Project Description

Termite Foundations Course

Program Comments: This course includes a lecture and hands-on portion. It is 2.5 days long and is team taught by FDACS, industry experts, and UF/IFAS.

This course is designed to teach the basics of termite biology and behavior with an emphasis on subterranean termites. We cover building construction elements and treatment techniques in the context of label directions, walk through soil termiticide calculations of different slab types, and cover Florida Statute 482 and 5E-14 with particular reference to vehicle inspections. We also cover pesticide safety and do a practice spill clean-up.

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Termite Foundations Course

  • Course is Wednesday 8AM to 5PM, Thursday 8AM to 5PM, and Friday 8AM to noon.
  • Cost is $493.00 for the course.
  • Lunch is provided Wednesday and Thursday (no extra charge).
  • All courses are taught at the UF MREC campus in Apopka, FL.
This course is designed to be an introduction to termite pest management. Emphasis is on getting students capable of performing termite inspections and treatments safely and effectively.
  • Learn the biology of common termites
  • Review the labels of commonly used termite control products and identify correct treatment methods requires.
  • Perform drilling, trenching, foaming, and liquid treatments as required by termite product labels.
  • Accurately graph structures
  • Calculate the required amount of product to treat monolithic, floating slab, and crawlspace homes
  • Learn common building construction methods and how termites can enter these areas
  • Understanding the requirements of FS 482 and 5E-14 as it relates to termite treatments
  • Do a vehicle inspection and spill drill with Paul Mitola from FDACS

Termite Foundations Course

There are no prerequisites for this course.
Anyone with interest in the pest management industry can take this course.

Planning on becoming a Certified Pest Control Operator (CO) in Florida?

You can now take the state exam here at Pest Management University.  Friday afternoon (immediately following the Master’s course) the Florida Department of Agriculture (FDACS) will come in and offer a special session of the state certified operator exam to those that qualify.  We cover all the key points at Pest Management University that the state of Florida bases their certified operator exam on.  PMU students have a 100% pass rate on the state Termite exam.  There are no additional fees charged by us at PMU.  You only pay the FDACS exam fee.

To qualify to take the exam at PMU, you must:

COURSE INSTRUCTORS

JOE JONOVICH
JOE JONOVICHCourse Instructor
Has a M.S degree from the University of Florida, Entomology and Nematology Department. Joe has been in industry for over 25 years. He has owned his own pest management company, worked for a large manufacturer, worked as a technical director for a Top-20 company, and currently offers training and consulting for the pest management industry and related fields.
FAITH OI
FAITH OICourse Instructor
Dr. Oi is the director for Pest Management University and Florida’s Statewide School IPM program. She also directs graduate students and works closely with industry on research designed to solve pest problems important to Florida. Dr. Oi earned her Ph.D from the University of Florida (Gainesville), Entomology and Nematology Department., where she studied termite-foraging dynamics. She received her M.S. from the University of Hawai’i, Mānoa, Department of Entomology, where she worked in agriculture.
PAUL MITOLA
PAUL MITOLACourse Instructor
Paul is an Environmental Consultant with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in the Bureau of Scientific Evaluation and Technical Assistance, Entomology and Pest Control Section. He began his career in the pest control industry in 1979 as a technician and worked throughout his career as a service manager, distributor, and owner of various pest control companies. Paul was an IPM technician at the University of Florida for several years before his employment with FDACS, first as an inspector, then as their Environmental Consultant. He is certified in all categories and his major role involves covering regulations, the label and hands-on activities to enforce classroom learning.
JOHN PAIGE
JOHN PAIGECourse Instructor
John earned his BS and MS in Entomology from Texas Tech University and his PhD in Urban Entomology from Texas A&M University. After graduation, he joined industry and moved to Florida in 1988.
He has held many positions including R&D, Sales, Business Management and Regulatory Affairs but his real passion has been field based research and development, a position he held for almost 25 years.
He retired from Bayer Environmental Science in 2021 and is an educator and contract researcher in the pest management industry.
He and his wife Lisa have two sons, Jack and Andy and live in the Vero Beach area.

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