Is there an additional fee for the Initial Training provided by Clear Pest Pros?
Clear_Pest_Pros Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
nitial Training sessions are typically offered each month.
We may waive your attendance at the Initial Training, in our discretion, if you already operate a Clear Pest Pros Business and you purchase an additional franchise from us.
Before you begin operating the Clear Pest Pros Business, we will furnish business manager and technical operations training (the "Initial Training") to the Managing Owner and, if applicable, the Designated General Manager, at no additional fee. The Managing Owner or, if applicable, the Designated General Manager must complete the Initial Training to our satisfaction and failure to do so will result in the termination of this Agreement. The Initial Training may not commence until you have paid all fees due to us and must be completed within four (4) months of the effective date of this agreement.
The Initial Training will last up to twelve (12) days in duration at our headquarters or another location designated by us. You will be responsible for all travel and living expenses that you and your employees/owners incur for this Initial Training.
In the event that you own multiple Clear Pest Pros Businesses and have your Managing Owner already at another Clear Pest Pros Business who has already completed the Initial Training, the Managing Owner will still be required to successfully complete the most recent online training modules essential to the role of ownership.
You may designate, with our approval and on a "space available" basis, additional persons to attend other sessions of the Initial Training for which you will be charged our then-current Initial Training fee. In addition, each person we approve to attend the Initial Training will be required to sign our then-current form of confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement before the start of training. The Initial Training fee will be due and payable before the start of the training program and you will be responsible for the payment of all travel and living expenses incurred by your designees while training.
The Managing Owner or, if applicable, the Designated General Manager, must attend the Clear Pest Pros Convention every year it is offered. If you fail to attend the Convention, without our prior written permission, you must pay the Convention Non-Attendance Fee of $1,000. The Managing Owner or, if applicable, Designated General Manager also must attend periodic refresher training courses and conferences, not to exceed one (1) convention/conference per year,
at the times and locations we determine, and for which we may charge fees. We will determine the duration, curriculum, and location of any such sessions. You will be responsible for all travel and living expenses that are incurred by you or your employees/owners while attending such sessions.
In the event that the Designated General Manager terminates their employment with you, you are required to designate a successor for our written approval, which we will grant in our sole discretion, within ten (10) days of such termination. Such successor Designated General Manager must attend the next available Initial Training. In the event that the successor Designated General Manager does not successfully complete the next available Initial Training, you may appoint one (1) additional person as the successor Designated General Manager. This second successor Designated General Manager must attend and successfully complete the next available Initial Training. If this second successor Designated General Manager does not successfully complete the next available Initial Training, you will be in default of this Agreement and this Agreement will be subject to termination pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement. At all times during the term of this Agreement, you must have employed at the Clear Pest Pros Business a person who has completed the Initial Training program.
If this is a Renewal Term or if this is an additional Clear Pest Pros Business being awarded to you, and your Managing Owner or, if applicable, the Designated General Manager, have already attended Initial Training, the requirement that you attend the Initial Training is waived, except as described above with respect to the online training modules and continuing training obligations.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 67–68)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Clear Pest Pros' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Managing Owner and Designated General Manager are provided Initial Training at no additional fee. However, the franchisee is responsible for all travel and living expenses incurred during the training, which lasts up to twelve days at Clear Pest Pros' headquarters or another designated location.
If a franchisee owns multiple Clear Pest Pros businesses and their Managing Owner has already completed the Initial Training at another location, the Managing Owner must still complete the most recent online training modules. Franchisees may designate additional persons to attend other sessions of the Initial Training on a space-available basis, but they will be charged Clear Pest Pros' then-current Initial Training fee for each additional attendee.
If a Designated General Manager terminates their employment, their successor must attend the next available Initial Training. If the Managing Owner or Designated General Manager attends Initial Training for a Renewal Term or an additional Clear Pest Pros Business, Clear Pest Pros may assess their then-current training fee. Additionally, the Managing Owner or Designated General Manager must attend the Clear Pest Pros Convention every year it is offered, or pay a $1,000 Convention Non-Attendance Fee.