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Industrial, institutional and structural pest control
In, on and around buildings: homes, food plants, warehouses, schools. The category behind the pest control operator trade.
What the regulation says
40 CFR 171.101, as published
(g) Industrial, institutional, and structural pest control. This category applies to commercial applicators who use or supervise the use of restricted use pesticides in, on, or around the following: Food handling establishments, packing houses, and food-processing facilities; human dwellings; institutions, such as schools, hospitals and prisons; and industrial establishments, including manufacturing facilities, warehouses, grain elevators, and any other structures and adjacent areas, public or private, for the protection of stored, processed, or manufactured products.
Who certifies here
Pest control companies, food-facility sanitation contractors, in-house facility crews.
The requirements every category shares
- Commercial applicator certification by written examination, with a minimum age of 18.
- Certification expires five years after issuance under the federal standard; your authority may set a shorter period.
- Renewal by re-examination or an approved continuing education program.
- Noncertified workers may operate under the direct supervision of a certified applicator, subject to the supervision requirements.
How the categories pair up in a working business is covered inthe commercial applicator categories, explained.
Other categories
| Public health pest control |
| Regulatory pest control |
| Demonstration and research |
| Sodium cyanide predator control |
| Sodium fluoroacetate predator control |
| Soil fumigation |
| Non-soil fumigation |
| Aerial pest control |
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