Canada Exterminator: Ontario
Pesticide Training and Certification:
Section 4 And Section 5 Study Guide.
1. Prevent unacceptable risks to people and the environment from the use of pest control
products.
2. Ensure that only pest control products of value (effectiveness and benefits)
3. Encourage the development of sustainable pest management strategies by facilitating access
to products that pose lower risks.
4. Encourage public awareness and participation in the decision making process. - Answer
What are the main purposes of the Pest Control Products Act?
The Food and Drugs Act - Answer Which federal Act protects the health of consumers by
preventing the sale of food that contains any harmful or poisonous substance?
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act - Answer Which Federal Act controls the
transportation of pesticides and other dangerous commodities?
The Food and Drugs Act - Answer Which Act establishes the Maximum Residue limit for
pesticides in food?
True - Answer According to the Pesticides Act and its Regulation. an Operator License allows
a person or corporation to control and manage an extermination business and perform
exterminations for a fee. True/False?
Permit - Answer What else is required in addition to an exterminator license to legally apply
picloram in a land extermination in Ontario?
The Director or provincial officer - Answer Who can issue a Stop Order under the Pesticides
Act?
The Director - Answer Who can issue a control order under the Pesticides Act?
A stop order is issued when an EMERGENCY EXISTS
a control order is issued when a pesticide IS LIKELY to cause harm or damage to the
environment. - Answer Under what circumstances would a stop order be issued rather than
a control order?
, The Director - Answer According to the Pesticides Act and its Regulation, whom must you
notify if an accident involving a pesticide occurs which will result in damage to the
environment?
A fine of up to $4,000,000/day - Answer What are the penalties for a person convicted under
the Pesticides Act and its Regulation on the first offence, if the person has failed to comply with
a stop order and has caused an effect to the environment?
A Pesticide is placed into a specific class based on its:
1. Toxicity
2. environmental or human health hazard
3. persistence of the active ingredient
4. usage
5. concentration - Answer What characteristics of a pesticide are considered, before it is
classified into a specific class?
Class 2: General Vendor, Licensed Exterminator, Certified Farmer, Permit holder and person with
written authority from the director.
Class 4: General Vendor, Licensed Exterminator, Certified Farmer, Permit holder and person with
written authority from the director.
Class 6: Any Person - Answer Who may purchase pesticides of the following classes of
pesticides? 2,4,6
Class 3 Acute oral LD50 >50- >=500 - Answer Which class(es) of pesticide(s) have an acute
(oral) LD50 less than 500mg/kg but greater than 50 mg/kg?
a Trainee requires direct supervision be a licensed exterminator at all times. Direct supervision
means the licensed exterminator is present with the trainee at all times that a pesticide is being
mixed loaded or used. - Answer According to the Pesticides Act and its Regulation, which
unlicensed assistance requires direct supervision and what must a licensed exterminator do to
provide this type of supervision?
3 - Answer What is the maximum number of technicians that a licensed exterminator may
supervise in a land extermination?
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System is a national information system intended
to protect Canadian workers. WHMIS gives everyone in the workplace the right to know about
the hazards of materials used in the workplace - Answer What is Workplace Hazardous
Materials Information System?
Pesticide Training and Certification:
Section 4 And Section 5 Study Guide.
1. Prevent unacceptable risks to people and the environment from the use of pest control
products.
2. Ensure that only pest control products of value (effectiveness and benefits)
3. Encourage the development of sustainable pest management strategies by facilitating access
to products that pose lower risks.
4. Encourage public awareness and participation in the decision making process. - Answer
What are the main purposes of the Pest Control Products Act?
The Food and Drugs Act - Answer Which federal Act protects the health of consumers by
preventing the sale of food that contains any harmful or poisonous substance?
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act - Answer Which Federal Act controls the
transportation of pesticides and other dangerous commodities?
The Food and Drugs Act - Answer Which Act establishes the Maximum Residue limit for
pesticides in food?
True - Answer According to the Pesticides Act and its Regulation. an Operator License allows
a person or corporation to control and manage an extermination business and perform
exterminations for a fee. True/False?
Permit - Answer What else is required in addition to an exterminator license to legally apply
picloram in a land extermination in Ontario?
The Director or provincial officer - Answer Who can issue a Stop Order under the Pesticides
Act?
The Director - Answer Who can issue a control order under the Pesticides Act?
A stop order is issued when an EMERGENCY EXISTS
a control order is issued when a pesticide IS LIKELY to cause harm or damage to the
environment. - Answer Under what circumstances would a stop order be issued rather than
a control order?
, The Director - Answer According to the Pesticides Act and its Regulation, whom must you
notify if an accident involving a pesticide occurs which will result in damage to the
environment?
A fine of up to $4,000,000/day - Answer What are the penalties for a person convicted under
the Pesticides Act and its Regulation on the first offence, if the person has failed to comply with
a stop order and has caused an effect to the environment?
A Pesticide is placed into a specific class based on its:
1. Toxicity
2. environmental or human health hazard
3. persistence of the active ingredient
4. usage
5. concentration - Answer What characteristics of a pesticide are considered, before it is
classified into a specific class?
Class 2: General Vendor, Licensed Exterminator, Certified Farmer, Permit holder and person with
written authority from the director.
Class 4: General Vendor, Licensed Exterminator, Certified Farmer, Permit holder and person with
written authority from the director.
Class 6: Any Person - Answer Who may purchase pesticides of the following classes of
pesticides? 2,4,6
Class 3 Acute oral LD50 >50- >=500 - Answer Which class(es) of pesticide(s) have an acute
(oral) LD50 less than 500mg/kg but greater than 50 mg/kg?
a Trainee requires direct supervision be a licensed exterminator at all times. Direct supervision
means the licensed exterminator is present with the trainee at all times that a pesticide is being
mixed loaded or used. - Answer According to the Pesticides Act and its Regulation, which
unlicensed assistance requires direct supervision and what must a licensed exterminator do to
provide this type of supervision?
3 - Answer What is the maximum number of technicians that a licensed exterminator may
supervise in a land extermination?
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System is a national information system intended
to protect Canadian workers. WHMIS gives everyone in the workplace the right to know about
the hazards of materials used in the workplace - Answer What is Workplace Hazardous
Materials Information System?
