all commercial applicators must be liscened under one of the following classifications
- for hire - working on the property of someone hiring the employer
- not for hire - working on the property of the employer
- public applicator- GOvt
3 purposes of having license
- link applicator to specific business
- confines applicator to specific business
- confines applicator to those applications indicated by cert categories listed
applicator license is property of __________and expires on
applicators employer; dec 31
applicator license is invalid
moment individual leaves employment firm which they were licened
must re apply if new company
some commercial non certified applicators may apply rup for hire if they do so _________________
under the supervision of a certified licensed applicator. supervisor must remain on site unless the non certified applicatior is a registered technician
a certified licensed applicator may not supervise more than ____ non certified employees unless granted a 60 day emergencyexcemption by OISC
10
2 exceptions to supervision requirments
- all aerial applicators must be certified and licensed
- all individuals employed as wood destroying pest inspectors must be certified and licensed
pesticide applicators must maintain written records of all applications involving RUPs for at least ________
2 years from date of application
All RUP labels have a RUP statement where?
Top of front panel on the label
Maintain applicator certification by
retaking test or taking continuing education credits
Who needs a commercial business license?
firms engaged in the business of applying pesticides on the property of another, for hire
A supervisor must remain on site with a non-certified applicator unless
the applicator is a Registered Technician
Records of application need to be kept for how many years?
2 years
category 7b certified and licensed applicators must also keep termiticide application records on file for at least
5 years
FIFRA concerned primarily with
pesticide registration
4 major groups of pest organsims
- insect
- vertebrate
- weeds
- plant disease agents (fungi, viruses, bacteria)
insect metamorphosis
series of changes insect goes through for egg to adult
the form assumed by a juvenile insect after each molt is called
an instar
shedding of hard outer covering on insect
molting
incomplete metamorphosis is
3 stages egg, nymph, adult - cockroaches and termites