GEORGIA PEST CONTROL ACTUAL EXAM

GEORGIA PEST CONTROL ACTUAL EXAM

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• Pest - ANSWER ✓ an undesirable organism that injures

humans, desirable plants and animals, manufactured products, or natural substances

• Integrated pest management (IPM) - ANSWER ✓ a balanced, tactical

approach to pest control

• Weeds - ANSWER ✓ Undesirable plants

• Invertebrates - ANSWER ✓ Insects, mites, ticks, spiders, snails, and slugs

• Disease agents or pathogens - ANSWER ✓ bacteria, viruses, fungi,

roundworms, and other microorganisms

• Vertebrates - ANSWER ✓ birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and rodents and

other mammals

• Restricted Use Pesticide - ANSWER ✓ a product that can be purchased only

by certified pesticide applicators and used only by certified applicators or persons under their direct supervision. Not available for use by the public because of high toxicities and/or environmental hazards 1 / 4

• General Use Pesticide - ANSWER ✓ a product that can be purchased and

used by the public

• EPA - ANSWER ✓ Environmental Protection Agency

• Endangered Species Act of 1973 - ANSWER ✓ Required EPA to ensure that

using registered pesticides would not harm species placed on endangered species list.

• FQPA - ANSWER ✓ Food Quality Protection Act of 1996

Amended FIFRA and directed EPA to regulate pesticides through establishment of tolerance levels for pesticides from dietary, drinking water, and non-occupational (residential) exposure in conjunction with the Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

• In order to obtain a registration, EPA and GDA require pesticide

manufactures provide what information to the EPA? - ANSWER ✓ - Toxicity of the pesticide -Hazard to the applicator -Effect on the environment

• OSHA - ANSWER ✓ Occupational Safety and Health Administration 1970

Any company with 10 or more employees to keep certain records and make reports including all work related deaths, injuries, and illnesses.

• SPCA - ANSWER ✓ Structural Pest Control Act

Primary law for the pest management industry in Georgia.The Department of Agriculture is the enforcement agency for the SPCA.

• Requirements for Georgia SPCA - ANSWER ✓ Company License

-All pest management companies must be licensed before they begin operation

Certified Operator -Every pest management company (branch) must employee at least one person who has taken and passed the certification exam.

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Registered Employees -all non-certified technicians must be registered, in order to work without the presence of a certified or registered employee.

Re-certification/re-registration -All certified and registered employees must be re-certified and re-registered periodically.Re-certification -5 years -HPC- 25 hours -WDO- 25 hours -FUM- 12 hours Re-registration -2 years -HPC- 8 hours -WDO- 8 hours -FUM- 3 hours

• Designated Certified Operators (DCO) Categories - ANSWER ✓ WDO-

Wood Destroying Organisms HPC- Household Pest Control FUM- Fumigation

• Contracts for Control of WDO - ANSWER ✓ A contract must be issued for

every WDO service before the work begins.Copied must be kept for 2 years following the expiration of the contract.

• Comprehensive Post Construction Soil Termiticide Application for

Subterranean Termites - ANSWER ✓ Removal of all cellulosic material from under the building Removal of all wood to earth contacts except pressure treated wood designed for ground contact Removal of all visible and accessible termite tunnels Application of of an approved termiticide to all exterior and interior soils

• Defined Post Construction Soil Termiticide Application for Subterranean

Termites - ANSWER ✓ Removal of all cellulosic material from under the building 3 / 4

Removal of all wood to earth contacts except pressure treated wood designed for ground contact Removal of all accessible termite tunnels Application of of an approved termiticide

• Post Construction Soil Termiticide Application for Subterranean Termites,

Other than Baits - ANSWER ✓ Removal of all cellulosic material from under the building Removal of all wood to earth contacts except pressure treated wood designed for ground contact Removal of all visible and accessible termite tunnels Application of of an approved termiticide

• Post Construction Termiticide Bait Application for Subterranean Termites -

ANSWER ✓ Removal of all cellulosic material from under the building Removal of all wood to earth contacts except pressure treated wood designed for ground contact Removal of all visible and accessible termite tunnels Install/service an approved baiting system

• Pre-Construction Termiticide Bait Application for Subterranean Termites -

ANSWER ✓ Systems must be monitored for one year at no additional cost when installed for pre-construction or to control infestations found during the coverage period of an official Georgia Wood Infestation Inspection Report.

• Alternate Application Techniques (AAT) - ANSWER ✓ AATs must be

approved by the commission prior to use Removal of all cellulosic material from under the building Removal of all wood to earth contacts except pressure treated wood designed for ground contact Removal of all visible and accessible termite tunnels Application of an approved soil termiticide, where application includes all areas specified in defined, comprehensive, or pre-construction treatments

• Treatment of Powder Post Beetles and Wood Borers - ANSWER ✓

Application of an approved pesticide

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