Jsetter83
Like Nate, Warrior and others said a good phone interview asking the right questions on the phone and at the door . When you figure it all out this becomes second nature your biggest problem in the industry will be the customers you have to deal with - not the animals or the buildings they have problems in.
I look everywhere there is a change in building materials on the home. The condition of the building materials on the home. I take photos I share what I see with customers. Somethings I can fix - other things I recommend the right contractor. Example: I would replace a chimney cap but not attempt much more then that on a chimney because of fire safety issues and liabilities.
None of us can go down a street in a neighborhood with out picking up on the obvious flaws or repairs needed on buildings. Every member of my family does this without formal training. I bet your wife someday will be able to to tell you when you are selling a squirrel exclusion exactly which neighbor to leave a card with because she will swear that's where the squirrels are gonna move too.
On a raccoon podcast I did with Ron Jones he shared the same raccoon damage on every house in the same place. Even the critters know the builders. In the case of the raccoons it had something to do with daughters being born in one of the homes . I think its on this podcast
http://raccoonremoval.us/podcasts/coons-squirrels-and-more-coons/Some of the subdivisions you will work in you will know what the problem should be because, of who built it and the poor design of that particular model. I know of several subdivisions and the customer says they live in a certain subdivision that in every model its probably the dormers because its always the dormers.
When you do a site inspection you use all of your five senses. Taste you will rarely use - if ever!
Your real fifth sense will actually be what you know from experience.
Podcasts about Site Inspection104 Site Inspection for Bats- Brent Saxton, Mike McMillan, Al LaFrance, Bob Evans, Maynard Stanley , Robb Russell and Mike Flick get together to talk about and share their bat control experiences This Is Part One in a five part series.Called Bat Control 101-105 and part one is how seven guys do site inspections . Like the series download the rest
1] Identifying the problem by inspection.
2] How To Address the Customers Concerns
http://www.blubrry.com/wildlifecontrol/324565/bat-control-101/104B Site Inspection – Electrical Safety & Bats, Birds, BeesSite Inspection. This podcast is full of safety tips through out most of the two hours. Firemen “Childers & Sims ” , and Fred Dudash Licensed GA State Electrician who was an WCO from Long Island. David McLeod also played a big part of this podcast.
http://trapperrobb.com/nuisance-wildlife...ats-birds-bees/If you really get serious about the profession. I am sure we can round up some willing Veterans & non-veterans on here when you are back stateside to mentor you in person. Indiana has a great association , great people in your state reach out to them.
Even though you are in Kuwait you can still visually inspect the structures around you. What kind of wildlife do you have in Kuwait? I am not asking you to play NWCO just become a little more aware of your surroundings.