Premier Technician Courses will be held March 5-6, 2025 in Raleigh at the NCSU Training Facility (4000 Chi Road; Raleigh, NC 27603).
Classes start at 8 a.m. Lunch is provided. If you’re returning (have already taken PT classes in the past), please bring your binders and field bags.
March 5, 2025
Ants (earn 7 CCU credits)
Speaker: Mike Gilbert, Invicta Environmental Pest Defense
In this course participants will have the unique opportunity to acquire training that is unavailable elsewhere. You will explore what ants do in their daily life, how they communicate, do they get sick like we do? how do they survive? what happens when they die? because the answers to these questions will give you the answers on how to develop an effective pest management program. The lecture and laboratory practice emphasize classification, identification of ant genera, social systems, and the diverse roles ants play in ecosystems. The hands-on section will expose participants to collecting and sampling, equipment and treatment practices. After practicing on several specimens, the participants test their skills with five unidentified specimens. The course will also cover principles of integrated pest management and its components, including effective customer education and communication. Demonstrations of various ant management techniques, including bait acceptance, repellent versus non-repellent pesticide, proper pesticide application, and others will also be covered.
March 6, 2025
Rodents (earn 7 CCU credits)
Speaker: Brandon Sartain, Bell Laboratories
Why control rats & mice? What are your options? This course will cover the lifestyle and habits of mice and rats, teach you how to identify rats and mice and the typical symptoms of damage they cause, teach you how to identify the degree and source of the infestation and work through how to plan, implement and monitor an effective control program. This will be accomplished through lecture and hands-on field work that will allow you to understand the effect rodent control can have on your customers, the environment and ensure risks to non-target animals are minimized.
Location:
NCSU Training Facility, 4000 Chi Road; Raleigh, NC
Time:
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
**Returning students please bring your binders and field bags.**
Nearby Hotels (Please Note: There is no room rate for NCPMA for these events)
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Raleigh SW NC State
3741 Thistledown Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27606
Town Place Marriott University Area
3371 Thistledown Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27606