IPM ladder position 4 belongs to trapping: the measurement step that holds the catch as the data point before the operator's authorised dispatch step at position 5. The Pest IT range covers rodent stations, snap traps, and live capture for declared pests and (under permit) protected wildlife. Legal authority to use the trap depends on the species and the state, and that authority always sits with the operator.

The IPM ladder runs in sequence: sanitation strips the conditions that bring pests in, exclusion denies access where it matters, monitoring catches the detection signal that flags elevated activity, trapping holds the catch as the data point, and the authorised dispatch step closes the program where lethal action is authorised. Each rung is a different decision, and each rung is recorded on the pestie's works register that supports the council, food-safety, or conservation audit.

Viper rodent stations cover hi-sec, deluxe combo, and bait-only formats for food, hospitality, warehouse, and agribusiness sites. Viper snap traps cover rodenticide-free programs in childcare, schools, and food sites operating under a no-rodenticide policy. The Magnet Trap range carries the live-capture flagship for vertebrate work: Fox Magnet Trap for council biosecurity and agribusiness fox programs, Rabbit Magnet Trap for declared-pest country, Possum and Cat Magnet Trap for permit-driven possum exclusion and feral cat programs.

Foxes, rabbits, sparrows, and feral pigeons can be live-captured and humanely dispatched without permit across most Australian states. Viper Fox Trap and Magnet Trap cover most declared-pest programs. Common Myna is declared in NSW, QLD, and several other states; trap selection and dispatch follow the local declaration. Possums (Common Brushtail and Common Ringtail) always require a state wildlife management permit before any trap is set. Feral cats run under a microchip-scan protocol that varies state by state under each jurisdiction's animal management framework.

Welfare obligations under POCTA carry across the cluster. Trap inspection runs every 24 hours in most states and 12 hours in hot-weather windows in some states. Humane dispatch is required where lethal action is authorised. Every inspection is recorded on the pestie's works register, and that record is what the council biosecurity officer, the food-safety auditor, or the conservation officer reads against the program.

The Free Design Service maps the species, the site, the trap selection, the inspection schedule, and the dispatch or release method onto the next program. Browse the species pages for the field-level science, the systems pages for the kit. Spec it with us.