Georgia Pest Control Registration Exam
Study Guide.
GSPCC - answer✔✔Georgia Structural Pest Control Commission
GDA - answer✔✔Georgia Department of Agriculture
FIFRA - answer✔✔Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 1947
Regulate the registration and labeling of pesticides.
Amended in 1972 to include classification systems for types of pesticides and created
requirements for:
-Certification of applicators authorized to apply pesticides
-Safety of workers using pesticides
-Protection of environment from contamination by pesticides
-Creation of EPA to administer FIFRA
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.
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
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
Ventilation of the under-floor space between the bottom of the floor joists and the earth to meet
the requirements of the International Residential Building Code for one and two family
dwellings
Treatment of Wood Decay Fungi - answer✔✔Ventilation of the under-floor space between the
bottom of the floor joists and the earth to meet the requirements of the International Residential
Building Code for one and two family dwellings
Installation of a vapor barrier to cover a minimum of 70% of the exposed soil surface in a crawl
space
Treatment of Dry Wood Termites - answer✔✔Application of an approved pesticide
Treatment of Schools - answer✔✔Treatment of Schools involves taking special precautions to
minimize the potential exposure of students to pesticides.
-Application of pesticides in rooms vacant for 3+ hours
-Applications of bait formulations, rodenticide baits in tamper-resistant containers, insecticides
when students not in the room.
-Outdoor: allowed if students are not expected to be present within 20 feet of the application site.
Must be clearly marked by fence or similar barrier.
-All dilutions must be mixed outside of student occupied areas.
-Liquid termiticides must be performed when students are not present (20+ feet away) and are
not expected to be present for 3+ hours
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