Integrated pest management workshop

Dates: 28-31 MAY 2012
Course code: PC1205
Non-residential fee: £381

This workshop will give guidance on how to deal with insect pest problems likely to be encountered in museums, collections, archives and historic houses. It will focus on insects and the damage they cause, together with new information on the detection, monitoring and trapping of pests. The emphasis is on pest-prevention as the key to successful integrated pest management, but this workshop will also evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of physical and chemical control measures.

Practical sessions will include: identification of insect damage and insect pests; carrying out a survey to examine factors which encourage pests; evaluating issues relating to treatment of objects using freezing, heating and anoxia.

At the end of the workshop, you will be able to: identify the main insect pests; understand the life cycles of pests and what they eat; identify environmental factors which encourage pests; understand the need for monitoring and the way trap results are used; know the correct course of action to take when pests are found; evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of control options; develop and implement an integrated pest management programme for participants’ collections.

Course leader: David Pinniger