Description: Knowledge, skills, and abilities to recognize pests and their significance to human and animal health.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss pests of significance to human and animal health.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Give examples of types of pests.

2. Differentiate between types of pests.

3. Discuss the public health significance of pests.

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Description: Knowledge related to facility design to control pests.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss the importance of facility design for pest control.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Give examples of pest exclusion in facility design.

2. Discuss how plant and grounds maintenance will reduce harborage areas.

3. Discuss the importance of pesticide storage areas.

4. Discuss how pest control station layout would be used in a facility to control pests.

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Description: Knowledge, skills, and abilities related to sanitation programs for pest control.

Terminal Competency:

Describe sanitation practices for pest control.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Recognize regulations associated with pest management (GMPs, GAPs, GRPs).

2. Discuss sanitation measures to prevent adulteration from pests.

3. Describe measures to eliminate sources that attract pests.

4. Identify approved chemicals for pest control.

5. Discuss importance of pesticide chemical labeling.

6. Discuss importance of pesticide chemical storage.

7. Recognize defect action level list.

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Description: Knowledge, skills, and abilities to detect pests while conducting regulatory activities.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss detection of pests.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Recognize evidence of presence of pests.

2. Determine what equipment is needed for detection of pests.

3. Discuss agency procedures for pest infestation.

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Description: Knowledge of broad-based approach that integrates practices for control of pests.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss how pest management is used to control pests.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Discuss the importance of pest control.

2. Describe a pest control plan.

3. Discuss pesticides.

4. Discuss an integrated pest management system.

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