2 CSR 70-25.100 - Certification Categories for Certified Commercial Applicators, Certified Noncommercial Applicators, and Certified Public Operators
(1) To qualify for a certified commercial
applicator license, certified noncommercial applicator license, or certified
public operator license, individuals shall be certified in one (1) or more of
the following pesticide applicator categories: Category 1- Agricultural Pest
Control, Subcategory a-Agricultural Plant Pest Control, Subcategory
b-Agricultural Animal Pest Control; Category 2-Forest Pest Control; Category
3-Ornamental and Turf Pest Control; Category 4-Seed Treatment; Category
5-Aquatic Pest Control, Subcategory b-Sewer Root Pest Control; Category
6-Right-of-Way Pest Control; Category 7- Structural Pest Control, Subcategory
a-General Structural Pest Control, Subcategory b-Termite Pest Control,
Subcategory c-Fumigation Pest Control; Category 8-Public Health Pest Control;
Category 9-Regulatory Pest Control; Category 10- Demonstration and Research
Pest Control; Category 11-Wood Products Pest Control; Category 12-Soil
Fumigation Pest Control; and Category 13-Aerial Pest Control.
(2) Those individuals who wish to obtain a
certified commercial applicator license, certified noncommercial applicator
license, or certified public operator license as authority to conduct
demonstrations involving pesticides and devices must be certified in Category
10-Demonstration and Research Pest Control. In addition, those individuals must
be certified in the categories that relate to the area of expertise in which
they wish to conduct these demonstrations.
(3) Those individuals who wish to obtain a
certified commercial applicator license, certified noncommercial applicator
license, or certified public operator license as authority to use any pesticide
with any manned or unmanned aircraft, either fixed wing or rotary wing, must be
certified in Category 13-Aerial Pest Control, as well as the proper
category(ies) of use.
(4)
Description of Commercial Applicator, Noncommercial Applicator, and Public
Operator Certification Categories.
(A)
Category 1-Agricultural Pest Control.
1.
Subcategory a-Agricultural Plant Pest Control. This category is provided for
pesticide use relating to agricultural commodities, including but not limited
to tobacco, peanuts, cotton, corn, cereal grain, feed grains, soybeans, forages
and forage crops, vegetables, small fruits, tree fruits and nuts, grassland and
noncrop agricultural lands, greenhouse products, Christmas tree plantings, sod
nurseries, plant nurseries, and forested areas to be converted to agricultural
lands.
2. Subcategory
b-Agricultural Animal Pest Control. This category is provided for pesticide use
relating to animals, including but not limited to cattle, swine, sheep,
furbearing animals, horses, goats, poultry, honey bees, other livestock, wild
or exotic animals in captivity, and places where animals are confined with the
exception of aquatic harborages. This includes those agricultural animals used
as work or draft animals and those used as pleasure animals.
(B) Category 2-Forest Pest
Control. This category is provided for pesticide use relating to forests,
forest nurseries, and forest seed producing areas for the purpose of the
propagation and maintenance of those forests, forest nurseries, and forest seed
producing areas.
(C) Category
3-Ornamental and Turf Pest Control. This category is provided for pesticide
use, excluding fumigants, relating to the control of pests in the care and
maintenance of ornamental trees, shrubs, flowers, and turf.
(D) Category 4-Seed Treatment. This category
is provided for pesticide use relating to seeds.
(E) Category 5-Aquatic Pest Control. This
category is provided for pesticide use relating to standing or running water
for the control of aquatic pests with the exception of health-related pests.
1. Subcategory b-Sewer Root Pest Control.
This subcategory is provided for pesticide use relating to the control of roots
within sewer systems.
(F)
Category 6-Right-of-Way Pest Control. This category is provided for pesticide
use relating to the maintenance of public roads, electric power lines,
pipelines, industrial sites, electric and gas substations, cell phone towers,
riprap along banks and shorelines, parking lots, trails, railroad
rights-of-way, or similar areas.
(G) Category 7-Structural Pest Control. This
category is provided for pesticide use in, on, or around any structure.
1. Subcategory a-General Structural Pest
Control. This subcategory is provided for pesticide use relating to the control
of general structural pests with the exception of wooddestroying
organisms.
2. Subcategory b-Termite
Pest Control. This subcategory is provided for pesticide use relating to the
control of wooddestroying organisms, including but not limited to termites,
carpenter ants, and powderpost beetles.
3. Subcategory c-Fumigation Pest Control.
This subcategory is provided for the use of fumigants for structural pest
control and mole control.
(H) Category 8-Public Health Pest Control.
This category is provided for pesticide use in public health programs relating
to the management and control of pests having medical and public health
importance.
(I) Category
9-Regulatory Pest Control. This category is provided for pesticide use relating
to the control of regulated pests.
(J) Category 10-Demonstration and Research
Pest Control. This category is provided for individuals who demonstrate to the
public the proper use of restricted use pesticides or supervise the
demonstration. It is also provided for individuals who conduct field research
with pesticides and, in doing so, use or supervise the use of restricted use
pesticides. The applicant must also be certified in the proper category(ies) of
use.
(K) Category 11-Wood Products
Pest Control. This category is provided for pesticide use relating to the
control or prevention of wood-degrading organisms, including but not limited to
insects and the fungi or bacteria causing surface molding, surface staining,
sap staining, brown rot, white rot, dry rot, and soft rot.
(L) Category 12-Soil Fumigation Pest Control.
This category is provided for the use of fumigants to soil for the control of
pests (excluding moles) found in or on labeled sites.
(M) Category 13-Aerial Pest Control. This
category is provided for the use of pesticides applied by any manned or
unmanned aircraft, either fixed or rotary wing. The applicant must also be
certified in the proper category(ies) of use.
Notes
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