This
guidebook will provide answers about
the Ontario Pesticide Technician Program.

 

Ontario
Regulation 914 of the Ministry of Environment requires that all unlicensed
assistants working with licensed exterminators must complete the Pesticide
Technician Program in order to legally apply pesticides under indirect
supervision. Indirect supervision means
that the licensed exterminator is required to observe the technicians’ work
once a week.

 

Unlicensed
assistants who do not have technician status must work under direct supervision
(i.e. Hand in hand)

 

 

The
Pesticide Technician Program consists of two parts:

 

·       
Academic component: a written test based on the
Technician’s Manual, administered by an accredited examiner.

·       
Practical component: a practical test of 5 safety
tasks, administered by a licensed exterminator.

 

 

1.     
Candidate
enrolls with Pesticide Industry Council (PIC) through Landscape Ontario or
Pesticide Industry Council (PIRC) through Ontario Professional Pesticide
Applicators Association (OPPAA) or through an accredited examiner.

 

Pesticide Industry Council (PIC) c/o Landscape Ontario

7856 Fifth Line South

Station Main, Milton, ON
L9T 2X8

1-800-265-5656

Fax 1-905- 875-3942