WHAT IS A PEST?
A pest is an organism which has characteristics that are regarded by humans as injurious or unwanted.
This is most often because it causes damage to our properties and or belongings.
An animal can also be a pest when it causes damage to a wild ecosystem or carries germs within human habitats. Examples of these include those organisms which vector human disease, such as rats and fleas which carry the plague disease, or mosquitoes which vector Malaria.
The 5/6 most common pests as per outcome range of Unit standard 242966 are:
We will treat each of these pests individually according to the structure of the Assessment Criteria.