Qualifications Or Self Taught?

[J Darcy 5,871]

No course in the world can teach you how to talk money out of a farmer.......

[The one 8,467]

Self taugh and had keepers shown me , i cant see how class room qualifications show you how to set snares and catch rabbits etc

[snakey 4]

They always have a knack of making you feel guilty when you hand them an invoice!

No course in the world can teach you how to talk money out of a farmer.......

[outandabout 27]

Self taught with some help, and did various courses & qualifications after I started up.

 

There's no substitute for getting your hands dirty, although using the knowledge learned from the classroom will help.

 

I found the RSPH level 2 very useful, beyond just having the qualification.

 

It's good that there are few (none that I know of) decent courses for rabbit control. Keeps the national companies away from these jobs and leaves it to people with traditional skills.

 

Still learning every day at work, and probably always will be. No course can teach you experience.

 

Good thread by the way.

 

ATB Steve.

Edited April 10, 2013 by ekpestcontrol

[d6k 11]

Both.... The training courses don't tell you how to do the job most just teach the biology / legislation etc, but I would not get anywhere near the amount of work I get without them.

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

I feel that if anyone is going to specialise in the more rural types of pest control,.as opposed to the Commercial and Domestic workload of 'Rats , Mice, and Crawling Insects' , etc, then it pays to have undergone a whole lot of 'previous'

 

As a long time, Rural Pester,..it is often the things that I learned, by myself, that have enabled me to work and prosper, for myself....

 

However, for bug work, I realy think you do need a fair bit of extra tuition,..if only to steer clear of the Law Courts....

Edited April 10, 2013 by CHALKWARREN

[outandabout 27]

I feel that if anyone is going to specialise in the more rural types of pest control,.as opposed to the Commercial and Domestic workload of 'Rats , Mice, and Crawling Insects' , etc, then it pays to have undergone a whole lot of 'previous'

 

As a long time, Rural Pester,..it is often the things that I learned, by myself, that have enabled me to work and prosper, for myself....

 

However, for bug work, I realy think you do need a fair bit of extra tuition,..if only to steer clear of the Law Courts....

 

Good post