CATEGORY SPCA: STRUCTURAL PEST
CONTROL APPLICATOR | FOR JOURNEYMAN
APPLICATORS | 2026 UPDATE | QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
Structural Pest Control Applicator (SPCA) License - ANSWERS-Enables you to:
- Destroy, control, mitigate, or repel invertebrate pests and/or commensal
rodents using a pesticide or other means inside structures and to the exterior
of buildings
- Apply a label pesticide to a building perimeter generally within 10 feet of
the structure (intent of treatment to control pests)
*doesn't permit treatments intended for the protection of landscape plants
and plantings
- Apply a labeled mosquito adulticide within a building perimeter (10 ft zone
adjacent to and around the structure)
- Apply a pesticide as a spot treatment outside of the 10 ft perimeter when
an insecticide treatment is required against wasps, carpenter ants, or other
pests that may harm human health or risk damage to structure; or if the
label so designates, rodenticide use against commensal rodents
Structural Pests - ANSWERS-Invertebrates and commensal rodents affecting
structures and people.
Structures - ANSWERS-residential homes; commercial and industrial
buildings
- Vehicles: trucks rail cars, aircraft, docks
- Empty grain storage facilities and agriculture structures
- Utility structures
,STATE LEAD AGENCY (SLA) - ANSWERS-Body empowered to enforce pesticide
regulations in each state
SPCA Journeyman Certification - ANSWERS-Entry level certification
SPCA Master Certification - ANSWERS-Advanced, can be applied after 2 years
with journeyman or comparable experience
SPC Company License - ANSWERS-- Must employ at least one licensed SPCA
Master
- Provide workers compensation insurance information for eligible workers
- Meet financial responsibility requirements of the Pesticide Control Law
- Paying the license application fee
- Maintaining an active license (paying the renewal fee)
Leave-behind notice - ANSWERS-Must indicated the date and time that the
pesticide was applied, the name of the pest control company, and any post-
application precautionary instructions for the resident according to the
product label.
Incident response plan - ANSWERS-Summarizes the planned actions that
should take place in the event of an accident, pesticide spill, fire, and other
disaster.
*one plan per company is sufficient if it covers all employer locations
*plans must be updated every 3 years or once the information is out of date
(whichever is earliest), reviewed with employees at least once per year and
include documentation of training events, and made available to local first
responders and documented accordingly
Fumigation Endorsement - ANSWERS-Permits a licensed person to use gas
fumigants in and around structures, vehicles, etc.
, Category E: Turf and Ornamental - ANSWERS-Allows to control pests on turf,
landscape plants, and ornamental trees on customer premises
Category I: Anti-Microbial - ANSWERS-
Category J: Forestry, Rights-of-Way, and Natural Areas - ANSWERS-
Category L: Mosquito and Black Fly Control - ANSWERS-
Category P: Vertebrate Pest Control - ANSWERS-
Sites of application allowed with SPCA license - ANSWERS-
4 structures that fall within SPCA category - ANSWERS-
3 categories of SPCA license and the requirements to qualify for each -
ANSWERS-
How to get and maintain a SPCA license in MN - ANSWERS-
List and describe the license and category needed to apply pesticide and
control pests that falls outside the scope of the SPCA categories: i.e.
fumigation; Categories E,I, J, L, and P - ANSWERS-
Content required on a pesticide application record - ANSWERS-
Describe the conditions that require a leave-behind notice - ANSWERS-
CONTROL APPLICATOR | FOR JOURNEYMAN
APPLICATORS | 2026 UPDATE | QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
Structural Pest Control Applicator (SPCA) License - ANSWERS-Enables you to:
- Destroy, control, mitigate, or repel invertebrate pests and/or commensal
rodents using a pesticide or other means inside structures and to the exterior
of buildings
- Apply a label pesticide to a building perimeter generally within 10 feet of
the structure (intent of treatment to control pests)
*doesn't permit treatments intended for the protection of landscape plants
and plantings
- Apply a labeled mosquito adulticide within a building perimeter (10 ft zone
adjacent to and around the structure)
- Apply a pesticide as a spot treatment outside of the 10 ft perimeter when
an insecticide treatment is required against wasps, carpenter ants, or other
pests that may harm human health or risk damage to structure; or if the
label so designates, rodenticide use against commensal rodents
Structural Pests - ANSWERS-Invertebrates and commensal rodents affecting
structures and people.
Structures - ANSWERS-residential homes; commercial and industrial
buildings
- Vehicles: trucks rail cars, aircraft, docks
- Empty grain storage facilities and agriculture structures
- Utility structures
,STATE LEAD AGENCY (SLA) - ANSWERS-Body empowered to enforce pesticide
regulations in each state
SPCA Journeyman Certification - ANSWERS-Entry level certification
SPCA Master Certification - ANSWERS-Advanced, can be applied after 2 years
with journeyman or comparable experience
SPC Company License - ANSWERS-- Must employ at least one licensed SPCA
Master
- Provide workers compensation insurance information for eligible workers
- Meet financial responsibility requirements of the Pesticide Control Law
- Paying the license application fee
- Maintaining an active license (paying the renewal fee)
Leave-behind notice - ANSWERS-Must indicated the date and time that the
pesticide was applied, the name of the pest control company, and any post-
application precautionary instructions for the resident according to the
product label.
Incident response plan - ANSWERS-Summarizes the planned actions that
should take place in the event of an accident, pesticide spill, fire, and other
disaster.
*one plan per company is sufficient if it covers all employer locations
*plans must be updated every 3 years or once the information is out of date
(whichever is earliest), reviewed with employees at least once per year and
include documentation of training events, and made available to local first
responders and documented accordingly
Fumigation Endorsement - ANSWERS-Permits a licensed person to use gas
fumigants in and around structures, vehicles, etc.
, Category E: Turf and Ornamental - ANSWERS-Allows to control pests on turf,
landscape plants, and ornamental trees on customer premises
Category I: Anti-Microbial - ANSWERS-
Category J: Forestry, Rights-of-Way, and Natural Areas - ANSWERS-
Category L: Mosquito and Black Fly Control - ANSWERS-
Category P: Vertebrate Pest Control - ANSWERS-
Sites of application allowed with SPCA license - ANSWERS-
4 structures that fall within SPCA category - ANSWERS-
3 categories of SPCA license and the requirements to qualify for each -
ANSWERS-
How to get and maintain a SPCA license in MN - ANSWERS-
List and describe the license and category needed to apply pesticide and
control pests that falls outside the scope of the SPCA categories: i.e.
fumigation; Categories E,I, J, L, and P - ANSWERS-
Content required on a pesticide application record - ANSWERS-
Describe the conditions that require a leave-behind notice - ANSWERS-
