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Clear Advantage Technical Training, Inc. prepares pest management professionals for the State exam

October 5, 2010

Bradenton, FL

 

Clear Advantage Technical Training, Inc. is now open for business to provide excellent training opportunities for the pest control industry.  Building on his success in teaching the Fumigation and Special Identification (SPID) Cardholder training classes, Don Goudy has opened his own school to continue this excellent training program.  However, the training opportunities will not be limited to the fumigation category, as they were in the past.  Clear Advantage Technical Training will also offer a train-up program for the General Household Pest Control, and Termites and other Wood Destroying Organisms certified operator examinations.

 

Mr. Goudy has achieved a high level of success through his Fumigation and SPID over the past seven years with a first-time passing rate of over 96%.  I tell my students that if they came to my class expecting me to tell them that the answer to number 1 on the State exam is A and the answer to number two is C, then they came to the wrong place, Mr. Goudy said.  I teach my students how to be good fumigators.  If they can master that, then they will have no problem on the State exam.  This is the same philosophy that will guide the GHP and Termites training programs.  Clear Advantage training programs will include instruction on the Federal and State laws applicable to the category of study, pesticide properties and labels, pest identification, equipment, and calculating the proper amount of material to be applied.

 

Don Goudy believes that a Certified Operator or SPID cardholders real test does not occur when they go to the Citrus Building in Winterhaven.  The real test for anyone holding these credentials comes when they are in the field, their cell phone battery has gone dead, they run into a problem, and now they have to decide what the best solution for the customer is.  Its all about being professional and providing the best service for the customer, Goudy said.  Thats what we train our students to do.

 

Clear Advantage will conduct their training program in the Bradenton area.  Clear Advantage will be offering courses in OSHA Fall Protection and more. For more information on Clear Advantage Technical Training visit their web site at www.clearadvantagetraining.com