Or. Admin. Code § 603-057-0127 - Pesticide Apprentice Standards of Competence
(1) The department may issue a pesticide
apprentice license for one licensing period, or portion thereof. The department
may issue the license to an applicant that is at least 18 years of age upon
receipt of:
(a) A license application form
that contains all of the information requested by the department;
(b) Payment of the appropriate fee;
and.
(c) Documentation that the
applicant successfully completed, within two years of the date of initial
application, a written examination developed and administered by the department
for the purpose of assuring that the applicant is competent in the use of
pesticides as a pesticide apprentice. The content of this examination shall
include the topics listed in OAR 603-057-0129(1)(a) through (e). Successful
completion of the examination shall require answering at least 70 percent of
the examination questions correctly.
(d) A pesticide apprentice license shall
expire on December 31 of the year of issuance, or the following year if issued
a license for two consecutive years.
(2) The department may renew a pesticide
apprentice license for consecutive licensing periods upon receipt of:
(a) A license renewal application form
containing all of the information requested by the department;
(b) Payment of the appropriate fee;
and
(c) Documentation that the
applicant successfully completed the required credit hours of pesticide
instructional sessions during the previous licensing period. The department
must accredit the instructional sessions. Eight (8) credit hours are required
for each year of a licensing period. Four (4) of the eight (8) credit hours
must be core credits as described in OAR 603-057-0135. All training
requirements may be waived for the first year of the initial licensing period
only.
(3) If a person
licensed as a pesticide apprentice does not deliver the form, fee, and
documentation described in subsection (2) of this rule to consecutively renew
their license, the person will not be eligible to renew their pesticide
apprentice license. The person must retake the qualifying examination as
described in (1)(c) of this section.
(4) A pesticide apprentice license authorizes
the holder to conduct pesticide application activities under the supervision of
an appropriately licensed supervisor. The licensed apprentice may apply
pesticides only in the categories listed on the supervisor's license. If the
supervisor is a licensed public applicator, the licensed apprentice may only
apply pesticides as described in ORS
634.116(12).
(5) For each pesticide application made by a
pesticide apprentice, a pesticide application record, as required by ORS
634.146 and OAR 603-057-0130,
must be made that also contains the names and pesticide license numbers of the
appropriately licensed pesticide apprentice(s) and the supervisor(s). The
employer of the licensed pesticide apprentice shall retain the record for a
period of three years and release them to the department for inspection as
required or authorized by ORS chapters 561 or 634 or rules adopted
thereunder.
(6) A pesticide
apprentice license does not authorize the holder to conduct pesticide
applications by helicopter or fixed wing aircraft.
(7) For purposes of this section "an
appropriately licensed supervisor" is:
(a) A
licensed pesticide applicator, or licensed public applicator;
(b) Licensed in the category, or categories,
in which the pesticide apprentice is currently engaged.
(8) Any pesticide apprentice conducting
pesticide application activities without a valid appropriately licensed
supervisor, or who is unable to identify their supervisor, will be considered
unlicensed and subject to enforcement actions in accordance to ORS
634.900
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 561.190 & 634
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 634.306
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