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1. Indicate which state agency is responsible for pesticide regulation (including
licensing). - Correct Answer: Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC)
2. Explain the legal obligations of the pesticide applicator with respect to the
product label. - Correct Answer: a. They are under legal obligation to
use as directed on the label.
3. Describe who has to legally be certified to use pesticides in Indiana. -
Correct Answer: a. Anyone applying RUP- Restricted Use Products.
•Private applicators - applicators applying or supervising the application of
pesticide to their own property.
•Commercial Applicators
4. Private Applicator - Correct Answer: •Private applicators - applicators
applying or supervising the application of pesticide to their own property.
(farmers)
5. Commercial Applicator - Correct Answer: •Apply pesticides to another's
property for profit ( exterminators)
, •Apply pesticides to school property.
•Apply pesticides for area wide mosquito control.
•Apply pesticides on employers property as part of their job.
•Apply restricted use pesticides as an employee of a state or local
government agency.
6. Registered Technician - Correct Answer: •A non-certified individual that
is 18+ years old that has passed the pesticide core exam and is registered
with the OISC.
•Must be supervised by a certified applicator.
7. State the number of years pesticide applicator certification is good for. -
Correct Answer: a. 5 years
8. Discuss TWO options to maintain applicator certification - Correct
Answer: •Testing - retaking the Core and Category Exams
•Accumulating continuing certification hours (CCHs)
•Accrued by attending extension, professional, and industrial programs for
which credit has been approved by the OISC.
9. Describe where to find reliable information regarding pesticide applicator
continuing certification categories - Correct Answer: a. Indiana State
Chemist Website: www.isco.purdue.edu
10.Discuss the purpose of the applicator license - Correct Answer: It serves
as a tracking mechanism that permits OISC-Office of Indiana State Chemist
to confirm status of Certified Applicators
, 11.State when a certified, licensed supervisor must remain on-site with a non-
certified employee. - Correct Answer: a. At all times during pesticide
applications unless the employee is an RT in which case they must be
reachable by phone.
12.State who has to maintain a for-hire business license? - Correct Answer:
Firms engaged in the business of applying pesticides on the property of
another.
A. State how a non-certified employee can become a registered
technician. - Correct Answer: a. Passing the pesticide applicator
core exam and their employer applies for a RT credential through
OISC. (18+ years old)
13.List the items that a certified, licensed supervisor must provide a registered
technician before sending them to work off-site. - Correct Answer: a.
Remain available via phone for consultation
b. Provide a category-specific site assessment fact sheet
(www.isco.purdue.edu. Click pesticide "category info")
c. Provide the label required PPE- personal protective equipment
d. Provide RT with labels of products being applied
14.List what activities may be performed by a registered technician -
Correct Answer: Any task in which their certified applicator supervisor is
both certified and licensed for.