Oregon Pesticide Laws and Safety Questions and answers with complete solutions

Oregon Pesticide Laws and Safety Questions and answers with complete solutions Pesticides - Answer - include herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, and many other substances used to kill, harm, or repel pests. 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 license d 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 (R UPs) 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 Train ees 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 Commerc ial 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. T he supervising applicator is responsible for training the apprentice.