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Welcome to Orkin University Online! Here we seek to share the knowledge and award-winning training expertise we've built over the past 100 years so you can develop your own employees into a smarter, more powerful force for your business.

8 Places to Check Out Before Pests Check In? Housekeeping Checklist / En Español / Russian
Where might pests be hiding in your hotel? Download Orkin?s ?8 Places to Check Out Before Pests Check In? housekeeping checklist for tips on preventing pest infestations in the eight ?hot spots? that pests frequent. Available in English, Spanish and Russian, the checklist is a great learning aide to share with your housekeeping staff, too.

Plant Manager's Pre-Audit Checklist
Does your plant undergo third-party food-safety audits? Download Orkin?s pre-audit checklist to help improve the pest management score on your next audit.

“ABCs of Pest Habitat Modification” Video Series
In 10 brief Webisodes, Orkin Training Center Director Ron Harrison, Ph.D., shows how you can make your facility less "pest-friendly," long before any chemical treatments are applied.

“5 Steps to a Better Audit” Video
Zia Siddiqi, Ph.D., Orkin Director of Quality Assurance, shares tips that will help you and your staff improve your next food safety audit score.

Sanitation & Storage Quiz
Sanitation and proper storage techniques are critical to effective pest management. Download this quiz to help your staff identify potential trouble spots.

“Before Your Next Health Inspection…” Checklist  /   En Espanol
Restaurant owners – your employees can improve your next inspection score by learning to implement the sanitation and food-safety procedures on this checklist before the inspector arrives.

Other Resources
Below are links to additional resources you can use to train your staff on important pest management, sanitation and infection control issues.

Health Care

• Co–authored by certified entomologists from Orkin and Western Pest Services, the American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) of the American Hospital Association published this complete “how to” guide to implementing and maintaining a health care IPM program.
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended guidelines for pest control in health care facilities (see section V. under “Recommendation -- Environmental Services”).
  
  
• Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management magazine published this guide to IPM in long-term care facilities by Orkin Quality Assurance Director Zia Siddiqi, Ph.D. and Technical Director Frank Meek.
  
  
• Four Things You Can Do To Prevent Infection – The Joint Commission offers brochures, posters and video presentations to help health care facilities educate staff members and the public about infection control.
  
  

Schools

• IPM Standards for Schools – Recommended school IPM practices from The IPM Institute of North America, co-presenter with Orkin of the Gold Medal IPM Partner Awards.

Additional training materials will be posted here soon. Please check back to find materials relevant to your industry. Do you have a specific training request? Let us know.