Commercial Cockroach Management

Welcome to this CEU on Commercial Cockroach Management in Florida. The purpose of this recertification CEU is to be used as an essential information source for licensed pest control operators servicing commercial food handling and hospitality accounts. As such, attention must be given to the identification and biology of every cockroach species encountered in Florida, the inspection and monitoring procedures that reveal the true extent of an infestation, and the treatment methods appropriate to a food service environment. Special emphasis is placed on Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation inspection standards, Chapter 482 compliance and record keeping, insecticide resistance in German cockroach populations, and the sanitation and structural recommendations a commercial account depends on. Go ahead and get started!

Learning Objectives:

The following is a list of the key points to be discussed within this course.

• Identify the German, American, Smokybrown, Australian, Asian, and Brown-banded cockroaches and explain the biology that drives treatment decisions for each.
• Explain how Florida food service inspection standards evaluate cockroach activity and what the Chapter 482 and Chapter 5E-14 record keeping requirements are for commercial accounts.
• Describe a systematic commercial inspection and the use of sticky monitoring traps to assess infestation levels.
• Select and apply appropriate treatment methods, including gel baits, residual sprays, dusts, and insect growth regulators, in food handling environments.
• Explain how insecticide resistance develops in German cockroach populations and describe the rotation strategies and sanitation recommendations that prevent it.

Florida Course Approval

Tyler Pettis – Director of Training