Technicians and Trainees
20.1 (1) A person shall not assist the holder of an exterminator’s licence in the performance of an extermination unless the person is a licensed exterminator, technician or trainee. O. Reg. 405/98, s. 16. (1.1) While a licensed exterminator is engaged in assisting another holder of an exterminator’s licence in the performance of an extermination not authorized by the first-named exterminator’s licence, every provision of this Regulation affecting technicians applies to the first-named exterminator as if he or she were a technician, except the following provisions: 1. The definition of “technician” in section 1. 2. Subsection 19 (1.2). 3. Subsection (2) of this section. O. Reg. 228/00, s. 5 (1). (2) Every technician shall, while assisting in the performance of an extermination, carry on his or her person a copy of a document confirming that he or she has successfully completed, within the previous 24 months, a course approved by the Director for assistants of holders of exterminators’ licences concerning basic pesticide safety. O. Reg. 405/98, s. 16; O. Reg. 228/00, s. 5 (2). (3) Every trainee shall, while assisting in the performance of an extermination, carry on his or her person a copy of identification supplied by his or her employer confirming that the trainee works for the employer as a trainee. O. Reg. 405/98, s. 16; O. Reg. 228/00, s. 5 (3). (3.1) While a technician or trainee is actually carrying out an extermination, having the required document readily available at the site of the extermination is sufficient compliance with subsection (2) or (3). O. Reg. 228/00, s. 5 (4). (4) Subsection 5 (3) of the Act does not apply to a technician. O. Reg. 405/98, s. 16. (5) Subsection 5 (4) of the Act does not apply to a technician or trainee. O. Reg. 405/98, s. 16. (6) A technician shall not assist the holder of an exterminator’s licence in the performance of an extermination unless a licensed exterminator visits the technician at the extermination site at least once a week to observe the performance of the technician and supervise the technician’s work. O. Reg. 405/98, s. 16; O. Reg. 228/00, s. 5 (5). (7) A trainee shall not assist the holder of an exterminator’s licence in the performance of an extermination unless the trainee is accompanied and supervised at all times by a licensed exterminator. O. Reg. 405/98, s. 16. (8) A technician or trainee shall not, (a) select or recommend to a client a pesticide for use in an extermination; (b) select the method of application or the rate of application of a pesticide used in an extermination; (c) mix or fill equipment with a Schedule 1 or Schedule 5 pesticide in preparation for an extermination; (d) apply a Schedule 1 or Schedule 5 pesticide during an extermination; or (e) mix, fill equipment with or apply a Schedule 2 pesticide that is a suspension in air, bird control product, rodenticide or soil fumigant, except in the presence of a licensed exterminator authorized to use the pesticide. O. Reg. 405/98, s. 16. (9) A technician who is present at an extermination and who is not accompanied by a licensed exterminator shall have readily available at the extermination site a work order, invoice, job sheet or other form of written instructions respecting the extermination, including the location, the target pest, the name of the pesticide to be used, the pesticide’s registration number under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada) or the Fertilizers Act (Canada), the name and licence number of the supervising exterminator and a unique number or other identifier by which the extermination is identified in the business records of the technician’s employer. O. Reg. 405/98, s. 16; O. Reg. 110/99, s. 2; O. Reg. 228/00, s. 5 (6). (10) When a licensed exterminator visits a technician at an extermination site to observe the performance of the technician and supervise the technician’s work, the technician shall request the licensed exterminator to enter his or her licence number on the written instructions referred to in subsection (9), and to sign and date the document. O. Reg. 405/98, s. 16; O. Reg. 228/00, s. 5 (7). (11) The technician shall keep with him or her at the extermination site for at least 30 days all written instructions that have been signed by a licensed exterminator under subsection (10). O. Reg. 405/98, s. 16; O. Reg. 228/00, s. 5 (8). (12) Revoked: O. Reg. 228/00, s. 5 (9).