Pesticide Record Keeping for Pest Controllers

1 Industry guidance fact sheetPesticide Record KeepingPest ControllersWhat kind of Pesticide treatments do Ineed to Record ?Under the pesticides Regulation1995, if you usepesticides or engage in pest control as part of yourjob or business, you must make a Record of everypesticide application you make. For example, youmust make a Record if: you treat the interior rooms, sub-floor area orroof cavity of a property for pests such astermites, cockroaches, ants, silverfish, spidersor mice, by using a hand or powered sprayer orduster, or by applying gels in cracks andcrevices or by laying baits you treat any exterior areas of a property,including external sub-floor areas, externalwalls, sheds, garages, fences, and back andfront yards, for pests such as termites, wasps,ants or spiders, using a hand or poweredsprayer or duster, a slab or soil injector.

2 Or byapplying gels in cracks and crevices or by do not need to make a Record if you areapplying the Pesticide to treat the water in aswimming pool or do not need to make a Record when using non-chemical means to control pests, for example,physical barriers such as termi-mesh, glue trapsand timber monitoring do not need to make a Record if the small-scaleexemption applies to the Pesticide application youare making (see below).What is the small-scale exemption?The small-scale exemption allows you to use smallquantities of domestic-type pesticides withoutmaking a Record . Under the exemption you do notneed to make a Record of a Pesticide application ifall of the following conditions are met: the Pesticide you are using is ordinarily used fordomestic purposes (including home gardening),andThis fact sheet is for commercial pest Controllers and people employed by pestcontrol businesses.

3 It provides guidance on how to comply with Record keepingrules set out in the pesticides Regulation 1995. These Record Keeping rulescommenced on 31 July 2002. it is widely available to the general public atretail outlets ( supermarkets or hardwarestores), and you are applying the Pesticide by hand or usinga hand-held applicator, and in the case of outdoor use, you use no morethan 20 litres or 20 kilograms of a ready to use product, or 5 litres or 5 kilograms of aconcentrated product, and in the case of indoor use, you use no morethan 5 litres or 5 kilograms of a ready to use product, or 1 litre or 1 kilogram of aconcentrated you do not meet all of these conditions then youmust make a information do I have to Record ?

4 To comply with the Record Keeping rules set out inthe Regulation you must Record : the full product name of thepesticide applied ( Premise 200SC, Responsar Beta SC Insecticide,Intrigue Termite Dust, GoliathCockroach Gel, Goliath Cockroach Bait) the situation in which you used the Pesticide ( to treat domestic property forcockroaches ). You do not have to Record thetarget pest but it may be helpful to Record thisinformation ( termites, cockroaches, ants,silverfish, spiders, wasps, birds, mice) the rate of application (this is on the label) andquantity of the Pesticide applied ( recordthe total amount of Pesticide concentrate youused in a mix, the total amount of mix you madeup and the area treated).

5 For example, ifspraying for ants, the Record could say madetotal of 30L at the label rate of 95ml/10L ofwater. Sprayed 30 square C then you should Record the temperature at thestart of the application and also any significanttemperature changes that occur during if I use more than one Pesticide ina job?If you use more than one Pesticide in a job, you donot need to create a separate Record for everypesticide. You can make one Record , but you mustmake sure that it includes details on all thepesticides you used ( the full product name ofeach Pesticide , the situation treated with eachpesticide, rate and quantity and equipment used foreach Pesticide , a delineation of the area treated andthe date and times of each application).

6 Who is recorded as the owner/occupierif the property is vacant?Under the Regulation, you must Record the name,address and contact details of the owner or theperson who occupies the property. The occupier isthe person who has the management or control ofthe place where the Pesticide was on the particular facts, it may be theowner of the land, a person in charge such as afarm manager, a managing agent ( real estateagent), a lessee or rental a property is vacant, a good rule of thumb isto Record the name, address and details of theperson who ordered or contracted the pesticidework. Generally this person would be considered tohave the control or management of the example:An owner of a vacant apartment appoints areal estate agent or other property managerto lease and maintain their property.

7 Theagent or property manager (as the managingagent) either applies the Pesticide themselvesor they engage a pest control operator toapply the Pesticide . In either case the name,address and contact details of the managingagent should be recorded as the occupier ofthe owner of a vacant rural property appointsa managing agent to lease and maintain theproperty. The managing agent engages a pestcontrol operator to treat the farmhouse on theproperty. The pest control operator shouldrecord the name, address and contact detailsof the managing agent as the occupier of thepremises. a description of the equipmentused to apply the Pesticide ( sprayer, power sprayer, handduster, power duster, soil injector,slab injector) the property address and the area where thepesticide was used ( interior, exterior, sub-floor, roof cavity).

8 This can be recorded on asketch or map of the area treated. If you arespraying interior areas, you need to Record thenames of the rooms treated. the date and the time of theapplication, including the time thatyou started and finished the job the name, address and contactdetails of the person who applied the Pesticide . Ifyou applied the Pesticide yourself, write down yourown details. If you employed someone to apply thepesticide, then that person must Record theirname, as well as your name, address and thecontact details as their employer. the name, address and contact details of theowner or the person who has themanagement or control of the property wherethe Pesticide was applied.

9 If the Pesticide was appliedoutdoors and through the airusing spray equipment, then youmust make a Record of weatherconditions. You must Record : an estimate of the wind speed anddirection at the start of the application andany significant wind changes during theapplication (you can use the Beaufort scaleto help estimate the wind speed). Copies ofan adapted Beaufort scale is included on thelast page of this fact sheet and is alsoavailable from the EPA s Pollution Line on131 555 or at ). If the wind speed anddirection are variable, you should note this( wind light and variable ). if other weatherconditions arespecified on the labelas relevant to theproper use of thatpesticide (such as temperature, humidity, rainfalletc) you must Record a description of theseweather conditions at the start of the applicationand any significant changes in these conditionsduring the application.

10 For example, if the labelsays do not apply when temperatures are above3 More informationMore information and a sample Record Keeping formis available from your local EPA officer or by phoningthe EPA s Pollution Line on 131 555 (cost of a localcall) or from the EPA s website A copyof the pesticides Act 1999 and PesticidesRegulation 1995 can be obtained from the NSWG overnment Printing Office or viewed on the NSWG overnment website at sheets about Record Keeping and otherpesticide applications specific to particularindustries are also available from the EPA,including Pesticide applications by landlords,councils and greenkeepers.