Dane Johns. Second-generation Perth pest controller, Chartered Accountant, licence 13914.
DJ Pest is a small, owner-operated pest management business in Warwick, servicing Perth's northern suburbs. One licensed technician who quotes, treats and writes the report.
Grew up in the trade. Left. Came back.
Dane grew up in his father's Perth pest control business. School holidays were spent in the ute: roof voids in January, sub-floors in July, learning which suburbs had the sand that coastal brown ants love and which had the limestone that termites track along. He learned how a good technician reads a house before opening a drum of anything.
He then qualified as a Chartered Accountant and spent years auditing other people's businesses. Long enough to notice how many service businesses price by feel, promise by mouth and keep no records. Long enough to know that the fix for that is not marketing, it is bookkeeping.
In 2026 he came back to the trade, trained in urban pest management, obtained WA Pest Management Technician Licence 13914 and registered DJ Pest with the WA Department of Health as pest management business PMB 3000. The father's business continues on its own. DJ Pest is the second generation, run its own way.
Why the accountant's approach matters
Pest control is a trust purchase. You cannot see what was applied in the roof void, you cannot verify the rate, and you find out whether it worked six weeks later. Most of the industry's bad reputation comes from that gap: a one-line invoice, a verbal promise and no way to check either.
An auditor closes gaps like that with documents. So every DJ Pest job produces three: an itemised quote before the work, a chemical application ledger during it (product, active constituent, rate, areas, re-entry period) and a treatment report after it, with photos of what was found and a prevention plan. The ledger doubles as the treatment record WA law requires us to keep for three years. You get a copy of all of it without asking.
It also means the numbers are honest. There is no call-out fee, no deposit and no variation on the day without stopping to explain it. The pricing guide is published so you can check a quote against it. The re-treatment promise is written down with its conditions rather than implied.
Director, Licensed Pest Management Technician
WA Pest Management Technician Licence 13914
Registered business PMB 3000
Based in Warwick WA 6024
- WA Pest Management Technician Licence 13914
- Registered Pest Management Business PMB 3000
- Chartered Accountant
- Public liability insured
- ABN 86 797 740 716
What a first visit is like
About an hour for a general pest job, longer for termites. No sales script.
A conversation at the door
What you have seen, where, for how long, and anything we need to know: pregnancy, asthma, pets, fish tanks, edible gardens. That changes the product and the timing.
A walk-through with a torch
Inside, roof void and sub-floor where it is safe, then the perimeter and yard. Photos of droppings, trails, tubes, moisture and entry points. If there is nothing to treat, we say so.
An itemised price, on paper
What is being treated, with what, the re-entry period and the re-treatment period. Written on the spot or sent within the hour. Accept it then or later; nothing is booked until you do.
Treatment, then the report
Products applied to label, warning signs where required, re-entry explained. The treatment report follows by email with the ledger and a prevention plan for the things only you can fix.
How we work
- Diagnose before treating. Species, entry point and harbourage first. The chemistry follows the pest, not the truck.
- Label is law. Every product is APVMA-registered and applied at its label rate. We will not apply a product outside its label, even if asked.
- Standards, not opinions. Termite inspections to AS 4349.3:2010, termite management to AS 3660.2:2017, records to the Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011 (WA).
- Indoors, non-staining. Low-odour, non-staining formulations and growth regulators inside; the heavier chemistry stays outside where it belongs.
- Small on purpose. A tight service area from Warwick means short drive times and one person who knows your house. See the suburbs we cover.
Where we are
Based in Warwick, WA 6024, in the middle of the northern corridor. Most of the service area is within twenty minutes. Hours are Mon–Sat 7:00am–6:00pm. Call 0447 747 769, text a photo to the same number, or email [email protected].
Talk to Dane directly.
The person who answers the phone is the person who comes out. Tell us what you are seeing and we'll give you a straight answer and a written price.
Prefer to talk? Call 0447 747 769
Or text photos of the pest or droppings to 0447 747 769 and we'll identify it.