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GEORGIA PEST CONTROL REGISTRATION EXAMGeorgia Structural Pest Control Commission - Answers- GSPCC
Georgia Department of Agriculture - Answers- GDA
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 - Answers- FIFRA
Environmental Protection Agency - Answers- EPA
Required EPA to ensure that using registered pesticides would not harm species placed
on endangered species list. - Answers- Endangered Species Act of 1973
Structural Pest Control Act
Primary law for the pest management industry in Georgia.
The Department of Agriculture is the enforcement agency for the SPCA. - Answers-
SPCA
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 - Answers- Requirements for Georgia SPCA
WDO- Wood Destroying Organisms
HPC- Household Pest Control
FUM- Fumigation - Answers- Designated Certified Operators (DCO) Categories
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. - Answers-
Contracts for Control of WDO
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. -
Answers- FQPA
-Toxicity of the pesticide
-Hazard to the applicator
-Effect on the environment - Answers- In order to obtain a registration, EPA and GDA
require pesticide manufactures provide what information to the EPA?
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. - Answers- OSHA
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 - Answers-
Comprehensive Post Construction Soil Termiticide Application for Subterranean
Termites
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 - Answers- Defined Post Construction Soil
Termiticide Application for Subterranean Termites
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 - Answers- Post Construction Soil Termiticide
Application for Subterranean Termites, Other than Baits
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 - Answers- Post Construction Termiticide
Bait Application for Subterranean Termites
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. - Answers- Pre-Construction Termiticide
Bait Application for Subterranean Termites
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 - Answers-
Alternate Application Techniques (AAT)
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 - Answers- Treatment of Powder Post Beetles and Wood Borers
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 - Answers- Treatment of Wood Decay Fungi
Application of an approved pesticide - Answers- Treatment of Dry Wood Termites
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.
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