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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.