Pesticide Applicators License - Core
Manual/Private Pesticide Applicator
License Exam study guide
Restricted Use Pesticides - ANSA pesticide that poses more risk and could cause some
human injury or environmental damage even when used as directed on the label.
Commercial applicators - ANSPersons who apply or use a pesticide or device on any property
of another person for compensation.
Public applicators - ANSPersons who apply pesticides as part of their duties as employees of a
state agency, county, municipal corporation, or other governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators - ANSPersons who apply restricted use pesticides on land or
property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer.
Private applicators - ANSPersons who apply any restricted use pesticides for the production of
an agricultural commodity on property owned or rented by themselves or their employers, or on
the property of other agricultural producers with whom they trade services.
Certified handlers - ANSPersons employed by a licensed commercial applicator,
noncommercial applicator, public applicator, or pesticide dealer who handle pesticides in other
than unopened containers for the purpose of preparing, mixing, or loading pesticides for
application by another person, repackaging bulk pesticides, or disposing of pesticide-related
wastes from these activities.
Certified applicator - ANSA person certified by the IDALS to use pesticides as a private, public,
or commercial applicator.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - ANSRegulates the production,
transporation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides.
Residues - ANSPesticides may remain in small amounts in or on fruits, vegetables, grains,
other foods, and animal feed. Measure in ppm (parts per million), ppb, ppt.
Tolerances - ANSAllowable residue levels; Safe tolerance: reasonable certainty of no harm
, Federal Food. Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - ANSFederal law regulating the amount of
pesticide residues contained on commodities and food.
Application rate - ANSThe amount of pesticide applied to a site; usually expressed as a liquid
or dry measure per unit area.
Preharvest interval - ANSPart of the pesticide label that defines the number of days after
application of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) - ANSFederal law that significantly altered portions of both
FIFRA and FFDCA. Changes included in the Act are revised definitions for safe pesticide
tolerances for raw and processed foods.
Worker Protection Standard (WPS) - ANSA set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing
the risk of pesticide poisonings, injuries, and exposure to agricultural workers and handlers.
Endangered Species Act (ESA) - ANSA program for the
Endangered Species in Iowa - ANS7 animals, 5 plant species
Endangered species - ANSA species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a
significant portion of its range.
Threatened species - ANSA species that is likely to become endangered within the
foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Rinsates - ANSThe solution of water or oil and pesticide left after rinsing a tank; rinse water.
Hazardous Waste - ANSA solid, liquid, or a contained gaseous material that is no longer used
or that no longer serves the purpose for which it was produced, and could pose dangers to
human health and then environment after it is discarded.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) - ANSFederal law regulating the transport,
storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes.
Concentration - ANSThe amount of active ingredient in a given volume or weight of a pesticide
formulation.
Apiaries - ANSBee yards
Drift - ANSThe movement of pesticides through the air to nontarget areas either as solid or
liquid particles or as vapors.
Manual/Private Pesticide Applicator
License Exam study guide
Restricted Use Pesticides - ANSA pesticide that poses more risk and could cause some
human injury or environmental damage even when used as directed on the label.
Commercial applicators - ANSPersons who apply or use a pesticide or device on any property
of another person for compensation.
Public applicators - ANSPersons who apply pesticides as part of their duties as employees of a
state agency, county, municipal corporation, or other governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators - ANSPersons who apply restricted use pesticides on land or
property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer.
Private applicators - ANSPersons who apply any restricted use pesticides for the production of
an agricultural commodity on property owned or rented by themselves or their employers, or on
the property of other agricultural producers with whom they trade services.
Certified handlers - ANSPersons employed by a licensed commercial applicator,
noncommercial applicator, public applicator, or pesticide dealer who handle pesticides in other
than unopened containers for the purpose of preparing, mixing, or loading pesticides for
application by another person, repackaging bulk pesticides, or disposing of pesticide-related
wastes from these activities.
Certified applicator - ANSA person certified by the IDALS to use pesticides as a private, public,
or commercial applicator.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - ANSRegulates the production,
transporation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides.
Residues - ANSPesticides may remain in small amounts in or on fruits, vegetables, grains,
other foods, and animal feed. Measure in ppm (parts per million), ppb, ppt.
Tolerances - ANSAllowable residue levels; Safe tolerance: reasonable certainty of no harm
, Federal Food. Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - ANSFederal law regulating the amount of
pesticide residues contained on commodities and food.
Application rate - ANSThe amount of pesticide applied to a site; usually expressed as a liquid
or dry measure per unit area.
Preharvest interval - ANSPart of the pesticide label that defines the number of days after
application of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) - ANSFederal law that significantly altered portions of both
FIFRA and FFDCA. Changes included in the Act are revised definitions for safe pesticide
tolerances for raw and processed foods.
Worker Protection Standard (WPS) - ANSA set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing
the risk of pesticide poisonings, injuries, and exposure to agricultural workers and handlers.
Endangered Species Act (ESA) - ANSA program for the
Endangered Species in Iowa - ANS7 animals, 5 plant species
Endangered species - ANSA species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a
significant portion of its range.
Threatened species - ANSA species that is likely to become endangered within the
foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Rinsates - ANSThe solution of water or oil and pesticide left after rinsing a tank; rinse water.
Hazardous Waste - ANSA solid, liquid, or a contained gaseous material that is no longer used
or that no longer serves the purpose for which it was produced, and could pose dangers to
human health and then environment after it is discarded.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) - ANSFederal law regulating the transport,
storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes.
Concentration - ANSThe amount of active ingredient in a given volume or weight of a pesticide
formulation.
Apiaries - ANSBee yards
Drift - ANSThe movement of pesticides through the air to nontarget areas either as solid or
liquid particles or as vapors.
