Pesticide Safety Education Program PSEP Review June 23, 2005

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Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) Review
June 23, 2005
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Introduction

• The AES Unit has been in existence since the mid
  1970s
• We are the primary Pesticide Safety Education
  Program (PSEP) for Texas

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• We have subject matter Specialists in weed
  science, entomology, agronomy, and agricultural
  education
• We provide support through training and
  educational material development

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Objectives

• To provide an update on pesticide laws and
  regulations for the TDA, SPCB and the Texas
  Department of State Health Services (TDSHS)
• To discuss the TCE license requirements for CEAs
  and Specialists
• To discuss the Private Applicator training
  procedures

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• To discuss TCE protocol for conducting CEU
  programs and activities (subject matter, course
  approval, and utilization of educational
  materials)
• To provide information about the licensing
  procedures for the various regulatory agencies

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TCE License Requirements

• TCE CEAs Ag, ANR, EA IPM, Hort, Marine, Extension
  Associates, Extension Assistants, and Ag
  Specialists are required to obtain Noncommercial
  applicator licenses
• Each CEA or Specialist must pass the general,
  LRs, and a category exam (OT, Weed Brush)

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Demonstration Research

• In addition, each CEA or Specialist needs to pass
  the DR category examination
• This allows TCE personnel to conduct research
  activities in the category they are licensed in
  (OT, Weed Brush)

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Demonstration Research

• DR also allows TCE CEAs and Specialists to use
  unregistered pesticides, EUPs, and numbered
  compounds

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Demonstration Research

• This year, we plan to develop a Demonstration and
  Research manual.
• Meanwhile continue to use the practice problems
  available.

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• However, it is not necessary to have an
  applicators license to conduct applicator
  certification or recertification activities or
  programs

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Agricultural Applicator Licensing Requirements

• TDA licenses applicators engaged in the
  production and maintenance of agricultural
  commodities
• Individuals can license as Commercial,
  Noncommercial, and Private applicators

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Private Applicator Training

• TCE CEAs and Specialists conduct a three hour
  minimum certification program. It make take up to
  four hours to complete a program or activity.
• They can use the DVDs, VHS tapes, or slide sets
  to conduct the courses.
• Training programs can be for groups or
  individuals.

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Private Applicator Training

• Every County has been sent a DVD with the
  complete Private Applicator Training on it.
• Every County was sent the DVD not every CEA.

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Private Applicator Training

• Each Section has the introduction, whatever Video
  is appropriate to the subject, followed by the
  review questions and answers.

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Private Applicator Training

• The address label was made out to the Agriculture
  agent so if you are an EA-IPM, HORT or EA-ENTO
  you need to talk to the AG agent and get the DVD.
• We sent out about 250 copies of this DVD and NONE
  have been returned so someone in each county has
  received the DVDs.

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Private Applicator Training

• Please request that the office staff help to
  locate the DVDs.
• Some CEAs may not have a DVD player.
• You can purchase DVD players for as low as
  30.00 or 40.00.

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Private Applicator Training

• Private Applicator Training manuals are sold to
  Agents for 10.00
• Everyone is required to sell these manuals for
  the listed price of 20.00.
• lthttp//agenvsafety.tamu.edu/TDAoform.pdf gt
  orderform

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Private Applicator Training

• If there is a question about the price, give the
  client an order form which indicates the price
  is
• 20.00 for Private Applicator (B-1648)
• AND
• 10.00 for Laws and Regulations
• (B-5056).

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Private Applicator Training

• The reason we price the Private Applicator manual
  to County Agents for 10.00 is to support
  applicator training programs.
• CEAs can sell 2 or 3 of manuals and have what is
  needed to purchase a DVD player.

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Private Applicator Training

• The funds derived from manual sales are intended
  to support Pesticide Safety Education Program
  (PSEP) activities only.

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Private Applicator Training

• We have heard from a number of people who have
  tried to play the DVD on their computer and
  project it from the computer that have had
  problems.
• Not all disc players on computers will read/play
  DVDs. Only drives that are DVD compatible will.

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Private Applicator Training

• Each DVD was tested on a DVD player in our office
  and worked fine before it was sent out.
• If you have a DVD that does not work, please send
  it back and we will replace it.

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Private Applicator Training

• For those who do not charge more than 25.00 for
  a Private Applicator Training, do a cost analysis
  of the situation

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Private Applicator Training Cost Analysis Example

• Private Applicator (B-1648) . 20.00
• Laws Regulations (B-5056) .. 10.00
• Food / facility............. 15.00
• Total - Registration fee ......... 45.00
• varies for each training and location

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Noncommercial Applicator Requirements

• Any employee of business or agricultural
  establishment who uses or supervises the use of
  RU pesticides, SLU pesticides, or Regulated
  Herbicides as a part of their job must obtain
  this license

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• To obtain a noncommercial license applicants must
  pass the general, LRs, and a category
  examination

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• Persons working under the supervision of
  political subdivision noncommercial applicators
  must receive 5 CEUs annually
• OR

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• The employee must be trained on the appropriate
  LRs pertaining to pesticide use, the label
  information for the use of all pesticides that
  are applied and pesticide safety training

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• Since September 2004, persons under the
  supervision of a noncommercial applicator must
  work from the same office or location,
• OR the noncommercial applicator must be
  physically present during the application

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Commercial Applicator Requirements

• Persons who use or supervise the use of RU or SLU
  pesticides, and Regulated Herbicides for hire on
  the property of others to produce agricultural
  commodities must obtain this license

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• Also, individuals who are landscape contractors
  with a Class 1 Nursery Floral Certificate must
  obtain a commercial applicators license to
  maintain OT plants around homes and businesses

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• These individuals must pass the general, LRs,
  and a category examination

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• A minimum of 100,000 for property damage for
  each occurrence and 100,000 for bodily injury
  for each occurrence or an aggregate of 200,000
  for each occurrence in financial responsibility
  must be maintained at all times

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Questions ?

• Select the raised hand so that we know that you
  have a question - - -

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Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

• All County Agents are constantly asked to provide
  Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for
  applicators. Here are a few things to remember

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CEUsNO Correspondence NO Home Study

• NEVER send a video home with an applicator to be
  watched and returned to receive credit. This
  type of activity is considered CORRESPONDENCE
  or HOME STUDY. Extension has NOT been
  approved to provide this type of credit.

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CEUsNO Correspondence NO Home Study

• Offering Correspondence or Home Study CEUs adds a
  burden that Extension does not need.
• 7.24 Applicator Recertification states
• Each activity must include an open book measure
  of competency and
• Procedures must be established to prohibit an
  individual from repeating the same course in two
  consecutive recertification periods

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Videos for CEUsin the Office

• The agent does not need to be the person
  providing the video but the activity must be in
  the Extension Office.
• IF an applicator needs to get a quick CEU, he
  MUST watch the video in the Extension office or
  other monitored location.
• The secretary can set-up and turn on the video
  and instruct the applicator on how to run the
  equipment.

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Correspondence CEUs are available from Private
Providers

• Private Applicators can take up to 10 of their
  CEUS by correspondence in each 5 year renewal
  cycle.
• Commercial/Non Commercial Applicators can have
  correspondence CEUs only every other year

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Correspondence or Home Study Courses

• To find information on approved providers for
  correspondence or home study courses, go to the
  TDA web site at
• http//www.agr.state.tx.us/pesticide/ce
  u/pes_selfstudy.htm

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TDA has changed the renewal process.

• TDA sends the renewal form and asks that the
  applicators simply pay their fees and return the
  form or renew electronically via the internet.

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TDA does not ask the applicator to list their
CEUs at this point.

• This change allows the renewal process to be more
  speedy and frees up some time to do additional
  audits.

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Applicators are still responsible for
self-certification

• this means that each applicator MUST keep up with
  their Completion Certificates so they can find
  them when needed.

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TDA officials maycheck these certificatesin two
ways.

• Any time a TDA Inspector is interviewing an
  applicator, he may ask to see the proof of CEUs
  for the last renewal period.
• Also, TDA may request that copies of Completion
  Certificates be sent to Austin for an audit.

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Emphasize to your producers that they MUST keep
up with their Completion Certificates.

• If an applicator is audited or if an inspector
  asks to see the certificates and the applicator
  does not have proof of CEU completion, he could
  lose his license and/or be charged an
  administrative penalty for not having the
  required documents.

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Review these topics in the Laws Regs manual
(Sec. 76 and 7)

• Sec. 76.116 - Suspension, Modification, or
  Revocation of License
• Sec. 76.1555 - Administrative Penalty
• Sec. 76.156 - Civil Penalty
• 7.24 - Applicator Recertification

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Please HELP TDA post training classes

• People constantly ask TDA where they can find
  Certification or Recertification classes.
• TDA has a web site to post this information on
  but people are not good about sharing their
  upcoming programs.

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Trainings onTDA Web Site

• Private Applicator Training and Testing at
• http//www.agr.state.tx.us/pesticide/ceu/pes_testi
  ng.htm
• Recertification Courses by Location at
• http//www.agr.state.tx.us/internet/ceucourse/sear
  ch.jsp

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Please contact Jon Mac Schmidtabout training
dates

• by phone at 512-463-7521
• by e-mail at
• lt jonmac.schmidt_at_agr.state.tx.us gt

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CEUs over 3 hoursNew form (PA-409) required

• GO to
• Texas Department of Agriculture
• lt http//www.agr.state.tx.us/pesticide/ gt
• Select
• Pesticide Forms (listed on right)
• Select Pesticide Applicator
• (PA-409) Pesticide Continuing Education
  Course Recertification Sponsorship
• available in MSWORD or PDF formats

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CEUs over 3 hours

• Completed forms to request approval of CEUs over
  3 hours during any one day must be submitted at
  least 30 days prior to the CEU program.
• TDA automatically posts classes over 3 hours on
  the web site.

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CEUs over 3 hours

• Mail PA-409 forms to
• Texas Department of Agriculture
• Certification and Training Program
• P.O. Box 12847
• Austin, Texas 78711
• or

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CEUs over 3 hours

• FAX PA-409 forms to
• 888-216-9865
• Note this is a new FAX number

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Roster Submission

• Sponsors of all approved activities must prepare
  a roster of applicators that attend the activity
  which contains, at a minimum, the date, course
  number, the pesticide applicator's name and
  current license or certificate number and the
  location (please include city and county) of the
  training.

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Roster Submission

• Send the activity rosters to TDA within 14 days
  after the end of an activity.
• Retain a copy of each roster in your office for
  one year following the activity.
• The rosters must be on department forms or
  approved formats and ensure that CEUs awarded
  correspond proportionately to the net instruction
  time.

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Completion Certificates

• Completion Certificates must be provided to the
  applicators who successfully complete an activity
  at the completion of the activity.

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Completion Certificates

• The information on the Completion Certificate
  must match the information on the roster
  including the name of the sponsor, the date,
  county and name of the activity, the amount and
  type of credit earned, and the assigned course
  number.

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Please use standard formsto document attendance
atrecertification training events

• TDA would prefer we report recertification events
  by listing all of the participants on form TDA
  Q834, found at
• http//www.agr.state.tx.us/forms/p_app/recertatten
  dform.pdf

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Rosters for completed programs are sent to
Rafael Paonessa -

• Dept. of Agriculture
• Applicator Certification and Training
• P.O. Box 12847
• Austin, Texas 78711
• phone [phone]
• e-mail Rafael.Paonessa_at_agr.state.tx.us

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TDA Rosters

• You should read through the list and re-write any
  name that may be difficult to read.
• TDA would prefer that for a large group, all of
  the names should be alphabetized and typed to aid
  the applicator auditing process but this is not
  required.

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For Texas OpenRecords Act

• The final depository of the roster is with TDA so
  they will have each roster on file.
• If someone needs to see a roster, they would need
  to provide the information needed to file the
  roster.
• It is NOT possible to look up rosters using a
  persons name.

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How are CEUs calculated?

• There must be a 11 ratio of one CEU per hour of
  actual instruction time (spent on appropriate
  content).
• A 60 minute activity equals 60 minute credit.

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How are CEUs calculated?

• This can be 50 minutes of instruction and 10
  minutes of Questions and Answers. You can
  build some thought provoking questions into your
  program.
• During the question session make equipment
  changes as needed to be ready for the next
  speaker.

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How are CEUs calculated?

• It is NOT legal to shave 10 minutes off of each
  of 6 - 1 hour - talks and then give 6 hours
  credit for only 5 hours of instruction.
• Each 1 hour presentation should have 1 hour of
  time (i.e. 60 minutes) allowed on the program for
  it.

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How are CEUs calculated?

• Do not include time allowed for breaks, room
  changes, speaker changes, welcomes, etc.
• You may elect to give fractions of CEUs in 1/4
  increments e.g., 1.25 CEUs for 75 minutes or 0.5
  CEUs for 30 minutes.
• When in doubt, round down.

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CEUs should be awarded only upon completion of
the continuing education activity.

• You may elect to award partial CEUs to an
  applicator for partial completion.
• This usually is affected by logistics, such as
  availability of staff or volunteers to monitor
  the arrival and departure times of program
  participants.

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CEUs awarded to individuals who sign the roster

• Completion Certificates will not be issued unless
  the applicator has registered by signing the
  roster and provided either a applicator license
  number or a social security number.

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Course content

• Course content must be appropriate for education
  of pesticide applicators, see 7.24 Applicator
  Recertification in the Laws and Regs Manual
  (B-5056) for appropriate CEU content.

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Sales presentationsare not considered
appropriate CEU material.

• Company reps can present scientific information
  about their products such as mode of action,
  persistence, pest spectrum, special instructions
  or warnings found on the label, how the product
  would fit into an IPM program, etc.
• There is a lot of good information that can be
  presented without making a sells pitch.

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What is self-certification?

• This is a confusing State term that could be
  explained as an automatic license renewal
  process.
• The process is the same for both private and
  commercial/noncommercial applicators, as well as
  for applicators licensed by the Structural Pest
  Control Board.

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Before a license expires, the licensee receives a
renewal form from TDA.

• The licensee must certify that he or she has
  met continuing education requirements.
• Upon receipt of the completed renewal form, TDA
  automatically issues a new pesticide applicator
  license.

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Self-certification andRandom audits

• At a later date TDA will randomly select
  applicators for auditing.
• During an audit TDA will compare Completion
  Certificates to course rosters to verify actual
  attendance.
• Fraudulent CEU records are cause for a fine from
  10,000 to 25,000 per violation.

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TDA does not track CEU records for individual
applicators.

• It is imperative that applicators obtain a
  certificate of completion for each continuing
  education activity they attend.
• Certificates serve as CEU receipts to help
  licensees report their continuing education
  record to TDA.

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TDA does not trackCEU records forindividual
applicators.

• Certificates should NOT be attached to the
  renewal form, nor sent to TDA in lieu of the
  form.
• Completion Certificates should be retained by the
  applicator for one year after renewal.

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Questions ?

• Select the raised hand so that we know that you
  have a question - - -

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Summary
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Structural Applicator Requirements

• Individuals who offer pest control services for
  hire or as a part of their jobs around
  businesses, homes, schools, daycare centers,
  hospitals, parks recreational settings and
  structures are required to license with the SPCB

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Commercial Licenses

• Required to inspect, identify or apply General
  Use pesticides, restricted Use pesticides, and
  use pesticidal devices

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Commercial Licenses

• To sit for this examination, the applicant must
  have a 4 year degree from an accredited
  University in the biological sciences
• OR

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Commercial Licenses

• Must have verifiable employment in the pest
  control industry under the supervision of a
  licensed certified commercial applicator for at
  least 12 months out of the past 24 months, AND
  must have been a technician for at least 6 months
• OR

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Commercial Licenses

• Be an applicant with technical field experience
  from a previous occupation
• OR
• Be an applicant who qualifies under the hardship
  clause

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Noncommercial Applicator Requirements

• Individuals who work for businesses, apartment
  complexes, governmental agencies, hospitals,
  daycare centers and schools must obtain this
  license to use any pesticide or pesticidal device

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Noncommercial Applicator Requirements

• To obtain this license, individuals must be an
  applicant with a degree in the biological
  sciences from an accredited college or university
• OR

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Noncommercial Applicator Requirements

• Have a verifiable statement showing technical
  field experience AND have completed a Board
  approved Certified Noncommercial Applicator
  training course within at least 12 months out of
  the last 24 months
• OR

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Noncommercial Applicator Requirements

• Complete a Board approved certified noncommercial
  applicator training course
• OR

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Noncommercial Applicator Requirements

• Be a licensed noncommercial technician for at
  least 6 months and have been employed to perform
  pest control services under the supervision of a
  licensed certified noncommercial applicator for
  at least 12 months out of the last 24 months

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Noncommercial Applicator Requirements

• To obtain this license, individuals must pass a
  general and category examination

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Technician Licenses Requirements

• Individuals who do not qualify to be commercial
  or noncommercial applicators will be licensed as
  technicians after an apprenticeship

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Technician Licenses Requirements

• A technician must work under the supervision of a
  commercial or noncommercial applicator
• They may use pesticides and pesticidal devices,
  make sales presentations, or identify pests

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Technician Licenses Requirements

• To become a technician, individuals must be an
  apprentice for 1 year
• During that time they must receive 20 hours of
  classroom training in ten different subject
  matter areas AND
• They must receive 40 hours of training in each
  category in which they conduct pest control
  activities, AND

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Technician Licenses Requirements

• They must complete a Board approved 8 hour
  technician course AND
• They must pass a category examination (consisting
  of questions from the general manual and a
  category manual)

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SPCB License Fees

• 175.00 for an original or renewal of a business
  license
• 80.00 for an original or renewal of a certified
  applicators license
• 60.00 for an original or renewal of a technician
  license

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SPCB License Fees

• 30.00 for duplicate business, applicator or
  technician licenses
• 30.00 for reissuing business, applicator or
  technician licenses due to a name change in the
  license

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SPCB License Fees

• 40.00 for administering examinations in each
  category
• 37.50 for late renewal up to 30 days
• 75.00 for late renewals up to 60 days

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SPCB License Fees

• 40.00 for continuing education courses

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SPCB CEU Requirements

• Each certified commercial or noncommercial
  applicator will obtain 2 CEUs in general training
  (at least one must be in either LRs, IPM,
  pesticide safety, or environmental protection) AND

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SPCB CEU Requirements

• 1 CEU per category in which the commercial or
  noncommercial applicator is licensed
• NO more than 1 CEU per year may be obtained by
  self study or electronic courses

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SPCB CEU Requirements

• Since 2000, technicians are required to receive 8
  hours of technical training during the preceding
  12 months of their license renewal date

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Texas Department of State Health
ServicesPesticide Applicator LicenseandRecertif
ication Requirements
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TDSHS Applicator Licensing

• Only one type of license noncommercial
• Issued only to employees of government agencies
• State
• Cities
• Counties
• School districts

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Who needs TDSHS License?

• Anyone in Texas who works with restricted use or
  state-limited use pesticides must be licensed or
  under the direct supervision of someone who is
  licensed.
• Direct supervision means that the licensed person
  is available (not necessarily present) to give
  directions and answer questions.

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Who may supervise?

• TDSHS Noncommercial applicators may supervise
  unlicensed seasonal employees in a mosquito
  control program.

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Who is a seasonal employee?

• A seasonal employee is an individual hired for
  peak mosquito control periods who acts under the
  direct supervision of a TDSHS licensed pesticide
  applicator in the vector control category.

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TDSHS Certifies Applicators in Four Categories

• Vector control
• Rodent control
• Sanitation
• Demonstration and research

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TDSHS Authorized Pesticide Users

• Licensed noncommercial applicators
• Aerial applicators
• Seasonal employees

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Training of Seasonal Employees

• Licensed applicator must confirm training in
  writing
• Seasonal employee must
• be trained in methods of determining equipment
  calibration and droplet sizing
• be able to properly calibrate the equipment
• be able determine the appropriate droplet size
  used in a particular application

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TDSHS licensed applicator must certify that the
seasonal employee

• has received training in the required laws and
  regulations
• has read and understood the label of the product
  being used at that time
• uses application equipment correctly in
  accordance with owner's manual instructions

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TDSHS licensed applicator must certify that the
seasonal employee

• is familiar with appropriate safety and clean up
  procedures
• uses the pesticide selected by the licensed
  pesticide applicator

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Training of Seasonal Employees

• Seasonal employee training must be documented in
  writing and signed and dated by the licensed
  pesticide applicator and the seasonal employee

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Seasonal employee training must include the
following

• 12 hours of technical classroom training
  immediately after employment
• 24 hours on-the-job training while under the
  personal direct supervision of the licensed
  pesticide applicator
• completion of an additional six hours of
  technical classroom training within five weeks
  after 24-hr on-the-job training

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Licensed pesticide applicator must also certify
that the seasonal employee has done the following

• received training in the required laws and
  regulations,
• has read and understood the label of the product
  being used at that time,
• uses application equipment correctly in
  accordance with the owners manual,

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Licensed pesticide applicator must also certify
that the seasonal employee has done the following

• is familiar with appropriate safety and clean up
  procedures, and
• uses the pesticide selected by the licensed
  pesticide applicator.

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TDSHS Recertification and Continuing Education

• Each noncommercial pesticide applicator licensed
  by the department must meet the license renewal
  and recertification requirements set out in Texas
  Administrative Code, Ch 25, Pt 1, 267.8. Among
  these requirement are the completion of TDSHS
  approved continuing education activities for
  recertification.

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Recertification Activities

• Lectures
• Panel discussions
• Video or film presentations with live instruction
• Field demonstrations
• Other activities approved by TDSHS

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Annual Continuing Education Requirements

• Three (3) continuing education units yearly
• 1 hour General (IPM Vector also count)
• 1 hour in a category (Vector category counts)
• When one Vector hour is applied to General, an
  additional hour in a category is required
• 1 hour IPM (also can count as General)
• When one IPM hour is applied to General, an
  additional hour of IPM is required.

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TDSHS Recertification Resources

• Texas Pest Management Association (TPMA)
• TDA Licenses 45 for 3 CEUs or 15 each
• To find information on approved providers for
  home study and correspondence courses, go to TDA
  website at
• http//www.agr.state.tx.us/pesticide

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TDSHS Fee Schedule
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Questions
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Important Numbers

• TDA
• 1-800-TELL-TDA (800-835-5832)
• SPCB
• 512-305-8250
• TDSHS
• 512-834-6635

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Summary
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Contact us at the PSEP office

• Main office 979-845-3849
• Publication orders 979-845-1099
• Don Renchie 979-862-1386
• Mark Matocha 979-845-3789
• Doug Stevenson 979-862-1035
• Mary Ketchersid 979-845-6531