Thread: Pest control

A year ago, I gave up my $150k full-time civil engineering job with a US Tech company that developed guidance and control systems to get into the hunting and pest management industry as my own business.

What is can say from my experience is to go and work for an established business for 12 months or longer to understand and study the industry. It's a very tight industry where everyone know each other, so coming from the outside is tough.

A CSL ticket will cost you $1k and you will need to be able to display your understanding of the H&S act, be pre-qualified with a provider, carry about $5m liability insurance, or $10m for some councils and forestry companies ($2-3k per year).

There are trapping training course that qualify you for Ospri work for monitoring etc, but will cost you too. But a lack for experience will count you out of most contracts.

If only doing fur recovery or pest food recovery, you competition is everyone else that will work for free, including recreational hunters and trappers.

If truly serious about it, get money in the bank, quit any excessive spending and reduce living costs. Study the industry and work hard. It's not a way to make a heap of money in the short to medium term, but if you understand and have studied ecology well, you will get there in the end.

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