17 graduate from NCPMA’s latest premier technician program

The NCPMA welcomes its largest graduating class to date of the Premier Technician program. PHOTO COURTESY OF NCPMA

Seventeen individuals recently completed the North Carolina Pest Management Association’s (NCPMA) Premier Technician program. The course is designed to elevate knowledge through the in-depth study of at least eight key areas, including ants, bed bugs, cockroaches, flying insects, occasional invaders/stored product pests, rodents, wood-boring inspection or the North Carolina Official Wood-Destroying Insect Information Report (Form No. WDIR 100) Accreditation and wood-destroying organisms. The program takes at least 18 months to complete.

Those who completed the program include:

• Trae Baisden (Sawyer Termite & Pest Control Specialist)
• Alexander Castillo (Wheeler Pest Solutions)
• Ian Dunlap (Terminix)
• Elizabeth Gilbert (Invicta Environmental Pest Defense)
• Gene Helms (B & T Pest Control)
• William Jones (NC Pest Control)
• Lynn Lafone (Terminix)
• James Mullis (Rid-A-Bug)
• Kevin Pelletier (Guardian Pest Control)
• Bradley Renegar (Rid-A-Bug)
• Justin Ross (Rise Pest Management)
• Stephen Ross (Rise Pest Management)
• Chad Shropshire (Terminix)
• Austin Tatum (Kind Pest Control)
• Heath Taylor (Peeler Environmental)
• Josh Vandyke (Terminix)
• Alysia Wrobel (Kind Pest Control)

The Premier Technician program offers a continuous series of courses to help professionals develop a deeper and clear understanding of pest infestations from discovery to treatment. Individuals who complete the program must have worked in the industry for at least one year and must complete the Wood-boring beetle/Inspection course or have WDIR accreditation through NCPMA.

To maintain the Premier Technician designation, professionals must continue to take at least one 8-hour course every two years.

About the NCPMA

Founded in 1952, the North Carolina Pest Management Association (NCPMA) is the trade association representing the professional pest management industry in North Carolina. NCPMA promotes the continued cooperation and success of all pest management businesses in the Tar Heel State. NCPMA is considered to be the only statewide association dedicated to representing and educating North Carolina’s pest management professionals.

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