Why Every Pest Controller Needs CPD (Not Just a 5-Year Ticket) | Elaine Bliss, PestFix

Tonight's Episode

Is your pest control CPD just a box-ticking exercise? Elaine Bliss, Technical Manager at PestFix, joins Pest Perspectives to explain what real professionalism in pest control looks like and why the 5-year rodenticide "reset" isn't the same as continuous learning.

In this episode, we talk to Elaine about:
🐀 The difference between CPD "box tickers" and technicians who actually retain knowledge
🏆 Why pest control should arguably be a protected title, like "dietician" vs "nutritionist"
👩‍🔧 Being a woman in pest control: lone working risks, industry attitudes, and what's changing
🌍 How regional pest pressures (cockroaches, gulls, field mice, black rats) shape what technicians actually experience
🎓 Getting young people into pest control when careers advisors barely know the job exists

Whether you're a technician working toward your RSPH Level 2, a business owner training staff, or just curious what separates a professional from a box-ticker, this one's for you.

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Pest Perspectives Podcast is a UK independent pest control podcast hosted by Shaun Muller of Oakham Pest Control Ltd. The show features practical conversations with pest control technicians, business owners, suppliers and industry experts, covering rodent control, drainage investigations, bee removal, bed bugs, wasps, commercial pest management, compliance, business growth and wider pest industry topics.Listen, watch and learn more at:⁠https://www.pestperspectivespodcast.co.uk