Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Article 13 - PESTICIDES › Section 4-13-38 - Training of registered pest control technicians in ornamental pest control, turf pest control and interior landscape pest control

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) All
			 applicants for pest control technician registration in ornamental pest control,
			 turf pest control or interior landscape pest control shall have completed a
			 minimum of 40 hours of verifiable training, 30 hours of which must consist of
			 supervised application of pesticides for the control of ornamental pests, turf
			 pests or interior landscape pests as appropriate, and 10 hours of which must be
			 classroom instruction.
(b)
			 Classroom instruction shall include the following:
(1) The proper use and maintenance of
			 equipment, including calibration.
(2) the hazards that may be involved in
			 applying the pesticides, including:
(A) The
			 effect of drift of the pesticides on adjacent and nearby property and on
			 nontarget organisms, and methods for preventing drift;
(B) the proper weather conditions for the
			 application of pesticides and the precautions to be taken;
(C) procedures for preventing pesticide
			 contamination of groundwater, wells and cisterns, surface water, soil, or the
			 air within a structure;
(D) the
			 effect of the pesticides on humans, plants or animals in the area, including
			 the possibility of damage to plants or animals or the possibility of
			 undesirable or illegal residues resulting on them;
(E) the effect of the application of
			 pesticides on wildlife in the area, including aquatic life;
(F) the possibility of contamination of water
			 or injury to persons, pets or desirable vegetation;
(G) hazards to the applicator resulting from
			 mixing, loading and applying pesticides;
(H) poisoning prevention, symptoms and first
			 aid for pesticide poisoning;
(I)
			 label review and basic information about each pesticide used, including common
			 names of the pesticides, where and how each pesticide may be applied, and the
			 kinds of pests controlled;
(J)
			 basic information about prevention and cleanup of spills; and
(K) basic information about beneficial
			 insects and the use of non-chemical means to control ornamental pests, turf
			 pests and interior landscape pests;
(3) calculating the concentration of
			 pesticides to be used and the quantities of diluted pesticide necessary to
			 complete a particular treatment.
(4) identification of common pests to be
			 controlled and damages caused by such pests, as listed below, and the basic
			 characteristics and habits of these pests.
(A) For registered pest control technicians
			 in the field of ornamental pest control, common pests shall include but not be
			 limited to: bagworms, cankerworms, elm leaf beetles, aphids, spider mites,
			 galls and gall-producing insects and diseases, flatheaded and roundheaded wood
			 boring beetles, scale insects, cedar-apple rust, anthracnose and powdery
			 mildew.
(B) For registered pest
			 control technicians in the field of turf pest control, common pests shall
			 include but not be limited to: sod webworms, chinch bugs, white grubs, sowbugs,
			 broadleaf weeds such as dandelion, chickweed, and henbit, grasses such as
			 crabgrass, foxtail and annual bluegrass, Helminthosporium leaf spot, Pythium
			 and Fusarium blights, moles and gophers.
(C) For registered pest control technicians
			 in the field of interior landscape control, common pests shall include but not
			 be limited to: whiteflies, mealybugs, scale insects, spider mites, aphids,
			 fungus gnats, snails and slugs, ants, sowbugs, thrips, damping-off, botrytis
			 blight and powdery mildew;
(5) protective clothing and equipment,
			 including the use and maintenance of rubber gloves and boots, rainsuits and
			 respirators.
(6) general
			 precautions to be followed in the storage and disposal of pesticide containers
			 and rinsate, as well as the cleaning and decontamination of equipment.
(7) applicable state and federal
			 pesticide laws and regulations germane to the work of a technician, including
			 following label directions, direct supervision and information required on
			 statements of services.