| Descriptions of pesticide licenses |
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| Do I need a license? |
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Licensing is needed when:
- buying or applying restricted-use pesticides
- applying pesticides (including herbicides) to someone else's property
- applying pesticides as a public employee while using a fuel or electric-powered sprayer or spreader
- giving advice on how to use a restricted-use pesticide or which restricted-use pesticide will work best.
Llicensing is NOT needed when:
- appliying a pesticide on a person's owned or leased property (no restricted-use pesticide applications)
- applying a pesticide on property owned or leased by an employer while acting as an employee (no restricted-use pesticide applications)
- giving advice on general-use pesticides
- performing structural pest inspections for individuals buying or selling a home (see special situations page)
- applying a pesticide while doing lawn maintenance if all of the following are true:
- Applications are to small residential lawns or gardens only - no applications to commercial properties.
- Not using restricted-use pesticides.
- Not using fuel or electric-powered sprayers or spreaders.
- The use of pesticides is not stated in advertisements, contracts or invoices.
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| Commercial applicator license |
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- Allows you to use pesticides (general or restricted-use) on someone else's property if employed by a company with the commercial operator license.
- Allows you to use restricted-use pesticides on your own (or your employer's) non-agricultural land.
- Allows you to supervise a licensed commercial pesticide trainee.
- Allows you to tell someone how to use a restricted-use pesticide or which restricted-use pesticide will work best (limited to categories on your license).
- Tests required - Laws & safety and at least one category
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| Commercial operator license |
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- Allows a business to use pesticides on someone else's property.
- For corporations, at least one employee must be licensed as a commercial pesticide applicator.
- For sole proprietors or partnerships, the owner or at least one partner must be licensed as a commercial pesticide applicator.
- Categories must match the type of pesticide work that will be done.
- The business must show proof of insurance for pesticide applications.
- This license cannot be issued to a public agency.
- Test required - None.
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| Consultant license |
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- Allows you to tell someone how to use a restricted-use pesticide or which restricted-use pesticide will work best.
- The demonstration and research option allows you to create demonstration plots or do research on pesticides.
- If you have a pesticide consultant license, you may obtain the private pesticide applicator license without passing the private pesticide applicator test.
- Test required - Consultant.
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| Dealer license |
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- Allows a business to sell restricted-use pesticides to licensed pesticide users.
- Test required - None.
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| Private applicator license |
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- Allows you to use restricted-use pesticides on agricultural land, including farmland, ranches, forestland, nurseries, and orchards.
- Allows you to supervise a co-worker or employee applying a restricted-use pesticide.
- One license covers all agricultural use (no categories).
- Test required - Private pesticide applicator.
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| Public applicator license |
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- You must work for a state or federal agency, county, city, municipality, irrigation district, railroad, public utility, telephone company, school, or other public employer.
- Allows you to use restricted-use pesticides for your public employer.
- Allows you to use fuel or electric-powered sprayers or spreaders.
- Categories must match the type of pesticide work that will be done.
- Allows you to tell someone how to use restricted-use pesticide or which restricted-use pesticide will work best (limited to categories on your license).
- May supervise a licensed public pesticide trainee.
- Tests required - Laws & safety and at least one category.
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| Trainee license |
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Immediately supervised pesticide trainee license
- Can be a public or commercial license.
- Allows you to use pesticides while supervised by a licensed commercial or public pesticide applicator.
- Supervisor must be on site at all times during spraying and within five minutes travel time from trainee.
- Trainee and supervisor categories must match the type of pesticide work that will be done.
- Test required - None.
Directly supervised pesticide trainee license
- Can be a public or commercial trainee license.
- Allows you to use pesticides while supervised by a licensed commercial or public pesticide applicator.
- Supervisor must be able to help the trainee by phone or radio during the application.
- Supervisor does not need to be on site.
- Trainee and supervisor categories must match the type of pesticide work that will be done.
- Test required - Directly supervised trainee.
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