Pest Management Professional, April 2015
Start Up DiarieS Continued From Page 94 was a catch The reward would be a dollar for every correct answer The punishment would be a week of training with me if they failed Believe it or not the punishment far outweighed the reward for at least one of my techs He told me he didnt want another week of training under my T U T E L A G E I eased them into the process by giving them five words per week to study leading to an end of month test consisting of 20 words Not only did I provide them with each study word I gave them the proper definition as well They also received a study sheet that corresponded to the vocabulary words I took another 25 questions from the handout and gave them 2 for every correct answer For example during January the vocabulary words and handout had to do with mice Before the test my techs probably would have had a tough time explaining the difference between B R O M E T H A L I N and B R O D I F A C O U M but now they can with ease Schopen is president of McHenry Ill based Schopen Pest Solutions You can reach him at 847 529 BUGS or pete@ schopenpest com The reason were only going to administer the test during the winter months is obvious When its high believe it or not The punishment far outweighed the reward for at least one of my techs season Id rather have my techs focus on controlling pests and not worry about spending a week training with me if they fail Considering my techs average 1000 each day during the summer that would be a 5000 training session We also wont do February because of the lack of an extra day Ive already started working on the next lesson Its going to be on the Q U I N T E S S E N T I A L pantry pest the Indianmeal moth In the meantime Im going to try and start playing against my mom in the online version of Scrabble We might be 1000 miles apart but we can still play our favorite game together I cant wait to try out E C T O P A RA S I T E on her PMP 96 April 2015 Pest Management Professional mypmp net
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