Technician Conditions
What the technician can 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.
What the technician can NOT do
- 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.
What the technician must do
- 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
What the supervising licensed exterminator must do
- 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.