This project will conduct a review and revision of the following qualifications as well as the units of competency within these qualifications.
Current work practices within pest control have changed, resulting in the Certificate III (CPP30119) and Certificate IV (CPP41619) in Urban Pest Management no longer addressing the knowledge and skilling needs of the industry.
The outcomes of this project will be fit for purpose qualifications that will assist with the establishment of skilled and capable Urban Pest Management Technicians.
A Technical Committee has been established to provide expert advice, identify any impacts on learners, and possible implementation issues. The Technical Committee members will also identify any additional stakeholders that should be included in the consultation strategy to assist with this project.
Technical Committee Members
| Name | Organisation | Stakeholder Type | Location |
| Tracey Eyles | Scorpion Pest Management Pty Ltd | Employers and their representatives / Peak bodies | Tasmania |
| Emma Mendelsohn | Noah's Ark Pest Control | Employers and their representatives / Peak bodies | Victoria |
| Trent Chapman | Local Pest Experts | Employers and their representatives / Peak bodies | New South Wales |
| Sarah Cutting | Spiderman SE Eco Pest Management | Employers and their representatives / Peak bodies | South Australia |
| Thomas Overby | Rentokil Initial | Employer / Registered Training Organisation | New South Wales |
| John Murray | Flick Anticimex Pty Ltd | Employer / Registered Training Organisation / Educational Expert | Queensland |
| Gary Cochrane | MPL Training Pty Ltd | Registered Training Organisation | Queensland |
| Bruce Dekker | CQ ProTrain | Registered Training Organisation | Queensland |
| Kerrie Undery | Rapid Training | Registered Training Organisation | New South Wales |
| Fiona Sheppard | Pest Education Services and Training | Registered Training Organisation | Western Australia |
| Brendan Gorrie | Victorian Department of Health | State & Training Representatives (inc licencing and regulatory bodies) | Victoria |
| Raja Mahendran | International Pest Business Consultant | Educational Expert | New South Wales |
| This space is held for Union representative to be included if/when they wish | Employees and their representatives / Union | TBA |
| Project Commencement Date: | 5 May 2025 |
| Proposed Project End Date: | 24 April 2026 |
| Training Product Priority: | Routine |
The first Technical Committee meeting will be held in June 2025. In the Training Product Development phase, there could be up to 6 Technical Committee Meetings, meetings will be for a duration of 2-4 hours and a will be held through a combination of face to face and online.
In October 2025 the first draft training product will be published on our website for public consultation, and feedback. Further to this, during this time there will be 2 online public consultations.
From November 2025 the Technical Committee will be required to meet again, and conduct further revisions to the draft training products, based on the feedback received through the public consultation.
The final draft training product will be sent to our Commonwealth and State/Territory Senior Responsible Officers in January 2026.
The finalisation and submission of the training product will be made to the Assurance Body is proposed to be made in February 2026. With our implementation and promotion of the new training product commencing in May 2026.
Please note these dates may be subject to change throughout the project.
BuildSkills has established a consultation strategy that identifies key stakeholders and outlines mechanisms for engaging with them during the drafting of training products. This strategy includes the management of public consultations on the drafted products and the processing of feedback received.
The consultation methods employed by BuildSkills consist of in-person and virtual meetings, online surveys, focus groups, industry workshops, and feedback submitted through the website, or via email.
BuildSkills will engage the following stakeholders throughout the training product development process.
| Organisation | Stakeholder type | Footprint |
| Australian Environmental Pest Managers Association | Peak Industry Body | National |
| Flick Anticimex Pty Ltd | Employer and RTO | National |
| Australian Workers Union | Employees and their representatives/unions | National (through each State Union Office) |
| Rentokil Australia | Employer and RTO | National |
| Instinct Pest | Employer | Northern Territory |
| Spiderman SE Eco Pest Management | Employer | South Australia |
| Noahs Ark Pest Control | Employer | Victoria |
| CPR Pest Management | Employer | New South Wales |
| State Training Authorities | The Commonwealth, state, and territory governments | National |
| State and Territory Governments | Licensing and Regulatory Bodies | As per each jurisdiction |
| RTOs and TAFEs with the relevant training products on scope | Registered Training Organisation (RTO) | National |
| Scorpion Pest Management | Employer | New South Wales |
| Jobs and Skills Councils | JSC | National |
Please refer to the Project Overview & Consultation Strategy document for more information on our approach to consultation. Our strategy may be amended as per direction provided by the Technical Committee at the first Technical Committee meeting in June 2025.
