PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CORE STUDY GUIDE - Nevada

1 PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CORE STUDY GUIDE Volume I (2014 version) Nevada STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 405 S. 21st Street 2300 McLeod Street Sparks, Nevada 89431-5557 Las Vegas, Nevada 89104-4314 (Northern Region) (Southern Region) PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CORE STUDY GUIDE Volume I Preface and Acknowledgments This manual was prepared as a Core STUDY GUIDE for pest control technicians.

2 The enclosed sections deal with federal and state PESTICIDE laws and regulations, pesticides, pesticides and human health, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), calculations, safety, formulations, PESTICIDE labels, pesticides and the environment, application equipment, and basic insect identification. Information contained herein is not intended to substitute for any PESTICIDE label information, direction or requirement. In addition, information contained herein is furnished with the understanding that no discrimination is intended, and any reference to a commercially known product does NOT imply an endorsement by the Nevada Department of Agriculture.

3 No endorsement, guarantee, warrantee or assumed liability of any kind, expressed or implied, is made with respect to the information contained herein. It is the pest control licensee s responsibility to follow all PESTICIDE label directions and regulations pertaining to the control of pests. Sample labels are used in this manual only as an instructional tool. The use of these labels implies no endorsement by the State of Nevada or the Nevada Department of Agriculture. Due to on going PESTICIDE and regulation changes, The Nevada Department of Agriculture assumes no liability for suggested PESTICIDE use, control techniques, or regulation changes. For Nevada s most current pest control NAC regulations go to: For the most current NRS regulations go to: Contributing authors to this STUDY GUIDE are Scott D.

4 Cichowlaz - Pest Control Licensing & Continuing Education, Nevada Department of Agriculture; Lee Lawrence - Pest Control Licensing & Enforcement, Nevada Department of Agriculture; Charles Moses Environmental Scientist, Nevada Department of Agriculture; and Wayne Johnson , University of Nevada Cooperative Extension. Special recognition goes to the Nevada Pest Control Advisory Workgroup for their review of previous draft materials. For a more in-depth understanding of the pest control industry the Department would urge an operator to read pertinent sections of the Handbook of Pest Control, A. Mallis, Editorial Director S. Hedges, 2011 (10th edition), and Truman's Scientific GUIDE To Pest Management Operations, G.

5 Bennett, J. Owens, R. Corrigan, editors, 2012 (7th edition). Pest Control Technology (PCT) also publishes several soft cover field guides which can prove invaluable to an APPLICATOR in the day to day operations of the business. Several of these PCT field guides are: Field GUIDE For The Management Of Structure Infesting Ants, Field GUIDE For The Management Of Urban Spiders, a two volume edition of PCT Field GUIDE For The Management Of Structure Infesting Beetles and PCT Field GUIDE For The Management Of Structure-Infesting Flies. Revised 8/2014 POISON CONTROL CENTER The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) supports our nation s 57 Poison Control Call Centers through a single toll-free phone number.

6 All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number although calls are routed through different centers depending on geographic location. Nevada calls are routed through the Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center which also services calls from Hawaii and Montana. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. National Poison Control 1-800-222-1222 IMPORTANT! PRIMARY PRINCIPAL APPLICANTS READ BEFORE PROCEEDING INFORMATION ON FINGERPRINT CARDS AND FINGERPRINTING SERVICES FOR PRIMARY PRINCIPAL LICENSE APPLICANTS ONLY. Nevada Revised Statute NRS - After January 1, 2008, each applicant for a Primary Principal license will be required to.

7 Submit with his application a complete set of his fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Department to forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report. IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR A PRIMARY PRINCIPAL TEST OR LICENSE, YOU MUST CONTACT THE Nevada DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE S SPARKS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT FINGERPRINT PROCEDURES AND NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. CONTACT MARY HOSSAY AT 775-353-3712.

8 IMPORTANT! THIS PAGE IS INTENDED FOR NEW PRIMARY PRINCIPAL APPLICANTS ONLY. NEW PRIMARY PRINCIPAL CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK- Please note, all NEW Primary Principal applicants are subject to FBI and State criminal history checks. NEW Primary Principal applicants are required to submit two sets of fingerprints on a fingerprint card SUPPLIED BY THE Nevada DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Primary Principal applicants who have been convicted of a felony, or have committed a crime of moral turpitude (molestation, rape, drug trafficking, etc.) are required to provide information about their conviction on a Criminal Conviction Disclosure form supplied by the Nevada Department of Agriculture.

9 Information presented on the form will be subject to review by the Nevada Department of Agriculture. Applicants with prior convictions MAY be subject to license denial. DUE TO THE TIME IT TAKES TO COMPLETE THE FINGERPRINTING PROCESS AND NECESSARY PAPERWORK, EACH NEW PRIMARY PRINCIPAL APPLICANT IS ADVISED TO CONTACT THE Nevada DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OFFICE IN SPARKS, Nevada , AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE A FINGERPRINT CARD AND THE REQUIRED FORMS AND OTHER INFORMATION. IN ADDITION, ALL QUESTIONS RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS, COMPLETION OF THE FORMS, ETC., ARE TO BE DIRECTED TO THE Nevada DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE S HEADQUARTERS OFFICE IN SPARKS, Nevada .

10 In addition to submitting fingerprints and a Criminal Conviction Disclosure form, new Primary Principal applicants will also be required to provide information about their pest control license history. Primary Principal applicants who have held a pest control license in another state must state whether they have ever had their pest control license, or permit to conduct pest control, denied, revoked, or suspended, and if so, the reason(s) for the denial, revocation or suspension. FOR ALL REQUESTS ABOUT THE FINGERPRINT CARDS, FORMS, CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS, ETC., CONTACT MARY HOSSAY, AT (775) 353-3712. Nevada DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EXAMINATIONS 1) All Pest Control Examinations are monitored and/or video and audio taped.