
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I have to take issue with you there Talon. The exam is moderated and examined by the RSPH, totally independant of any company or organisation. It's a much harder exam than the old BPCA part 1 which was multiple choice. If you know of people who have cheated, drop me a pm with the details and I will make sure it is investigated. Only around 60% of candidates pass the RSPH level 2, so if they do have the answer sheet in the other hand there is something seriously wrong..... The other thing is that RSPH is an 'entry level qualification'. That means it is just the first step on a
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In terms of getting work, I'd say appearance counts for a lot. Clean and tidy with shiny boots and a shirt and tie goes along way when you are looking at jobs. Admin is also important. When you are busy, you need to make sure you stay on top of the paperwork. A wise man once told me that there are none so stupid as busy fools. Price realistically and do a good job and you could do very well. One last thing; drop Ratsnatcher a PM. I think he used to be a landscaper.........
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: C'mon matey peeps,..no need to appologise,...you've certainly not got any-one's back's up.. We are all here to learn from one another,....and 'wind up's on websites,..are commonplace... Nice to hear of your past work record, rabbiting in Scotland,...it sounds interesting.. I've also hunted the rabbits in the Far North,..but,.my rural workload today is of a vastly different nature to back then.. Personaly,..I think we are all just trying to get through life the best way we can.... All the best,.CHALKWARREN...
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No, its a new set of label restrictions for the statutory box on rodenticide labels. In simple terms, it will prevent the long term use of a/c rodenticide baits as a precaution in permanent external bait boxes. The industry has made a fortune out of selling what is known as a 'first line of defence' in the form of perimeter bait stations which are checked on a regular basis - this has also led to a new breed of pest controller who cannot recognise rodent activity unless it is in the form of bait take - now all those companies are wondering what the hell they do with all those boxes if
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Sorry Joe, but that is bollocks. To suggest that anyone who cannot control a rat infestation without using poisons is naive. To suggest that those who use poison are somehow inferior to you is arrogant. I use all available methods, and have spent most of the last twenty years specialising in wildlife management. There is no way that you could get control of the majority of infestations without using poisoned baits. That is not to suggest that traps and snares do not have their place in the armoury, but to rely on them exclusively would increase the risk to public health. Turn th
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I just have! I accepted a new position of 'General Manager' after three months of negotiation. That is not the point of this topic though, is it? The original question asked was "could pest control manage without poisons?" Well, the industry will now have to learn to manage without them so much because of DR59.....
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I have to disagree with you on this one Joe. The 'multinationals' are an easy target for critisism, but they are not the ones selling contracts for £15 or £25 per visit. The BPCA have led the way in training and qualification, and at my last company, 85% of my staff had RSPH level 2. When you write about a time 'before poisons' when exactly are you talking about? Poisons have been used for rodent control for at least the last few hundred years - the only difference is that the ones we use now are safer. The whole concept of contract visits is precautionary, not reactionary, and
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I don't remember you managing when you were with us A? You were a surveyor who wanted to be a trainer if I remember correctly? Why bullshit? I think people still think of national big companies like they were twenty years ago. Most of the top five companies now offer ferreting as a service, and regularly use traps.
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No, I dont think I am. What I am doing is exposing the fact that people use 'culturism' to hide rasicm. I've seen lots of potentally racist stuff on this thread. The 'send em home' brigade are alive and well....... As for the manifesto of the BNP, I wouldn't waste my time reading it. I would never vote BNP even if it was a choice between them and the communists. That's my whole point. Anyone can read this part of the forum, and may think that we are all knuckle dragging BNP members. As for the rest of the forum, the moderators do a fine job of keeping it to legal subjects, an
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No, but it is illegal to express views which could be considered to incite race hate. Personally, while I think it is really nice that we have a section here to discuss anything, I'm a lot less happy that members of the public reading this section may think that we are all racists and members of the BNP. I'm not a member of the BNP, never have been and never will be. So no matter who much the few people who are members beat the drum and spout their propaganda, the majority of people on THL are in the same boat as me. Just give it a rest lads. Go somewhere else and spout this cr
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Like many of you, I am against multiculturism. America have it, and as a result, have no culture. What people fail to understand is that we live in a multiracial society, and always have. You can't talk about putting one section of a society in front of another unless you define it, and by doing that, you are doing exactly what the nazis did. Now lets just put things into perspecive. Some of you are probobly reading this and thinking that I am some sort of left wing liberal. Nothing could be further from the truth. But what I will never condone, is the bully boy tactics of the BNP
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If you are going to put 'english' people first, you will need to define them. History is important. That's how we stop people making the same mistakes that cost millions of lives. The link to Nazi's and Hitler is also valid. They had theories about putting their own people first, and blaming sections of society for their problems. Is it a coincidence that the foreign peoples you have no 'problem with' are predominantly white?
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How do you define 'english'? If a french family moved to Britain a few generations ago, and their grandchildren looked 'english' spoke 'english' and did so on, would they still be foreign? Don't forget that Hitler blamed everyone who wasn't 'germanic' for their problems in the 1930's. Look what happened then. When the nazi party first came about in Germany, people there talked about them the same way as many do about the BNP now...
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I'm a proud subject of Her Majesty. I'm especially proud of my country's long history of giving santuary to those less fortunate souls who need it, no matter what their creed, religion or colour of their skin is. BNP? No thanks. But I would defend the right of anyone to be a member. What I cannot ever defend it the attitude of some that they are better than another because they happen to have white skin.
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Gamebirds cease to be 'livestock' when they leave a release pen. Game is owned by the landowner on which it is at any given time.
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You can only use them under licence from DEFRA (NE now I expect), and they are a pain in the neck. Once you jump through all the hoops to get the licence, you have to visit them every day for 3 weeks after the last 'exit', and then you can fill in the sett. I've used them on English Heritage sites. I didn't bother quoting again, cause the badgers move back in unless you can totally destroy the sett, and it's disheartening to do all that work just to have the beggars move straight back in.
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They are one way badger gates, which are used under license to remove badgers from problem sets.
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Requirements for Working landfill site's
Matt replied to Davy T's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
No it isn't. It is standard practice. I think you are getting confused with the OJEC rules which stipulate that you cannot name a trade organisation if it is a government contract. Private companies can stipulate what they like. The five top pest control companies offer bird services. That is not a risk assessment. You would have to produce site specific, task specific risk assessments which identify all the potential hazards, their pre control risk rating and their post control risk rating. Standard practice following the safety and health at work regulations 1999. -
Requirements for Working landfill site's
Matt replied to Davy T's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
Sorry, but I have to disagree.... Landfill sites tend to be run by large companies (Biffa, Onyx, etc) who have complex health and safety policies. They are also quite dangerous places to work, with disease risk, gas, moving machinery etc, etc. Risk assessments for Landfill work tend to be huge. There is quite a lot that can 'go wrong'. The majority of contracts are put out to tender, and most tenders include a requirement that you should be a member of a relevant trade association. You could sub contract - as someone else has already pointed out, getting cover for holiday and -
I expect the sixteen year old expert is busy sending you links to dodgy ebay sites which sell 'poisons'. Take the advice given here mate. Call in a pro.
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Drop boxes when used to provide 'managed access' through a properly constructed rabbit fence, are not set all the time, so do not need to be checked every day. Drop boxes are a fantastic way of managing rabbits in sensitive areas. I often use them around ancient monuments where ferretting is restricted. They also keep the rabbits under control all year round. As far as ruining the sport of ferretting, I very much doubt it. When I started ferretting in the early eighties, rabbits were few and far between due to myxi - but we still managed to find some smashing sport. This whole d