This workbook offers a comprehensive look at irrigation design, installation, maintenance and water management including practical hands-on techniques. Each chapter contains questions and answers which can be used to test your own knowledge or as in-house training tool for new and seasoned employees. Appendix includes detailed drawings of irrigation installations and tables and conversion data.

The Complete Irrigation Workbook: Design, Installation, Maintenance & Water Management

Engineering & Transportation

Larry Keesen

Cindy Code

Engineering

GIE Media, Inc.

Look no further for an accurate, fast-paced book on growing your landscape business. Based on nearly 30 years of landscape industry experience, Laflamme shares unparalleled insight into the multi-faceted world of a landscape business owner. Whether you re looking for ideas on running your business, managing your people, balancing your P &amp; L, improving your operations or acquiring and retaining new customers, this book will motivate you to take action and chart a new course for your business. Chapter headings include: The Power of a Plan; The Mower or the Computer; Hire Outside Expertise; Profit is Not a Dirty Word; Pricing Critical to Your Success; Train Them to Pay on Time!; Retaining Valuable People; Managing Supervisors; Compensation, Sales, Advertising, Marketing, Help!; Networking Works; Managing Your Sales Staff ; Put Your Logos on Everything; The Contract Renewal Process; Lost Job Analysis; Romance Your Customers Vision; Delegate Everything Possible; Attitude Is Everything; Are You Ready to Sell? Each chapter includes specific Take Action tips that you can incorporate immediately into your business to effect change.

Green Side Up - Straight Talk on Growing & Operating a Profitable Landscape Business

Business & Money

Ed Laflamme

Industries

The Guide to Commercial Pest Management, written by current and past members of the Copesan Technical Committee, is a handbook on the various accounts encountered in commercial pest management service. Following the introductory chapters on commercial service needs, each chapter of the guide focuses on a specific type of account from apartments to food processing and hotels to zoos providing a quick reference for technicians beginning work at a new commercial client location, a training review of what is important in specific commercial accounts, and a guide for all those involved in commercial pest management. With this guide, readers will learn how to better protect food, property, and public health for commercial accounts.

PCT Guide to Commercial Pest Management

Brad Baker

Jay Bruesch

John Cooksey

17 Others

Like Robinson s previous books in the series, The Service Technician s Field Manual and The Service Technician s Inspection and Identification Manual, his latest offering is a practical guide to the technician s daily activities in this case, the use and maintenance of standard pest control equipment. For technicians just starting their careers in the pest management industry, it provides a foundation of basic equipment knowledge; for experienced technicians, it provides valuable insights about how to properly maintain pesticide application equipment and apply pesticides more efficiently. The 128-page, easy-to-understand manual, is divided into two sections. Following the Introduction, chapters 2 through 8 focus on application methods including Liquid Application, Structural Wood Treatment, Soil Treatment and Termite Control, Foam Application, Fogging and Aerosol Application, Dust and Granule Application, and Gel Bait Application. Chapters 9 through 15 provide detailed instructions, illustrations, and parts lists for standard equipment including Traps and Monitors, Compressed-Air Sprayers, Foggers and Aerosol-Application Equipment, Foam-Application Equipment, Soil-Application Equipment, Dust- and Granule-Application Equipment, and Gel Bait-Application Equipment.

The Service Technician's Application and Equipment Manual: A Practical Guide for Pest Control Professionals

William H. Robinson

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