Hello to all our members! KPU will once again be offering the Professional Pest Management Module 1 training this year from Feb. 24-26, 2022 and it will be offered fully online OR in person.* (Note: the in-person option may change depending on pandemic protocols but the course will be available online anyways, so it willContinue reading “KPU Professional Pest Management Feb. 24-26 2022”
It’s that time of year again! Please note your membership dues invoices will be sent out shortly. While we are not in a position to host in-person meetings at this time, we are hopeful to be hosting meetings before the end of 2022 (in compliance with public health and safety regulations). Please note that forContinue reading “SPMABC Membership Invoices have been sent out!”
Hello SPMABC Members, As you will all have heard, the Ministry of Environment has issued a ban on all anti-coagulant rodenticides for all of British Columbia. This ban is effective as of July 21st 2021, and will be in place for 18 months, until January 2023. The SPMABC board is fully appreciative of the effectContinue reading “MOE Rodenticide Ban – Update from SPMABC Executive Board”
The Vancouver Rat Project (who will often send a speaker for our SPMABC conferences), has asked for our support in their COVID-19 19 Rodent research. The project explores how the P1 COVID-19 variant has effect rodent populations, and involves testing rodent carcasses that are trapped (not baited). They are offering payment for collection of theseContinue reading “Vancouver Rat Project – COVID-19 Rodent Project”
We wanted to advise our members that the page on our website that allows members to access their detailed recertification points report is currently down. Because we will be migrating to a new system in the coming months, we won’t be able to repair this system, so in the interim, we would ask that youContinue reading “SPMABC Recertification Points Inquiries”
Hello, Thank you all for your inquiries, and your patience as we address your industry-specific concerns. We have engaged with the Ministry of Health, the COVID-19 Workplace Task Group and public health about our status as essential workers. Currently the list of Front-line priority workers doesn’t include our industry, but we are making the caseContinue reading “Update: COVID-19 Vaccinations for Pest Control Companies”
Hello SPMABC Members, As many of you are already aware, the NPMA has released a second edition of the Service Technician’s Manual. The second edition to NPMA’s top-selling training handbook, The Service Technician’s Training Manual, is available now! This revised and expanded second edition is loaded with new content including updated pest biology andContinue reading “NPMA Service Technician’s Manual Order”
Hello SPMABC Members, As you all know, COVID-19 has made it impossible to conduct an in-person AGM this year. We will be holding the Annual General Meeting for the Structural Pest Management Association of British Columbia via Zoom on Wednesday April 14th. The meeting will begin promptly at 4:00p.m. Zoom information has been sent outContinue reading “2021 Annual General Meeting”
Hello SPMABC members, Just one more reminder to let you know there is still time to sign up for the Professional Pest Management Module 1 training from KPU, which will be delivered online this year. For those of you needing extra credits towards recertification, this course will offer 5 overall credits. Please see our previousContinue reading “Less than 1 week away! KPU Professional Pest Management Course – February 18-20 (Online)”
Hello SPMABC Members, I know many of you have been eagerly await this update, so I am happy to finally confirm that the following sessions for the CPMA conference have been approved for recertification credits: Session Date Session Time Session Title Approved Credit February 22, 2021 9:40 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. PST How COVID-19 HasContinue reading “Approved Credits for Upcoming CPMA Conference and NPMA Back In Action”
Structural Pest Management Association of British Columbia 