Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS › Chapter 94 - PEST CONTROL OPERATORS › Subchapter 4 - APPLICATION › Section 16-94-17 - Experience requirement

Current through June, 2024
(a) An applicant
				for an individual operator license or responsible managing employee license, or
				both, shall have had the following experience:
(1) At least one year of specialized field
				experience as a certified commercial applicator within the past four years
				immediately preceding the filing of an application in the branch in which the
				license is sought;
(2) At least one
				year of on-site field supervision actively directing pest control projects
				whether applying for more than one branch;
(3) At least one hundred jobs as an
				applicator in the specific branch during the one-year specialized field
				experience period provided that if restricted use chemicals are used, the
				applicant shall have been the certified applicator of record and shall verify
				at minimum, the following:
(A) Branch 1: One
				hundred jobs of chemical application consisting of structural
				fumigation;
(B) Branch 2: One
				hundred jobs of chemical and non-chemical applications consisting of one or
				more of the following formulations: liquids, foams, dusts, gels, aerosols,
				baits, and granules; provided that not more than fifty jobs shall consist of
				monitoring, baiting, or non-chemical methods;
(C) Branch 3: One hundred jobs of chemical
				and non-chemical applications consisting of one or more of the following
				formulations: liquids, foams, dusts, gels, aerosols, baits, and granules;
				provided that not more than fifty jobs shall consist of monitoring, baiting, or
				non-chemical methods.
(4)
				Branch 1 (Fumigation). The purpose of fumigation training is to impart the pest
				control operator or RME with sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge to
				enable the person to recommend and perform fumigations, inspections, pest
				identifications, and estimations, to diagram sites for the purpose of
				calculating volume of the structure, and to properly communicate this to
				consumers. Valid experience for a branch 1 pest control operator and branch 1
				RME shall include hut not be limited to:
(A)
				Inspecting sites and writing inspection reports;
(B) Identifying pests;
(C) Understanding labels and applying
				pesticides;
(D) Fumigating
				structures;
(E) Taking readings
				using electronic and manual fumigation reading equipment;
(F) Calculating application rates of the
				fumigants and the warning agents;
(G) Diagramming existing structure and
				calculating volume;
(H) Preparing
				fumigation sites; and
(I) Clearing
				the structure to insure safe re-entry.
(5) Branch 2 (General Pest). The purpose of
				general pest control training is to impart the pest control operator or RME
				with sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge to enable the person to
				recommend and perform pest control work, inspections, pest identifications, and
				estimations, to diagram sites as appropriate to make written recommendations
				for implementing a pest management program for household pests. Valid
				experience for a branch 2 pest control operator and branch 2 RME shall include
				but not be limited to:
(A) Inspecting sites
				and writing inspection reports;
(B)
				Identifying pests;
(C)
				Understanding labels and applying pesticides;
(D) Diagramming sites, and existing
				structures;
(E) Applying pesticides
				including baits, and using non-chemical methods; and
(F) Calibrating equipment.
(6) Branch 3 (Termite). The
				purpose of termite training is to impart the pest control operator or RME with
				sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge to enable the person to
				recommend and perform termite work, inspections and estimations, and to diagram
				foundations of structures and areas inspected and to identify conducive
				conditions to provide written and visual documentation of inspection findings.
				Valid experience for a branch 3 pest control operator and branch 3 RME shall
				include but not be limited to:
(A) Inspecting
				sites and writing inspection reports;
(B) Identifying pests;
(C) Understanding labels and applying
				pesticides;
(D) Diagramming
				foundations of structures and portions of the structure inspected;
(E) Applying pesticides including baits, and
				using non-chemical methods;
(F)
				Calibrating equipment;
(G)
				Performing pre-construction and post-construction treatments using chemical and
				non-chemical methods; and
(H)
				Performing remedial treatments for the control of subterranean and drywood
				termites found' in Hawaii.
Fumigation for termites shall not be considered valid
				  experience for branch 3.
(7) Certification, under the Hawaii
				pesticides law by the state department of agriculture as a commercial
				applicator in the branch for which application is made, shall be held for at
				least one year prior to the submission of the application. The applicant shall
				submit proof of a valid, current certification with the application. If an
				applicant has been certified for less than one year, then the applicant may
				demonstrate equivalent experience, indicating that the applicant is familiar
				with the pests and the use of pesticides under the same or similar conditions
				prevailing in this State.