Boost Pest Control Technician Productivity
8 Tips to reduce pest control downtime, boost pest control productivity & profit.
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Pest Control Equipment - Boost Technician Productivity
1. Boost Spray Technician Productivity
(and make more money!!!)
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6. 1. Good Filtration is critical to any sprayer
- Good Design
- Operating Procedures
- Maintenance Procedures
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7. Filtration – Good Design is critical
- Selection
based upon material, water quality, pump, technician
- Type
fill hose, strainer basket, before pump, gun/tip
- Accessibility
location, reach, plumbing
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8. Filtration – Good Design is critical
Design for your application, equipment, technician
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9. Access – Nothing more important
- Can technician reach filter?
- Can filter be checked when tank is full?
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10. Access – Nothing more important
The right way to do it!
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14. 2. Pressure Related Problems
a. Don’t overpressurize sprayers
- Backpacks, especially sensitive
- $5 problems become $50 problems quickly
- Extends life
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15. 2. Pressure Related Problems
b. Don’t run pumps too fast
- The pressure fairy?
- Extends life
- Reduce drift
- Reduce size of spills
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16. 2. Pressure Related Problems
c. Release the pressure
- Extends life
- Especially backpacks
- Reduce freeze risk
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17. 3. Clean It Out!
- B & Gs
- Backpacks
- Power Sprayers
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21. 3. Clean It Out!
What will this cost you?
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22. 4. Don’t Wait for Problems
Preventative Maintenance is critical
- especially pumps & motors where failure is expensive
- take advantage of slow periods to do PM
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23. 5. Train Employees to Report Problems
Leaks
Problems You know what
$
to
fix
Time Downhill
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24. 5. Train Employees to Report Problems
Small Problems quickly become big problems
- Leaks
- Changes in pressure
- Changes in output
- Appearance
- Sound
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26. 7. Use Preflight Checklist
- Airplane pilot metaphor
- Techs should spend 3-4 minutes at start of day
checking their equipment
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27. 7. Use Preflight Checklist
Find small problems
- they are cheaper to fix than big problems
Find problems where you can do something about them
- it is better to have problems at the office/home
than to have them in the customers driveway
The case of the missing pump!
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