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Technician Conditions:
What the technician can do What the technician can NOT do What the technician must do What the supervising licensed exterminator must do
  • mix, load, calibrate
    equipment or apply a
    Class 3 pesticide other
    than a suspension in
    air, a bird control
    product, rodenticide or
    soil fumigant.
  • use a Class 3 pesticide
    that is a suspension in
    air, a bird control
    product, rodenticide or
    soil fumigant under
    direct supervision of a
    licensed exterminator
    authorized to use the
    pesticide.
  • mix, load, calibrate
    equipment or apply
    Class 4, 5, 6, and 7
    pesticide products.
  • recommend pesticides
    to a client;
  • select a pesticide for
    use in an
    extermination;
  • select a method of or
    rate of application of a
    pesticide;
  • use a Class 2
    pesticide; or
  • use a Class 3 pesticide
    that is a suspension in
    air, a bird control
    product, rodenticide or
    soil fumigant except
    under direct
    supervision of a
    licensed exterminator
    authorized to use the
    pesticide.
  • request the supervising
    licensed exterminator
    enter his/her license
    number, signature and
    the date on the written
    instructions, and
  • carry or have readily
    available at any
    extermination site all
    written instructions that
    have been signed /
    dated by the
    supervising licensed
    exterminator in the last
    thirty days
  • provide his or her
    name to the technician
    as the person
    responsible for
    supervising the
    technician;
  • visit the job site at least
    once per week to
    observe the use of a
    pesticide by the
    technician and
    document that he or
    she observed the
    technician applying
    pesticides during the
    weekly site visit by
    signing off (i.e.,
    signature, name and
    licence number and
    date) in the technician’s
    journal or on the work
    order or invoice for that
    extermination;
  • ensure the technician
    has received necessary
    training for the specific
    work that will be
    performed and carries
    out exterminations
    according to the
    Pesticides Act and its
    Regulation; and
  • ensure that a land
    extermination is not
    carried out unless all
    required public
    notifications are
    provided.