Risk assessment of Pest Control Service Provider

Details of Pest control Service provider

Areas Consequenses

1 Licence and approvals Use of of unlicenced contractor may

Legal Requirement result in legal action especially if there are
(additionally may be issues related to product contamination.
member of pest Also is a necessary document for
associations) certification process

2 Use of approved Use of unnapproved chemicals may

chemicals result in legal action
Legal Requirement

3 Availability of Public Lack of coverage for public liability may be

Liability Insurance risky in case there are damages due to
accidents, innapropriate performance of
service

4 Health checks of inadequate health checks of

operator. Use of PPEs operator/inadequate use of PPEs may
result in legal action especially in case of
accidents.

5 Training of operator use of untrained / inadequately trained /

inexperienced operator my result in
wrong application of pest control
chemicals. Also may result in ineffective
treatments.
Also may present health risk to operator

6 Ability to provide training Inability to train our employees may

to our organisation result in inadequate monitoring of the
service provider
 7 Ability to identify and Inability to deal with infestations may
deal with infestations result in possible contamination of
prducts and also regulatory non-
compliance

8 Knowledge regarding inadequate knowledge of dosages to

dosages to be applied be applied may result in inneffective
treatments/ over usage of chemicals

9 Supplier reputation Supplier with a bad reputation with

previous clients may not provide adequate
confidence in services

10 Knowledge regarding Inadequate knowledge related to

proper handling and proper handling and storage of chemicals
Storage of chemicals may result in possible contamination fo
product/environment. Also may have
occupational health implications for
operator.
Possible legal action in case of any
accidents

11 Ability to conducts pest Inability to conduct pest audits and

surveys and audits, report may result in poor performance
generate findings and monitoring and also increase risk of
provide infestation and product contamination
recommendations

12 Provision of required Inability to provide requisite

documentation documentation may result in non
List of documents -compliance during regulatory
required inspections/ certification audits. Also
review of performance may not be
possible

13 Know how related to Inadequate know how of emerging

emerging methods for methods may result in inadeaucy of
pest management treatments with respect to emerging pest
hazards and also may not be in line with
new standards

Note
Documentation Required
Date of Assessment:

Risk rating Low risk - 3 points, medium risk - 2 points and high risk -1
point. Total score should be > 80% for approval; 70-80% - provisional
approval can be given subject to corrections by supplier. < 70 % - cannot
be approved- supplier has to carry out corrections and has to reapply

Suplier Current status Max points Risk Rating

obtained
a. Licence is available and valid.
b. Licence is available however validty is over, application has been
given
c. Licence is available, however validity is over, no application for
renewal has been given 3 2

a. Supplier has approval for all chemicals vide principal certificate. If

new chemicals are used proper approvals are obtained and supplier
agrees to notify
b. Supplier has approval for most chemicals.
c. Supplier has no approval for chemicals used 3 2

a. Supplier has public liability coverage for appropriate sum

b. Supplier has public liability coverage , but sum is not appropriate to
scale of oeprations
c. Supplier has not availed of public liability insurance 3 2

a. Health checks for operators has been done, the operator is provided
with PPEs and is adeuately trained to use them
b. Health checks for oerators has been done, however operators are not
adeauately trained on use of PPEs
c. Health checks of operators are not done, and operators are 3 2
inadequately trained on use of PPEs

a. Operators are trained and well experienced. Certificates of

comptency are also available. Also competent back up operators are
available.
b. Operators have some training, but are not very experienced.
Certificates of competency are available. Back up operators are
available 3 2
c. operators do not have adequate training and experience. no
certificates of competency. no back up operators

a. Supplier is capable of providing training, has previous experience in

providing training
b. Supplier is capable of providing training but has no previous
experience 3 2
c. Supplier is not capable of providing training
a. Supplier has good experience in dealing with infestations
b. Supplier Is moderately experienced
c. supplier has no previous experience of dealing with infestations 3 2

a. Supplier has good knowledge- also capable

of supporting selected dosages with technical literature
b. suppliers and operators has knowledge and experience, however
cannot support selection of dosages with technical literature 3 2
c. Supplier has inadequate knowledge regarding dosages to be used

a. Good reputation
b. Moderately good reputation 3 2
c. Bad reputation

a. Adequate knowledge, also supplier does not store pest

control chemicals onsite
b. adeauate knowledge, however supplier needs to to store chemicals
onsite
c. inadequate knowledge in proper handling and storage of pest control
chemicals
3 2

a. Good ability to conduct audits and generate report findings for

correction, system in place for follow up of findings and their closure
b. Supplier has moderate experience in conducting audits and audit
report preparations
c. supplier has inadequate experience in conducting and preparing 3 2
audit reports

a. Service provider has good knowledge and also required

formats/templates for pest control documentation. Also has ability to
develop new documentation if required
b. Supplier has some knowledge regarding required documentation,
however the list of formats and templates is not comprehensive. May
have difficulties in developing new documentation if required
c. Supplier has inadeqaute knowledge of required documentation and 3 2
formats and templates are inadequate. Is not capable of developing
required documentation.

a. Supplier is aware of emerging methods and is constantly innovating

b. Supplier is generally aware
c. Supplier does not keep track of emerging methods
3 2

Total 39 26
Percentage 66.6666666667

Licences
Principal Certificate for approved chemicals
Membership certificates with Pest association
Pest control agreement
Training certificates/CV of operators
Pesticide application chart
MSDS for all chemicals used
Pesticide and other consumables stock registers
Service reports with details of services provided - icluding details of
chemicals used - concentration, Date and time of application, signature
of technician, etc.

Pest activity records of observations of pests

Updated pest control maps - Facility map with pest management
equipment listed such
as rodent stations, monitoring devices, etc.

Trend analysis reports

Pest audit reports with recommendations and follow up
Pest sighting logs
Comments regarding Mitigating measures