The independent inspection, training and consultancy professionals for pest management

www.acheta.co.uk

Acheta’s involvement helps drive our programme of continuous improvement in all matters related to pest control.

Technical Manager, Burton’s Foods Ltd

Pest infestation is a major risk with the ingredients that we use. Acheta’s independent inspections verify that our pest management system is as robust as possible.

Technical Manager, Dorset Cereals Ltd

Acheta’s inspections have raised the service standard from the pest control contractors that we use in our depots.

Hygiene and Safety Manager, 3663

Acheta provides the independent support and verification that raise our pest management standards beyond those achievable using a pest control contractor alone.

Quality Manager, Tate & Lyle Sugars Ltd

Testimonials

Acheta Consulting Ltd. Church View, Front Street, Churchill, North Somerset BS25 5NB

Tel +44 (0)1934 853 867 | Email john.simmons@acheta.co.uk | www.acheta.co.uk

Dr John Simmons, Managing Director of Acheta Consulting Ltd, has worked in the pest control field since 1989, occupying technician, field biologist, service manager and technical manager positions with two national pest control companies and the industry trade body the British Pest Control Association.

Acheta’s consultants work throughout the UK and Europe. Our most important resource, all are experienced pest controllers and, in addition, all are:

• British Pest Control Association Certificated Field Biologists

• Advanced Food Hygiene Certificated

• Holders of the Safety Passport Alliance Food and Drink Safety Passport

• Members of the industry accredited Continuing Professional Development scheme

Our People

We deliver all aspects of pest management training and consultancy:

• Drafting of contract specifications, and tender evaluation

• Training in any aspect of pest management, including:

- Contract and contractor management

- Pest awareness

- Safe use of sprays and sprayers

- Rodent biology and control

- Cockroach biology and control

- Stored product insect control

- And many more...

• Data and trend analyses:

- Graphs

- Contour maps

Acheta – supporting the food, healthcare, hospitality and heritage industries throughout Europe

Independent pest management expertise

Each report comprises:

Executive Summary; • An overview of current infestation status and effectiveness of the pest management system

Inspection report; • Observations and recommendations, prioritised on the threat to product safety. • Review of the contractor’s attendance and documentation• KPI assessment of site performance

Quality Assurance report; • Quantitative assessment of contractor performance

Menus allow filtering of observations and recommendations by:• Location• Function responsible; contractor, hygiene, engineering etc. • Priority• Category; rodent, insect, hygiene, proofing etc.• Date raised• Status; open, closed, work in progress

Graphs and charts highlight trends in:• Site KPI performance• Contractor QA performance

Interactive and highly visual, our PremiumExcel reporting system may be tailored to the specific needs of individual customers.

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Due Diligence: Does your pest control contractor deliver?

Pest Control Quality Assurance Audit Scores

Our quantitative QA assessment of performance will review: • Attendance• Documentation• Rodent monitoring and control• Crawling insect monitoring and control • Stored product moth monitoring and control• Fly control and trend analysis • Adequacy and accuracy of reports• Adequacy of the pest management programme

Generated from QA report scores at sites that we inspect regularly, the graph demonstrates that we do improve the performance of the contractor.

In addition to performance improvement, our service offers other benefits:• Cost savings; our advice is unbiased• Access to experts familiar with your site• Improved due diligence protection