pest control

[nightstalker]

im thinking about starting my own business up at doing pest control is it worth doing can any one give me any tips about it( CHEERS ) :blink:

[vampire]

Same here. :blink:

[foghorn]

have a tetanus jab

[markbivvy]

im thinking about starting my own business up at doing pest control is it worth doing can any one give me any tips about it( CHEERS )

 

try here.

 

http://www.pestcontrolportal.com/snitz/default.asp

[foxnet22]

im thinking about starting my own business up at doing pest control is it worth doing can any one give me any tips about it( CHEERS )

keep us updated on how u get on mate.ideal job to be in that.

[stubby]

do you have any experiance, other than hunting related stuff, certification is a must, starting off with a basic BPCA, as much as we all like to dream of getting paid the kill woodies and rabbits, its all the other stuff that pays the bills, wasp nests,cockroaches,rats and mice with poisons etc

 

if you have no field experiance, your much better off starting with working for one of the big companies, as they will pay for your training, certification etc, and also give you the hands on experiance needed, method statements, risk assesments etc, these are a must if paying customers are involved, correctly filled out paperwork, then a few years down the line, think about starting up your own

 

I started working for a company 4yrs ago, started at the bottom and took a pay cut bringing in just 16k yr, Im now on 26k, but having put out "feelers" theres no way I could afford to go it alone,

 

oh, a full clean license is a must

 

it is very enjoyable though, getting payed to shoot feral pidgeons all night, but thats only part of it

Edited February 21, 2010 by stubby

[jonevo]

to be dead truthful its ****,people dont seem to want to pay for the services

if you have all the certificates and are upto date with the regulations you will only want contracted services

 

for offering rabbiting and shooting for pigeons, the farmers will not pay, when little joe can do it for free.

 

hard times Im afraid, I have been pest controlling for a few years and to be honest, Im out of it this month, as its not paying the bills

 

have a long hard think to yourself.

good luck

[stubby]

if you have all the certificates and are upto date with the regulations you will only want contracted services

 

I'd say thats true for the larger companies, but the small trader (like myself) still get job satisfaction from one off jobs (although thats 3 visits)

[Quist]

There's no easy rides nowadays. If you are prepared to work hard and do a lot of driving, the opportunities are there. As a sole trader its very hand to mouth.

[unapalomablanca]

i spent 450 on an ad in yellow pages which expires next month. so few calls wasnt worth investing in all the traps etc. too many operators and too many diy pest controllers, too easy for the public to sort out pests with all products easily available online. learn from my costly mistake and do something else.

[stubby]

i spent 450 on an ad in yellow pages which expires next month. so few calls wasnt worth investing in all the traps etc. too many operators and too many diy pest controllers, too easy for the public to sort out pests with all products easily available online. learn from my costly mistake and do something else.

 

 

you should have done FREE advertising, yell.com gives this, and you'd still end up in yellow pages

I too wasted money on advertising, the best I did was buisness cards/flers from vistaprint, and leg work, giving them to every shop in the area, not forgetting estate agents and letting agents

plus I did a talk at a womans insitute (church hall)

most of my work, now comes via word of mouth

[bignoel]

i did all the big adverts first year carded everyone YP are **** charge to much most of my work is word of mouth get envolved with those lovely ladys who have coffee mornings you soon will become there topic and the jobs roll in community asociations local parishes flyers i find dont work cards in shop windows do as a local pesti not a 0800 number useing your local code godluck .

[Woody79]

Websites can be easy and keeps the costs low the rest as per as already been said vista, business cards, flyers etc. Even cheaper is to print them up yourself...