PRIVATE PESTICIDE APPLICATORS
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS FULL PREP RESOURCE
●● pesticide product label
Answer: Information that must be followed by law
●● applicators who purchase, use, or supervise the use of restricted-use
pesticides (RUPs)
Answer: Legally has to be certified to use pesticides in Indiana
●● private applicator
Answer: Apply pesticides to property they own, rent, or otherwise
control by some form of contractual arrangement for purposes of
producing an agricultural commodity
●● commercial applicator
Answer: Apply either general-use or restricted-use pesticides to the
property of another for financial compensation, to school property, golf
courses, for area-wide mosquito control, property of their employer as a
function of their job, or as an employee of the state or local government
●● registered technician
, Answer: Under the direct supervision of a certified applicator, this
person may engage in those pest control operations in which the
supervisor is certified and licensed
●● 5 years
Answer: Number of years pesticide applicator certification is good for
●● retesting or accumulating continuing certification hours (CCHs)
Answer: Two options to maintain applicator certification
●● www.isco.purdue.edu
Answer: Where you can find reliable information regarding pesticide
applicator continuing certification programs
●● purpose of applicator license
Answer: Links an applicator to a specific business, organization, or
agency, confines the applicator to those applications by the certification
category(ies) listed on the license and only while employed by the entity
listed on the license, and also provides assurance that the applicator is
covered by liability insurance
●● Category 1
Answer: Agricultural Pest Management
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS FULL PREP RESOURCE
●● pesticide product label
Answer: Information that must be followed by law
●● applicators who purchase, use, or supervise the use of restricted-use
pesticides (RUPs)
Answer: Legally has to be certified to use pesticides in Indiana
●● private applicator
Answer: Apply pesticides to property they own, rent, or otherwise
control by some form of contractual arrangement for purposes of
producing an agricultural commodity
●● commercial applicator
Answer: Apply either general-use or restricted-use pesticides to the
property of another for financial compensation, to school property, golf
courses, for area-wide mosquito control, property of their employer as a
function of their job, or as an employee of the state or local government
●● registered technician
, Answer: Under the direct supervision of a certified applicator, this
person may engage in those pest control operations in which the
supervisor is certified and licensed
●● 5 years
Answer: Number of years pesticide applicator certification is good for
●● retesting or accumulating continuing certification hours (CCHs)
Answer: Two options to maintain applicator certification
●● www.isco.purdue.edu
Answer: Where you can find reliable information regarding pesticide
applicator continuing certification programs
●● purpose of applicator license
Answer: Links an applicator to a specific business, organization, or
agency, confines the applicator to those applications by the certification
category(ies) listed on the license and only while employed by the entity
listed on the license, and also provides assurance that the applicator is
covered by liability insurance
●● Category 1
Answer: Agricultural Pest Management
