{"id":40766,"date":"2025-09-01T13:20:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T03:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/?p=72474"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T04:09:30","slug":"pest-technician-of-the-year-2025-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/professional-pest-manager-magazine\/pest-technician-of-the-year-2025-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Pest Technician of the Year 2025 – Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

The finalists of Pest Technician of the Year 2025 all demonstrated strong pest control knowledge, a customer-focused approach and excellent problem-solving abilities. But there can be only one winner…<\/em><\/p>\n

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Professional Pest Manager is pleased to announce the 2025 winner of the Pest Technician of the Year award is Nathan Rich<\/strong> from Benefit Pest Management<\/a> in Lake Macquarie (NSW).<\/p>\n

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The two runner-ups, and highly commended, were Sam Phalla<\/strong> from Casey Pest Management<\/a> in Melbourne, and Rhys Corbet<\/b>\u00a0from Local Pest Experts<\/a> in Taree (NSW).<\/p>\n

The awards were presented at the Pestech Roadshows by Dr Phil Ridley,<\/strong> Director at Professional Pest Manager<\/em> magazine and Jason Green<\/strong>, General Manager at Agserv.<\/p>\n

Now in its fourth year, the award recognises the individuals are actually providing the pest management services; those dealing with the pest problems on site and interacting with the customers (rather than a company award).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe award has now developed a certain prestige and can be leveraged by the winner and the business they work for as a powerful marketing tool,\u201d said Dr Phil Ridley,<\/strong> Director of BD Publications, which runs Professional Pest Manager<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n

Mr Rich was a finalist in 2024 and his success in 2025 shows his continued high level of performance and determination to go one better.<\/p>\n

The competition involved the completion of a short but challenging online quiz that included pest identification and treatment questions, submission of customer reviews and a panel interview for the finalists.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to be impressed by the quality of all the finalists. They all show similar attributes, with problem-solving skills and a customer-focused approach being key to their success… essential given that we are a service industry,\u201d commented Dr Ridley.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were really pleased with the number of entrants, however, we would like to see some more female technicians throwing their hat in the ring in 2025.\u201d Dr Ridley added.<\/p>\n

Professional Pest Manager would like to thank Agserv for its continued support in sponsoring the competition.<\/p>\n

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