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Prompt ChatGPT for the first draft of a technician training program or study guide instead of building it from scratch

who Justin Rechter, people operations and culture director at Debug Pest Control in Smithfield, Rhode Island, in Pest Control Technology

The problem

Building a training program from scratch takes him about three hours, and the company also needs study guides, HR material, company announcements and help handling conflicts.

What happened

"I can sit here for three hours and build out a training program, or I can prompt it into ChatGPT and tell it exactly what I'm looking for and see what it comes up [with]," he said, adding that "there's going to be some refinement." He says AI has generally saved the company time on tasks; no other figures are given. Self-reported.

Quoted in the source: Justin Rechter, people operations and culture director, Debug Pest Control. Source: Pest Control Technology: PCOs Turn to AI for Task Automation and Marketing Help, Poll Finds (2025-09-05) · Added 2026-10-19.

How to set it up yourself

1. What Debug does: ChatGPT drafts training programs, technician study guides and company announcements from a detailed prompt, and a person refines them.
2. Tell it exactly what you want, the way Rechter does: the role, the topics, the exam or license it prepares for, the length and the format (see the prompt below).
3. Check every technical fact against the product label, your state's study manual and your own procedures before techs see it.
4. Keep the final versions in one shared folder, so the next program starts from them.

Copy-paste prompt

Build a study guide for new technicians at {COMPANY NAME} preparing for {EXAM OR TOPIC, e.g. our state's general pest certification category}. Use only these sources: {STUDY MANUAL SECTIONS / OUR PROCEDURES}. Format: 6 to 8 short modules, key terms, a 5-question quiz per module with answers, and one field scenario each. Don't state any rate, interval or rule that isn't in the sources; mark gaps as [CHECK].

Tools used

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Checked prices: ChatGPT: from Free $0; Go $8/mo; Plus $20/mo; Pro $100/mo (verified 2026-10-17)

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