It’s all about the training

by Tommy Underhill
October 4, 2019

We recognize that just having the best equipment available does not make you a heat professional capable of achieving a 100% kill 100% of the time. One of the first tasks Dr Linford undertook in 1989 was to commercialize heat for the insect eradication market and write and develop the original training manuals. Since then, we have continued that tradition with training.

Training remains a cornerstone to the developers and engineers at GreenTech Heat Solutions. Our customers tell us how important our training and certification is in their business.

What People Say

The Bed Bug Heat Treatment Field Guide is one of the most comprehensive training tools that we have seen. The entomology section is a great tool for visual learners. We are incorporating the guide into our Branch 2 Training syllabus. As mentioned, we feel as though the depth of the training and the training aids warrants 2-3 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) for tech training.

Cam Gray

Wanted to send pics of how well your equipment and training works for us. We can’t thank you enough for the way you have treated us. It is refreshing to work with people that get a team concept over just doing business. Thank you.

Grant Guyer
Mirage Properties

I just want to write you to thank you for the training and the time you spent with us last week. We are very pleased with the equipment and we feel up to the task as we move forward with our self-treating. You were very informative and helpful and I am glad we decided to have you come out. Thanks again.

Andrew J. Ditson
Senior Property Manager
All City Management

I am very pleased with your training certification program and learned a lot. I am very proud of his certification, got a 99 on it!

Andy
Future Services, Inc

I want to say thank you for specific information on treating fleas with our Titan 800. The infestation was severe! The landlord had thrown the former tenants out and the garage will still filled with garbage. As soon as you walked through the door you’d be covered in them. With your help we had a very successful heat treatment for fleas!

Richard O’Brien
Concise Pest Control

Our focus on training is such a core of our business that the State of California has approved GreenTech Heat as a Continuing Education (CE) Provider for “General Pest and Heat Treatment Strategies”. As far as we know, no other heat product company has achieved this level of approval.

It’s not all doom and gloom

But according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, landlords need not worry. The study demonstrates that although over the short term (within 5 years), landlords do suffer modest increases in cost, in the long term, reductions of infestation lead, on average, to savings. Read the full analysis here. (Sherrie Xie, et. al., (2019) Dynamics of Bed Bug Infestations and Control Under Disclosure Policies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(13), Retrieved from https://www.pnas.org/content/116/13/6473.)

Of course, the cheapest solution for all is prevention and a responsive plan to quickly stop the spread of bed bugs if one is found. If you are a landlord, find out how owning your own GreenTech Heat treatment equipment might be the most cost-effective option for you. Our website has more information than we can share in any other manner. Call us at 888-699-3944 for answers to any specific questions you might have.