4 Tex. Admin. Code § 7.133 - Technician License Requirements
(a) A technician is
a person who has qualified for and been issued a technician's license pursuant
to the provisions of §
7.132 of this chapter (relating to
Requirements for Apprentice Registration) and whose training and supervision is
the responsibility of the responsible certified applicator, and who works under
the direct supervision of licensed certified applicators.
(b) A certified applicator registered with
the business must be physically present to give verbal instructions to a
technician at least one (1) day a week and available during operating hours for
questions and instructions as needed.
(c) To add a category to a technician's
license, a technician must complete eight (8) hours of classroom hours training
and forty (40) hours of on-the-job training prior to taking that category's
exam. The training must be recorded on the verifiable training record form
prescribed by the department.
(d)
The department shall require as a condition of the renewal of each commercial
or noncommercial technician's license that the responsible certified applicator
must certify on the verifiable training records form that the technician has
completed eight (8) hours of verifiable training in the calendar year preceding
the calendar year in which the renewal is to take place. No additional training
will be required in the first calendar year in which a technician is first
licensed. Changing employers or moving to an inactive status does not
eliminate, defer or extend the verifiable training requirement.
(1) The eight (8) hours of verifiable
training must be selected from the following general standard subject areas:
(A) Federal and state laws regulating
structural pest control and pesticide application;
(B) Recognition of pest and pest
damage;
(C) Pesticide labels and
label comprehension;
(D) Pesticide
safety;
(E) Environmental
protection;
(F) Application
equipment and techniques;
(G)
Pesticide formulations and actions;
(H) Emergency procedures and pesticide
cleanup, and procedures for the immediate reporting of spills and
misapplications;
(I) Basic
principles of mathematics, chemistry, toxicology, and entomology; or
(J) Non-chemical pest control techniques
including biological, mechanical, and integrated pest management
techniques.
(2) Two (2)
hours of the eight (8) hours of training may be on-the-job training or
hands-on-training verified by the responsible certified applicator.
(3) Self-study training may be used if the
responsible certified applicator certifies that the training is the appropriate
training. Inactive technicians may only use self-study training every other
year to satisfy their annual training requirement.
(4) A technician will receive one (1) hour of
credit for each department-approved CEU course completed.
(5) No courses may be repeated for credit
within the same re-certification year.
(e) All verifiable training records and
certification for each technician must be maintained in the business files for
two (2) calendar years after the calendar year in which the training or
certification was completed.
(f)
The verifiable training records forms must be made available to the licensee
within twenty (20) days of written request to a current or former
employer.
(g) The business
licensee, responsible certified commercial applicator, or certified
noncommercial applicator shall be responsible for the proper certification and
maintenance of employee training records in accordance with this
subchapter.
(h) Technicians unable
to certify their required training at renewal or during inspection will have
twenty (20) days to submit the verifiable training records for training
previously obtained prior to the initiation of enforcement
proceedings.
(i) Upon written
request, the Commissioner may grant a hardship extension for completion of
training requirements due to extenuating circumstances. The length of the
extension is at the discretion of the Commissioner. All requests are subject to
review and may require additional documentation.
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