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Technical
Categories of Licensure
Each category is designed for pesticide use requiring specific professional
knowledge. A company’s entire range of pesticide use must be
covered by the categories on the applicator’s license. Many applicators
need multiple categories on their licenses. *Training
for these categories is offered during the training
season.
- *Aquatic pest control:
- Pesticide use for weed control in standing or running water.
- *Demonstration and Research:
- Pesticide use during research or the teaching of pesticide and equipment
use.
- *Field Crop pest control:
- Pesticide use in corn, soybeans, small grains, forages, grasslands,
etc.
- Forest pest control:
- Pesticide use in forests, forests nurseries, and forest seed-producing
areas.
- Fruit Crop pest control:
- Pesticide use in fruit and nut crops.
- *Grain Facility pest control:
- Pesticide use in and around grain elevators or similar grain holding
facilities, conveyances, and transportation facilities.
- Livestock pest control:
- Pesticides applied to livestock or livestock barns.
- *Mosquito control:
- Insecticides applied to control mosquitoes.
- *Ornamental pest control:
- Pesticide use on trees, shrubs, and ornamental plantings.
- *Plant Management pest control:
- Pesticide use on portable plants used for interior landscaping and
environmental enhancement.
- Regulatory pest control:
- For government employees involved in the control of regulated pests
with pesticides.
- *Rights-of-Way pest control:
- Chemical weed control on non-crop sites such as parking lots, along
roads, in access rights-of-way, and in fence lines.
- Sewer Line Root Control:
- Chemical
control of roots in sewer lines.
- *Seed Treatment:
- Pesticide use on seeds.
- Soil Fumigation:
- Pesticide use for soil fumigation.
- *Turf pest control:
- Pesticide use on turf areas and sod farms.
- Vegetable Crop pest control:
- Pesticide use in vegetable crops
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