Commercial pest management Perth.
A program your auditor can read.
Cafes and restaurants, strata common property, childcare and aged care, medical suites, warehouses and offices across the northern corridor. A documented program: numbered stations on a site map, a service report after every visit and a pesticide ledger in your site folder, so the environmental health officer or HACCP auditor finds what they need on the first look.
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- Licensed under the WA Pesticides Regs
- Site folder and same-day service reports
- Fixed per-visit investment in writing
- Food Standards Code 3.2.2 aware
- Food premises under Food Standards Code 3.2.2
- Strata common property, bin rooms and basements
- Childcare, aged care, medical and dental
- Offices, retail and showrooms
- Warehouses, workshops and depots
Documented, or it did not happen.
Food businesses. Standard 3.2.2 of the Food Standards Code, applied in WA through the Food Act 2008, requires you to take all practicable measures to prevent pests entering and to eradicate and prevent their harbourage. Your local government's environmental health officers inspect against it. Droppings behind the fryer, a German cockroach in the coffee machine or no evidence of a program are the fastest routes to a poor result, a follow-up inspection and, in the worst case, a public notice. HACCP-based food safety programs and third-party audits go further: they want to see the station map, the service history, safety data sheets and licences in a folder, and a trend they can read.
Strata. The council of owners is responsible for common property. Cockroaches travel between lots through service risers and bin chutes, rodents run the basement and the bin room, and a program that only treats the lot that complained is a program that keeps complaining. Strata managers need a report they can table.
Childcare, aged care and health. Sensitive people, strict re-entry periods, product choices that suit the site and servicing when rooms are empty. Regulators and parents both ask what was used and when; the record answers.
Warehouses and workshops. Rodents are the usual issue: pallets, cardboard, roller doors that do not seal and food in the lunchroom. Numbered external and internal bait stations, proofing that actually gets done, and stock protected.
Offices and retail. Lower risk, quarterly is usually enough, but the kitchenette and the loading dock still need looking at, and a tenant's lease often requires a program in place.
Survey, install, service, report.
Site survey and risk map
A walk-through with whoever runs the site: kitchens, stores, bin areas, plant rooms, roof void and perimeter. We mark harbourages, entry points and conducive conditions, list the proofing that needs doing and by whom, recommend a frequency, and investment it per visit in writing. If the site needs a cockroach clean-out or a rodent knock-down before a routine program makes sense, that is quoted separately and first.
Install and baseline
Numbered, tamper-resistant rodent stations inside and out, insect monitors in kitchens and stores, gel and insect growth regulator in food areas, drain treatment where the species calls for it. The site folder is set up: site map, station register, safety data sheets, our licence and registration details and insurance certificate.
Scheduled service
Each visit checks every station and monitor, records activity, re-baits or replaces, treats as needed and notes proofing items still outstanding on your side. Food premises are serviced outside food preparation, with re-entry met before staff return. Out-of-cycle callouts for a sighting are part of the agreement.
Report and trend
A service report is emailed the same day: activity by station, product ledger, actions, photos, and what we need from you. Quarterly you get a trend summary you can hand to an auditor or table at a strata meeting. Records are kept three years under the Health (Pesticides) Regulations 2011.
Indicative per-visit investment.
Every site is quoted after the survey, as a fixed investment per visit. These are the ranges most northern-suburbs premises land in.
| Site type | Typical range per visit | Usual frequency and scope |
|---|---|---|
| Cafe, takeaway or small restaurant kitchen | $160–$250 | Monthly. Cockroach gel and IGR, insect monitors, rodent stations, drain treatment, service report |
| Larger restaurant, pub or commercial kitchen | $250–$420 | Monthly. As above across multiple prep areas, cool rooms, stores and bin area |
| Strata common property | $200–$380 | Quarterly or monthly. Bin rooms, basement, car park, plant rooms, walkways; report to the strata manager |
| Childcare, aged care, medical or dental | $180–$330 | Monthly or bi-monthly. Serviced when rooms are empty, product and timing chosen for the site |
| Office, retail or showroom | $170–$290 | Quarterly. Kitchenette, stores, loading dock, perimeter stations |
| Warehouse or workshop rodent program | $200–$350 | Monthly. Numbered internal and external stations, proofing list, stock protection |
| One-off kitchen clean-out before a program starts | $400–$750 | German cockroach gel and IGR program with follow-up visit, or initial rodent knock-down |
Indicative ranges, GST inclusive, invoiced monthly on seven-day terms. Every program is quoted itemised in writing after the site survey; the invoice matches the quote. No call-out fee for the survey. See the residential investment guide for one-off treatments.
What you get.
The site folder
Site map with numbered stations, station register, safety data sheets, our licence and registration details and insurance certificate. Everything an inspector or auditor asks for, in one place, kept current.
Same-day service reports
Activity by station, what was applied where, photos, actions and the proofing we need from you, emailed the day of the visit. Quarterly trend summaries for audits and strata meetings.
Clean paperwork
DJ Pest is run by a Chartered Accountant. One agreement in plain English, a fixed investment per visit, one tax invoice a month with your purchase order on it, and a supplier who understands what your bookkeeper needs.
Run by a Chartered Accountant.
Most commercial pest programs fail on paperwork, not chemistry: the station map is out of date, two service reports are missing, the SDS folder has the wrong products in it, and the auditor is standing in the kitchen. DJ Pest is run by a Chartered Accountant, in a family that has been in Perth pest management since 2011. The technical work is done to label and to the Australian standards that apply; the record-keeping is done the way an auditor would do it. That is the whole pitch.
- The same technician on your site each visit, who knows where the problems were last time.
- Proofing recommendations in writing, with who is responsible, so the same finding is not on every report.
- Out-of-cycle callouts for a sighting are part of the program, not a surprise invoice.
- Property managers with residential portfolios: see the property managers page for vacate flea treatments and lease-start programs.
Related: Cockroach management · Rodent management · General pest treatment · Service areas
What turns up at work, and when.
Sep – Nov · Spring: ants and paper wasps
Ant trails across loading docks and outdoor dining, wasp nests over entrances and in bin enclosures. Perimeter work and nest checks on the spring visits.
Dec – Feb · Summer: flies, cockroaches and drains
German cockroaches at peak breeding in warm kitchens, drain flies and mosquitoes around bin rooms and grease traps. Gel, IGR and drain treatment carry the load.
Mar – May · Autumn: cockroaches move in
Australian and American cockroaches follow warmth indoors from gardens, drains and mulch. Harbourage treatment of the perimeter and stores.
Jun – Aug · Winter: rodents
Rats and mice into warehouses, roof voids, bin rooms and ceiling spaces above kitchens. Station activity peaks; proofing roller doors and pipe penetrations is the fix that lasts.
Commercial pest management FAQ.
How often does a cafe or restaurant need pest control?
Monthly is the norm for a working commercial kitchen, and it is what environmental health officers and HACCP auditors expect to see in the folder. The frequency is driven by food, warmth and water being present every day, and by German cockroaches breeding in six weeks. Small, dry, low-risk premises such as an office kitchenette can sit on quarterly. We recommend a frequency after the site survey and put the reasoning in writing.
Do you provide the reports an EHO or HACCP auditor wants?
Yes, and that is most of the point. Your site folder holds the site map with numbered stations, the station register, a service report for every visit showing activity per station and actions taken, the pesticide ledger with product, active, rate and location, the safety data sheets, our licence and registration details and our insurance certificate. Auditors ask for exactly those documents, in roughly that order.
Can you service outside trading hours?
Yes. Kitchens are treated before open or after close so nothing is applied around food preparation, and re-entry periods are met before staff return. Childcare and aged care sites are serviced when the rooms are empty. Early-morning and evening slots are part of the investment for food premises, not an extra.
What does the Food Standards Code actually require?
Standard 3.2.2 of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, which applies in WA through the Food Act 2008, requires a food business to take all practicable measures to prevent pests entering the premises and to eradicate and prevent the harbourage of pests on the premises and in vehicles. The local government's environmental health officers inspect against that, and evidence of pests or no documented management is one of the fastest ways to a poor inspection result.
Do you do strata common property?
Yes. Bin rooms, basements, car parks, plant rooms, lift wells, gardens and common walkways, on a quarterly or monthly cycle depending on the building. Cockroaches and rodents move between lots through service ducts and bin chutes, so a program that treats only the lot that complained does not work; we report to the strata manager or council of owners with what we found where, and quote individual lots separately when residents ask.
Is there a lock-in contract?
There is a written agreement so the investment, the frequency and what is included are not in dispute, and it is written in plain English. We do not rely on long lock-ins to keep clients; we rely on the folder being in order when the inspector walks in.
How is commercial work priced?
Per site, after a walk-through, as a fixed investment per visit, invoiced monthly on seven-day terms with a proper tax invoice. The indicative ranges on this page cover most northern-suburbs premises. What moves the investment is floor area, the number of rodent stations and insect monitors the site needs, whether kitchens need a cockroach clean-out before the routine program can start, and access outside hours.
Which areas do you cover for commercial work?
The northern corridor from Balcatta and Stirling up through Warwick, Greenwood, Duncraig, Hillarys, Joondalup and Wanneroo to Clarkson and Alkimos. Keeping the run tight is how we hold monthly investment ranges down and turn up on time.
Book a site survey.
Tell us the premises type, the suburb and what you have seen. We walk the site, recommend a frequency and send a fixed per-visit investment in writing. No call-out fee for the survey.
Prefer to talk? Call 0447 747 769
Or text photos of the pest or droppings to 0447 747 769 and we'll identify it.