Custodial, maintenance, and kitchen staff
As custodial, maintenance, or kitchen staff members, you will have the greatest opportunities to play active roles in implementing a successful IPM program. Through training programs, educational materials, and working alongside IPM specialists, you will gain the knowledge to make your facility safer and more secure, while making your own work more effective and efficient. You will be able to reduce pests through without applying harmful chemicals. IPM promotes techniques that are
Biorational - using pheromones and synthetic hormones
Mechanical - ensuring exclusion
Cultural - microcleaning, instead of traditional "macrocleaning"
