SELECTION OF LICENSE CATEGORY:

The license categories listed below pertain only to individuals and businesses that apply pesticides and are licensed by DPR. This group was selected for data tracking purposes; structural applicators are tracked separately. Since individuals and businesses may have more than one category choose the license category that was applicable for the situation in which the pesticide use or pesticide use related activities occurred.

If the individual or business did not possess the proper category for the given use, record "No Category" in the category field, and list the category that the licensee should have had in the "comments" field.

Note*   Space restrictions prevented the listing of Pest Control Advisor (PCA) license categories on the back of the form, and on these pages. If a PCA was found to be working outside of his/her category, record "No Category" in the category field, and list the category he/she should have had in the "comments" field.

Note*   The term "any" pesticide refers to any restricted use pesticide registered for use in California on crops/commodities/sites within the listed category.

ANIMAL AGRICULTURE: Animals and the facilities in which animals are confined.

AQUATIC: Control of pests in or on standing or running water.

DEMONSTRATION AND RESEARCH: The use of any pesticide, or certain substances, methods, or devices when demonstrating proper application techniques or conducting field research.

FOREST: Forest, forest nurseries, and forest seed-producing areas.

HEALTH RELATED: Use of certain substances, methods, or devices in official programs for the management and control of pests having medical and public health importance. Examples include mosquito abatement pest control activities, and CDFA quarantine programs such as Red Imported Fire Ant treatments.

INDUSTRIAL: Control of pests for or in a manufacturing, mining, or chemical process, or use in the operation of factories, processing plants, and similar sites. Includes packing plants, food manufacturing plants, warehouses, and grain elevators. Also includes treatment of ag. commodities, either stored or post harvest, and treatment of non -landscaped outdoor areas related to the operation of the buildings or facilities (e.g. storage yards, tank farms). Includes bird control on these types of structures.

INSTITUTIONAL: Control of pests within the confines of, or on property necessary for the operation of buildings such as hospitals, libraries, auditoriums, and office complexes. Includes non-landscaped outdoor areas related to the operation of the buildings or facilities (e.g. storage yards). Includes bird control on these types of structures.

LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE: Control of pests in natural or planted ornamental and turf landscaped areas and outside areas around buildings; orchards; vacant lots; greenbelts; cemeteries; landscaped street medians; parking lots directly related to landscape areas, and landscaped areas in enclosed shopping malls and indoor plants.

PLANT AGRICULTURE: Control of pests in the production of food, feed, fiber or ornamental crops, as well as on grasslands, and non-crop agricultural areas, for hire. Applications to rice and similar crops grown in wet or flooded fields are included.

REGULATORY: Use of any pesticide, certain substances, methods or devices in official government programs for the control of regulated pests.

RESIDENTIAL: Use of a pesticide in or around a household, structure, or its immediate environment.

RIGHT OF WAY: Control of pests in the maintenance of landscaped right-of-way areas, roads, highways, power lines, telephone lines, pipelines, canals, railroads or other similar sites.

SEED TREATMENT: Use of any pesticide, certain substances, methods or devices to protect seed for planting, for hire.

SEWER LINE ROOT CONTROL: Use of any pesticide, certain substances, methods or devices to control roots in sewer lines.

WOOD PRESERVATION: Use of any pesticide, certain substances, methods or devices to control pests that damage wood, for hire. This category applies within the scope of category A (residential, industrial, institutional), and category C (right-of-way).