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Whether you work for a small, family size business
or an industry giant,
the Urban Pest Management Program
on the University of Georgia’s Griffin campus
has training programs
designed to meet your needs.
Termite treatment workshops are taught at the
Georgia Structural Pest Control Training Facility
located on the Griffin campus.
The training center was built as a training tool
for termite control professionals,
inspectors with the Georgia Department of Agriculture,
and UGA Cooperative Extension agents.
The center’s 3,000 square foot unfinished foundation
is built of various construction types
used in typical Georgia homes.
UGA and Georgia Department of Agriculture experts
teach termite treatment methods
in a very hands-on visual way
through the outdoor classroom facility.
Completion of the one and a half day program
provides 11 certification hours
and 6 registration hours.
Graduates also earn a certificate of completion
and an attractive uniform patch
to highlight their training to their customers.
Integrated Pest Management workshops
focus on helping technicians
make logical treatment decisions
based on the sound IPM principles.
Completion of the IPM workshop
earns participants 7 certification hours
and 6 registration hours.
In addition to termite treatment and IPM workshops,
the UGA Urban Pest Management Program
offers a 10-week Urban and Structural
Pest Management Certificate Program.
This program is worth 26 certification hours
and 26 registration hours.
The lecture series exposes
pest management technicians
to several aspects
of the pest management industry,
such as sales, customer service, and legal affairs,
in addition to the traditional material on biology
and management of urban insect pests.
A highlight of both the IPM workshop
and the Certificate program are
insect identification laboratories
where attendees are shown
actual samples of dozens
of the most common insect pests
in the urban and suburban environment in Georgia.
For more information on the UGA Griffin Campus’
Urban Pest Management Program,
see the program’s website
at www.gabugs.uga.edu
or call 770-233-5598.
That's 770-233-5598.