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Pest Management Seminars

This material is considered essential for Property Managers, Health Department Inspectors, Administrators, landlords, hotel operators, facilities personnel, and medical professionals.

Contact Ecologic Entomology for details about scheduling a training workshop for your organization. Find out why past attendees rate these programs as among the most important and relevant workshops they’ve attended. The workshops are fact-based programs and contain NO solicitations for products or services. The programs are presented by Jonathan Boyar, Associate Certified Entomologist and Pest Control Operator for more than 35 years.

An Old Problem in a New World: Bed Bugs 101 (90 minutes)

“An Old Problem in a New World” is a popular seminar that professionals from all over the country have attended to educate themselves about the bed bug epidemic. The seminar covers all aspects of the problem, making attendees better informed to make important decisions with respect to hiring pest control companies, choosing methods of control, educating stakeholders, and protecting themselves. This is a soup-to-nuts examination of the epidemic. It’s presented in a compelling format that is both entertaining and informative. The program has been called one of the best of its kind by national audiences. The ninety minute workshop is a fact-based and contains NO solicitations for any products or services.

  • Workshop Style: Lecture with multimedia
  • Workshop Level: All (Management, Resident Service Coordinators, Facilities Personnel)
  • Workshop Track: Professional Development & Supervisory/Management
  • HUD Core Area: Disease Prevention

 

Curriculum Vitae For Jonathan Boyer, A.C.E.

Topics Covered:

  • History of bed bugs and pesticides
  • Anatomy of the bed bug
  • Biology and ecology of bed bugs
  • Injury and damage caused by bed bugs
  • Symptoms of bed bugs
  • How to identify and inspect for bed bugs
  • Treatment options for bed bugs
  • Do I have to throw my furniture away?
  • Documentation
  • Pesticides available to battle bed bugs
  • Treatment failures
  • Fraudulent products and services
  • Common issues and problems that thwart control
  • Owner’s responsibility vs. tenant’s responsibility
  • HUD’s revised (amended) guidelines on bed bug control and prevention (Notice H 2012-5)
  • Insecticide resistance
  • Canine scent detection
  • New technologies
  • How to protect yourself from bringing them home
  • Much more

Getting the Bugs Out of a Modern-Day Pest Control Strategy (90 minutes)

The one constant in pest control is change. Products change, pests adapt, and programs must evolve to effectively control pests in multifamily housing settings. The discussion includes an examination of modern day pest control strategies, synanthropic (peridomestic) animals such as bed bugs, German cockroaches and mice. Attendee’s will emerge from the 2-hour presentation with a clear understanding of the challenges posed by these resilient pests and the tools needed to elevate the pest control operations at the property.

  • Workshop Style: Lecture with multimedia
  • Workshop Level: All (Management, Resident Service Coordinators, Facilities Personnel)
  • Workshop Track: Professional Development & Supervisory/Management
  • HUD Core Area: Disease Prevention

Bed Bugs Are Back: What You Need to Know (60 minutes, for residents in multifamily housing)

“Bed Bugs Are Back: What You Need to Know” is a one-hour information seminar for tenants of multi-family housing properties. It provides tenants with “street smart” info on prevention and identification of bed bugs.

  • Workshop Style: Lecture with multimedia
  • Workshop Level: All (General public, residents/tenants)
  • Workshop Track: N/
  • HUD Core Area: N/A

Attendee Remarks:

“I just wanted to share with you that the survey results from our annual conference have come back and Jonathan stole the show! Out of all the responses we received from our various sessions, there was not one negative remark. Great job!”

“Entertaining presenter, very passionate about what he knows.”

“More than I wanted to know, but a terrific presentation! I’m still having nightmares. Very useful.”

“This was excellent and extremely informative.”

“Awesome presentation! Very informative and the materials provided will be a great resource for our management company and property managers.”

“On behalf of the New England Resident Service Coordinators Inc., I’d like to thank you for your participation in our annual conference that took place in Groton, CT. The positive feedback from our attendees has been overwhelming and I want to personally thank you for helping make the conference a success. Here are some of the comments we received about your program:

  • Excellent job.
  • Very informative.
  • Very thorough, clear, concise.
  • Excellent class.
  • Great info, engaging with his presentation.
  • I left with lots of information from this workshop.
  • Can’t think of any improvement for Jonathan. He did a wonderful job. Lots of information–great workshop. Thanks.
  • The best workshop I did this conference. Best presentation. Thank you.
  • Anyone who didn’t come to this workshop is missing out big time! What a thrill! I thought I knew enough about bed bugs after numerous trainings…
  • Great job. Yuck!
  • Too much information!
  • Very important for all of us. Cutting-edge info. Invite him back–he’s a great educator not a salesman.

We hope you will consider taking part in next year’s conference!”

Sincerely,
Andrea Dobras

A Sampling of Organizations That Have Already Hosted Our Seminars:

  • New England Affordable Housing Management Association (NEAHMA)
  • Central Massachusetts Pest Management Association
  • Massachusetts Court System – Division of the Housing Court
  • S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
  • Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
  • Boston Inspectional Services Department
  • Peabody Properties
  • Providence Center
  • Amherst Health Department
  • Lowell Health Department
  • MassHousing
  • Boston Public Health Commission
  • Wallingford Health Department (CT)
  • City of Attleboro Council on Aging
  • United Housing
  • Beacon Communities
  • Crowninshield Management
  • Newburyport Health Department
  • Hallkeen Management
  • Visiting Nurses Association (VNA)
  • Chelmsford Housing Authority
  • Team Coordinating Agency
  • Beverly Health Department
  • Archstone Properties
  • Gateway Healthcare
  • Attleboro Housing Authority
  • Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now (CT)
  • Minuteman Senior Services
  • Boston Housing Authority
  • Home Start, Inc.
  • A1 Exterminators
  • City of Boston
  • Burgess Capeway Pest Control
  • New England Resident Service Coordinators, Inc.
  • Brickpoint Properties
  • Metro Management, Inc.
  • Residex Corporation
  • Spectrum Seminars
  • ARS Restoration Specialists
  • First Realty Management
  • The Community Builders, Inc.
  • The Hamilton Companies
  • Home Care Association of New Hampshire (Nationwide webinar)
  • Rhode Island Health Care Association
  • ServiceMaster by Gilmore
  • Cambridge Department of Public Health
  • Bay Cove Human Services – Tenant Preservation Partnership
  • Dimock Community Health Services
  • Pine Street Inn
  • Central Boston Elder Services, Inc.
  • Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
  • Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership
  • Elder Service Plan of the North Shore
  • Italian Home for Children

Let’s talk. We’re here to assist you with any pest concerns you may have.

 

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