Training of vector control personnel.

Modern vector control campaigns cannot be conducted efficiently and economically unless the organization is staffed with personnel having a high standard of training. Both professional and non-professional personnel are employed at different levels in the organization and the type of training they require depends upon their previous background and the duties they are called upon to discharge. As a rule, only the central administration is staffed by specialists, but the vector control officer at the provincial level is required to be a university graduate and to complete a special three months' course of training. Educational and training requirements for supervisors of local vector control stations and for field inspectors are less exacting, while spray operators may be uneducated men trained by their immediate superiors. The author discusses these requirements against the background of the vector control organization. Suggested curricula for the various training courses are annexed at the end of the article.