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  1. StephenWalsh
    Agreed. I got a call once from a Local Council, their own PCO's had said no, the Refuse Collection (outsourced) had said no... The job? Pick a very rotten dead fox out of a ditch on Parish land, all and sundry had said no. I made £50 for 10 minutes smelly work.
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    Too far away from me, sorry!
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    Where in Sussex are you Terry?
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    Contact Killgerm or SX and they will give you all the pointers you need. Now then, wait for the ladder shakers lol.
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    Sorry fella, I have no idea.
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    If it's anything like me then it's down to old age.
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    Pete you sound quite bitter. Personally I don't go on any forums other than this one. And the advice I gave to the first fella was about putting money in his pocket, not about achieving any dubious job title. And I have lots and lots of bits of paper with courses I have done. I worked for one company that didn't invest in training and a lot of the people there didn't know their ar$e from their elbows. Another company did train their staff and not only were they more successful but had much better standards and better service for the customer. Since I set up on my own I have done even
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    Death.
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    It depends on how much money you have. The residential course would probably be your best bet but I would imagine it costs £££'s. The Killgerm or SX courses won't give you an official qualification though, but you will be able to buy restricted products once you do them. Are you working in pest control now? If not, then just doing the course or courses won't put any money in your pocket. If you are, get your employers to sort it out.
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    I did and there is no real support. You have to read lots, learn all about the law and then apply what practical knowledge you already have. If you are a novice you will struggle and if you can't spell you are in deep shite.
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    As said, 12 hours is a best practice guide, but I am sure the legal minimum is every 24 hours - same as any other type of live catch traps. And Matt, yes I have PA1/PA6 but have purchased lots of weedy stuff without ever having to prove it. I went onto a onine pest control supplier the other day and one of those little windows popped up with someone ready to answer my questions. Being a bit naughty I asked if I could buy some professional use Brodifacoum sachet for use at home. No issues, says the little window, I just need to confirm that a professional will be using it for me...
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    I agree with you totally Phil. As you know glue boards have to be inspected at least every 12 hours (NPTA code of Practice - I am a member!), which mitigates to a certain degree, the length of time the unfortunate animal is waiting for the coup de grace.
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    Boards aren't nice, but if you have ever tried to control mice when they won't take any bait, in any form at all, you would realise that they are needed, albeit a method of last resort. I've done a few jobs in London and some mice there have become absolutely impossible to entice into traps, bait boxes, trays and I have tried EVERY formulation! And, go into any pound shop/bargain shop in south London, they don't sell mouse traps, they ONLY sell sticky boards.
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    As a total aside, I did an insect job for a sitting Magistrate recently and she asked me about squirrels. Turned out she hated the bloody things and had bought herself a live catch trap that was more or less permanently set up in the garden. When I asked her what she did with them once inside she told me she drowned them in a bucket. I told her that was illegal and she informed me that the Police had told her to do it that way...
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    That's why you are a HGV driver.
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    Don't feed the trolls!
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    Mr Muddy that is well played and completely correct.
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    Peafowl aren't native to UK and aren't classed as Wild Birds therefore aren't subject to Wildlife & Countryside Act. However, Animal Welfare Act will still apply as to cruelty etc. It would be illegal to release them, but legal to own them, make sure they don't belong to anyone as they would be classed as property in the eyes of the law, and if you kill them it could be considered Criminal Damage. Are they living on public land? If so then shooting out of the question. Trapping them and transporting could be considered cruel if certain organisations get wind of it. If it was me I w
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    I wasn't sure what it was, I was sent it by a customer who found it on the rug in their living room. It came from a mid terrace house with a history of mouse problems, I had been there probably 4 or 5 times in a couple of years and never saw any trace of rats at all. Anyway, I went over this morning and took a picture again with my camera, against a normal size business card for scale.
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    Moist is a much better word than horrendous.
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    I can't say what I did with it, for fear of incriminating myself on an open forum!
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    It's all gone a bit crazy. Fancy a story that made me laugh and feel a bit silly at the same time? I did a very small net installation for a charity just before Christmas, and was instructed by the Architects who were in charge of a refurb at the building and realised a bit of bird proofing was in order at the last minute. I duly obliged and a couple of days ago I got a call from the charity because they had a dead pigeon on top of the net (outside the proofing) and the Architects gave them my name. Is it my responsibility? Nope. Did I say as an act of total niceness on my part to go a
  24. StephenWalsh
    I actually got some good advice on this from a mate who is a tatooist. He was telling me that all his used needles and such are classed as hazardous, he has a sharps bin in his studio and once a year gets a firm to pick it up, they sort the paperwork and pays them a £100 or so depending on the weight. Exactly the same for us, now I keep all my empty containers and soiled ppe in a bin in the stores, I have a trade waste agreement with a localish firm, paperwork sorted, problem solved. The EA aren't going to hassle me over these arrangements.
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    I spoke to a guy yesterday from a waste disposal company who said we don't need to make the quarterly returns, an annual return will do.
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