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Pest control in North Lakes, from the first year in a new home

A new house brings its own small run of pest questions. Who is allowed to spray, and what should you ask them? What happens at the school or the childcare centre? Why are there ants on the bench, what does the label on the can mean, and what do you do about a sting on the new lawn? This guide takes them one at a time, from Queensland Health, Queensland law and the national pesticide regulator.

A guide published by Dotto from the official sources listed at the foot of each page.

A site plan of a house on its lot, with five numbered places A drawn plan of a single house on a rectangular lot, with lawn around it, a driveway to the street and a north arrow. Five numbered markers sit at the front door, the street, the kitchen, the garage and the back lawn, one for each guide. N KITCHEN GARAGE LAWN STREET 1 2 3 4 5
A drawing, not a survey: one house on its lot. 1, the front door. 2, the street and the school run. 3, the kitchen bench. 4, the garage shelf. 5, the back lawn.
Three pegs in the ground

Three things to know before the first spray

  • A licence for paid work

    Queensland Health requires anyone who carries out pest control for a fee to hold a licence, because the pesticides used can be hazardous to people and pets.

  • A card with a photo

    A technician with a current Queensland licence carries a photo identity card showing their name, licence number, issue and expiry dates, and the kind of work they are licensed for.

  • The label is the rule

    The national regulator, the APVMA, says the highest risk for a user is not using a pesticide as its label directs.

Five guides

The first year, lot by lot

Each guide answers one question, set against an imagined first year in a new house. The months only put the guides in an order; pests keep no calendar.

  1. Month1
    Questions to ask before you hire

    Someone is coming to spray before the furniture arrives. The licence card, the termite licence, whether a pesticide is needed at all, and the paperwork the law says you get.

  2. Month2
    Schools, childcare and aged care

    The new school sends a note home. What Queensland’s regulation calls a sensitive place, and the plan a technician needs before treating one.

  3. Month4
    Ants around the house

    A trail along the skirting board. Ant or termite, why sprays sometimes make things worse, and an introduced ant with its own rules in Queensland’s law.

  4. Month6
    Reading a pesticide label

    A can on the garage shelf. The registration number, the directions that are legally binding, and how to look a product up.

  5. Month9
    Bee and wasp sting first aid

    Bare feet on the new lawn. Queensland Health’s first aid for bee, wasp and ant stings, whole, and when it becomes an emergency.

If someone is stung

Follow the first aid on Queensland Health’s bites and stings page, which the sting guide copies whole.

The boundary lines

Who looks after what

Three bodies come up again and again in these guides. Knowing which one owns which question saves a lot of searching.

Queensland Health: the people who treat pests

The Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 and its Pest Management Regulation govern pest management in Queensland. A licence lists the activities its holder may carry out.

The QBCC: termite work on a building

For termite advice, a report on a termite management system, or a system installed in a new building, Queensland Health’s fact sheet says to check that the technician also holds a licence from the Queensland Building and Construction Commission.

The APVMA, then the state: the products

The APVMA lists every registered agricultural and veterinary chemical product in its PubCRIS database. Once a product is sold, the states and territories control how it is used.

Each guide keeps to Queensland’s rules, and says so plainly when it borrows advice from another state. Month 1 starts with the questions to ask before anyone sprays.