Oregon Pesticide Laws and Safety Study
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
Pesticides - Correct Answer ✅include herbicides,
insecticides,
fungicides, rodenticides, and many other
substances used to kill, harm, or repel pests.
General Use Pesticides - Correct Answer ✅may be bought
over the counter without a pesticide license.
Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) - Correct 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 licensed applicator.
Pesticide CERTIFICATION - Correct 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
,Oregon Pesticide Laws and Safety Study
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
Pesticide LICENSING - Correct 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 - Correct Answer
✅needed to purchase, apply, or supervise the use of
restricted-use pesticides (RUPs) 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 -
Correct 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
Trainees may only make applications within their supervisor's
categories.
, Oregon Pesticide Laws and Safety Study
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
• The supervising applicator is responsible for training the
Immediately Supervised Trainee
PESTICIDE APPRENTICE LICENSE - Correct Answer
✅individuals who work under the supervision of a
Commercial 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. The
supervising applicator is responsible for training the
apprentice.
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
Pesticides - Correct Answer ✅include herbicides,
insecticides,
fungicides, rodenticides, and many other
substances used to kill, harm, or repel pests.
General Use Pesticides - Correct Answer ✅may be bought
over the counter without a pesticide license.
Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) - Correct 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 licensed applicator.
Pesticide CERTIFICATION - Correct 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
,Oregon Pesticide Laws and Safety Study
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
Pesticide LICENSING - Correct 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 - Correct Answer
✅needed to purchase, apply, or supervise the use of
restricted-use pesticides (RUPs) 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 -
Correct 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
Trainees may only make applications within their supervisor's
categories.
, Oregon Pesticide Laws and Safety Study
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
• The supervising applicator is responsible for training the
Immediately Supervised Trainee
PESTICIDE APPRENTICE LICENSE - Correct Answer
✅individuals who work under the supervision of a
Commercial 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. The
supervising applicator is responsible for training the
apprentice.
