Oregon Pesticide Laws and Safety
questions with correct answers 2025
Pesticides - ANSWER include herbicides, insecticides,
fungicides, rodenticides, and many other
substances used to kill, harm, or repel pests.
General Use Pesticides - ANSWER may be bought over the counter without a pesticide license.
Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) - ANSWER are a category of products that pose a higher risk to
people, animals, or the environment. They can only be purchased by a person with a pesticide
license; use requires supervision by a licensed applicator.
Pesticide CERTIFICATION - ANSWER the process of demonstrating a person knows how to
handle and apply pesticides in a safe and responsible manner. valid for up to five (5) years
Pesticide LICENSING - ANSWER the process to obtain the actual license that shows that
a person has met certification requirements to make specific pesticide applications under that
license.
PRIVATE PESTICIDE APPLICATOR LICENSE - ANSWER needed to purchase, apply, or supervise the
use of restricted-use pesticides (RUPs) on land in agricultural production that a person, or their
employer owns, leases, or rents. This includes farmland, rangeland, forests, greenhouses,
nurseries, orchards, etc.
IMMEDIATELY SUPERVISED Pesticide TRAINEE LICENSE - ANSWER for individuals who work
under the supervision of a Commercial or Public Pesticide Applicator.
• Must be on-site at all times with the trainee when making pesticide applications, and
, • Be able to reach the trainee's location within five minutes.
• No required exam
Trainees may only make applications within their supervisor's categories.
• The supervising applicator is responsible for training the Immediately Supervised Trainee
PESTICIDE APPRENTICE LICENSE - ANSWER individuals who work under the supervision of a
Commercial or Public Pesticide Applicator.
• The supervising applicator does not need to be onsite when the apprentice is making
pesticide applications, BUT the apprentice must be able to reach the supervising applicator at all
times.
• The Pesticide Apprentice is not a certified applicator. In order to renew this license, beyond
the first year, the apprentice will need to attend eight (8) hours of approved continuing
education classes. The eight hours must consist of at least four (4) hours of CORE credits. If the
apprentice does not accrue the required credit hours, they will need to retake the Laws & Safety
exam to re-license.
• Required exam: Laws & Safety Apprentices may only make applications within their
supervisor's categories. The supervising applicator is responsible for training the apprentice.
PUBLIC PESTICIDE APPLICATOR LICENSE - ANSWER required of employees of federal and state
agencies,
counties, cities, municipalities, irrigation districts, drainage districts, soil and water conservation
districts or other special districts, public utilities, and telecommunication utilities who in the
course of their work:
• Use or supervise the use of restricted-use pesticides, (RUPs) and/or;
• Use machine-powered equipment to apply any pesticides (general or restricted)
• Apply pesticides (including organic and 25b products) on the property of any Oregon pre-
kindergarten, public and private K-12 schools, community colleges, federal Head Start programs,
Oregon School for the Deaf, Oregon Youth Authority residential academy, or education service
districts
• Required exam: Laws & Safety and at least one category exam.
questions with correct answers 2025
Pesticides - ANSWER include herbicides, insecticides,
fungicides, rodenticides, and many other
substances used to kill, harm, or repel pests.
General Use Pesticides - ANSWER may be bought over the counter without a pesticide license.
Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) - ANSWER are a category of products that pose a higher risk to
people, animals, or the environment. They can only be purchased by a person with a pesticide
license; use requires supervision by a licensed applicator.
Pesticide CERTIFICATION - ANSWER the process of demonstrating a person knows how to
handle and apply pesticides in a safe and responsible manner. valid for up to five (5) years
Pesticide LICENSING - ANSWER the process to obtain the actual license that shows that
a person has met certification requirements to make specific pesticide applications under that
license.
PRIVATE PESTICIDE APPLICATOR LICENSE - ANSWER needed to purchase, apply, or supervise the
use of restricted-use pesticides (RUPs) on land in agricultural production that a person, or their
employer owns, leases, or rents. This includes farmland, rangeland, forests, greenhouses,
nurseries, orchards, etc.
IMMEDIATELY SUPERVISED Pesticide TRAINEE LICENSE - ANSWER for individuals who work
under the supervision of a Commercial or Public Pesticide Applicator.
• Must be on-site at all times with the trainee when making pesticide applications, and
, • Be able to reach the trainee's location within five minutes.
• No required exam
Trainees may only make applications within their supervisor's categories.
• The supervising applicator is responsible for training the Immediately Supervised Trainee
PESTICIDE APPRENTICE LICENSE - ANSWER individuals who work under the supervision of a
Commercial or Public Pesticide Applicator.
• The supervising applicator does not need to be onsite when the apprentice is making
pesticide applications, BUT the apprentice must be able to reach the supervising applicator at all
times.
• The Pesticide Apprentice is not a certified applicator. In order to renew this license, beyond
the first year, the apprentice will need to attend eight (8) hours of approved continuing
education classes. The eight hours must consist of at least four (4) hours of CORE credits. If the
apprentice does not accrue the required credit hours, they will need to retake the Laws & Safety
exam to re-license.
• Required exam: Laws & Safety Apprentices may only make applications within their
supervisor's categories. The supervising applicator is responsible for training the apprentice.
PUBLIC PESTICIDE APPLICATOR LICENSE - ANSWER required of employees of federal and state
agencies,
counties, cities, municipalities, irrigation districts, drainage districts, soil and water conservation
districts or other special districts, public utilities, and telecommunication utilities who in the
course of their work:
• Use or supervise the use of restricted-use pesticides, (RUPs) and/or;
• Use machine-powered equipment to apply any pesticides (general or restricted)
• Apply pesticides (including organic and 25b products) on the property of any Oregon pre-
kindergarten, public and private K-12 schools, community colleges, federal Head Start programs,
Oregon School for the Deaf, Oregon Youth Authority residential academy, or education service
districts
• Required exam: Laws & Safety and at least one category exam.
