NCPMA News--September 2019

Tar Heel Pest Management News

September 2019

NCPMA Fall Meeting Dates Announced

We are offering Fall Membership Meetings throughout September and October. We have multiple locations scheduled throughout the state to make it easy to find one near you.

Join us at the location closest to you!

City	Date	Location
Charlotte	Sept. 11 8-9:30 a.m.	Jimmie's Restaurant 7024 Brighton Park Drive Mint Hill, NC
Fayetteville/Hope Mills	Sept. 26 6-7:30 p.m.	Sammio's Italian Restaurant 2623 Raeford Road Fayetteville, NC
Greensboro	Oct. 3 7:30-9 a.m.	La Quinta Inn and Suites 1201 Lanada Road Greensboro, NC
Hickory	Sept. 24 6-7:30 p.m.	Golden Corral Buffet & Grill 1053 Lenoir Rhyne Blvd SE, Ste M Hickory, NC
Hendersonville	Oct. 9 5-6 p.m.	Golden Corral 2530 Chimney Rock Road Hendersonville, NC
Kinston	Oct. 8 9-11:30 a.m.	NC Agriculture Extension Building 1791 NC-11 S. Kinston, NC
Raleigh	Oct. 9 6-7:30 p.m.	Red Hot and Blue 6615 Falls of Neuse Road Raleigh, NC
Wilmington	Oct. 3 6-7 p.m.	Buffalo Wild Wings 206 Old Eastwood Road Wilmington, NC

Registration is available for

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In This Issue

Fall Meetings

2020 PCT School Update

Administrative Professional Award

Premier Technician Program

Technician of the Year

In the News

Award Nominations

Upcoming Events

Our Advertisers

PCT School Update: Faith Oi to Address 2020 PCT School

Registration Open on NCPMA Website

We are excited to announce our first speaker for the 2020 Pest Control Technician's (PCT) School!

Faith Oi, an Associate Extension Scientist in Urban Entomology at the University of Florida, will present "Termite Control: More than Applying a Termiticide."

The PCT School will also feature other nationally recognized speakers leading educational sessions for pest management professionals as well as hands-on training sessions for pest management technicians. The association has announced changes to its hands-on learning session launched in 2019. The PCT School will again feature the NCSU Hands-On Spray School and Live Learning Course, which will now be offered on-site at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham.

The 2020 PCT School will be held Jan. 26-30, 2020 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham, N.C.

Register today on the NCPMA website.

Nominate Today: Administrative Professional of the Year Award

Deadline: Sept. 30, 2019

Don't miss your chance to nominate someone for the Administrative Professional of the Year Award.

The Administrative Professional of the Year award is presented by the NC Chapter of the Professional Women in Pest Management to an outstanding man or woman who serves in an administrative position at a pest management company.

Nominations are accepted on our website.

The nomination deadline is Sept. 30, 2019.

Registration Open: NCPMA Premier Technician Program

If you're looking for a chance to take your career to the next level and become an expert pest management technician, register for the NCPMA Premier Technician Program today.

Our first courses will be offered Nov. 5-6, 2019, and registration is open now.

Topics include:

Ant Behavior: How and Why Ants Do What They Do (Presenter: Patricia Alder, NCSU)
Mouse vs Rat: The R Factor Commensal Rodent 101 (Presenter: Maria Miller, Univar)

T he NCPMA Premier Technician Program is an intensive, hands-on training program designed to recognize pest management technicians who strive to be experts in the industry. It can be completed in as little as 18 months.

The program is made possible through the contributions of Strategic Founding Partners: BASF, Bayer, Bell Laboratories, Inc., Corteva Agriscience, FMC and Syngenta.

To register, visit www.ncpestmanagement.org/ptp.