Or. Admin. Code § 603-057-0115 - Pesticide Operator, Applicator, and Trainee Subcategories
The following subcategories of pesticide operators, pesticide applicators, pesticide trainees, public applicators, and public trainees are hereby established within the categories set forth in OAR 603-057-0110:
(1) Under "Agricultural Pest Control":
(a) Insecticide and Fungicide: This shall
include pesticide operators, pesticide applicators, pesticide trainees, public
applicators, and public trainees who use or supervise the use of insecticides,
fungicides, and/or nematicides in the production of agricultural crops, or on
agricultural lands, grasslands, and non-crop agricultural lands;
(b) Herbicides: This shall include pesticide
operators, pesticide applicators, pesticide trainees, public applicators, and
public trainees who use or supervise the use of herbicides in the production of
agricultural crops or on agricultural lands, grasslands, and non-crop
agricultural lands;
(c) Soil
Fumigation: This shall include pesticide operators, pesticide applicators,
pesticide trainees, public applicators, and public trainees who use or
supervise the use of soil applied fumigants in the production of agricultural
crops or on agricultural lands, grasslands, or non-crop agricultural
lands;
(d) Livestock Pest Control:
This shall include pesticide operators, pesticide applicators, pesticide
trainees, public applicators, and public trainees who use or supervise the use
of pesticides in agricultural areas for control or eradication of such
livestock pests as insects, mites and ticks;
(e) Vertebrate Pest Control: This shall
include pesticide operators, pesticide applicators, pesticide trainees, public
applicators, and public trainees who use or supervise the use of pesticides in
agricultural areas for control of vertebrate pests other than livestock
predators.
(2) Under
"Industrial, Institutional, Health, and Structural Pest Control":
(a) Pest Control, General: This shall include
pesticide operators, pesticide applicators, pesticide trainees, public
applicators, and public trainees who use or supervise the use of pesticides,
other than fumigants, in or around structures, institutions and establishments
for the protection of stored, processed, and manufactured products or for the
protection of human health;
(b)
Structural Pest Control: This shall include pesticide operators, pesticide
applicators, pesticide trainees, public applicators, and public trainees who
use or supervise the use of pesticides, other than fumigants, in, on, or around
structures for the control of wood-destroying pests (i.e., termites, carpenter
ants, powder post beetles, etc.);
(c) Space Fumigation: This shall include
pesticide operators, pesticide applicators, pesticide trainees, public
applicators, and public trainees who use or supervise the use of fumigants in
enclosed or confined areas or structures for the control of pests in
structures, in stored food or feed, and in other agricultural products. Field
treatment of utility poles, pilings, bridge supports, and similar elements of
construction are excluded from this category;
(d) Moss Control: This shall include
pesticide operators, pesticide applicators, pesticide trainees, public
applicators, and public trainees who use or supervise the use of pesticides for
the control of moss and algae on structures;
(e) Wood Treatment: This shall include
pesticide operators, pesticide applicators, pesticide trainees, public
applicators, and public trainees who use or supervise the use of pesticides to
treat wood products (i.e., lumber, poles, ties, etc.) before the use of those
products in construction, and to field treat utility poles, pilings, bridge
supports, and similar elements of construction with fumigants or other
pesticides.
(3) Under
"Ornamental and Turf Pest Control":
(a)
Insecticide and Fungicide: This shall include pesticide operators, pesticide
applicators, pesticide trainees, public applicators, and public trainees who
use or supervise the use of insecticides and fungicides in the establishment
and maintenance of ornamental plantings and turf;
(b) Herbicide: This shall include pesticide
operators, pesticide applicators, pesticide trainees, public applicators, and
public trainees who use or supervise the use of pesticides in the establishment
and maintenance of ornamental plantings and turf.
(4) Under "Regulatory Pest Control":
(a) M-44 Device: This shall include only
employees of the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service, Animal Damage Control, who are licensed as public
applicators and who use the M-44 device containing sodium cyanide for the
control of coyotes and certain other wild canids, which shall be in the manner
as specified by the administrative rules of the Department;
(b) Livestock Protection Collar: This shall
include only employees of the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Damage Control, who are licensed as
public applicators and who use the livestock protection collar containing
sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080) for the control of coyotes, which shall be
in the manner as specified by the administrative rules of the
Department;
(c) Weed Control: This
shall include public applicators and public trainees who use or supervise the
use of pesticides for the control of plants designated by local weed control
districts or the Department as noxious weeds as set forth in ORS
570.510.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 561 & 634
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 634.306(2)
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