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| Certified Applicator | Any commercial applicator, registered technician, and/or private applicator who has met the certification requirements in Virginia. |
| Commercial Applicator | A certified applicator who uses pesticides on the job other than for agricultural production on private property. |
| Commercial Applicator for Hire | Any commercial applicator who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide commercially, on the property of others. In the commonwealth must have a pesticide business license or work for someone who does. |
| Commercial Applicator Government Employee | Any local, state, or federal government worker who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide for any purpose, regardless of the site, while performing his or her official duties. |
| Commercial Applicator Inactive | Any commercial applicator who is not curretly employed in a pesticide-related job and is thus not covered by the required insurance. Inactive applicators must still satisfy renewal and recertification requirements. |
| Commercial Applicator Not for Hire | Any commerical applicator who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide as part of his orher job deuties only on property owned or leased by the appli9cator, or by his or her employer. |
| Direct Onsite Supervision | The act or process by which a competent person, acting under the instructions and control of a certified applicator who is responsible for th eactions of that person, applies a pesticide. The certified applicator must be present at the application site and be able to see the person applyint the pesticide at all times. |
| Direct Supervision | The act or process by which a competent person, acting under the instructions and control of a certified applicator who isi responsible for th eactions of that person, applies a pesticide. The certified applicator mucst be either near or in close telephone or readio contact with the person applying the pesticide. |
| Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | A law that established the basis of U.S. pesticide regulation to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment. |
| Pesticide | Any substance used to control a pest, or to reduce the unwanted or harmful effect of a pest. |
| Pesticide Business License | A document required of persons in the business of selling, storing, distributing, mixing, recommending the use of, or applying pesticides. |
| Pesticide Use | Application or supervision of an application of a pesticide. "Use" includes all the routine activities that are part of a pesticide application, such as mixing, loading, cleanup, and disposal. Handling, transfer, or transport after hte manufacturer's original seal is broken is considered use. (Pesticide handling typically managed by persons other than the mixer/loader/applicator such as long-distance transport, long-term storage, or ultimate disposal is not considered use.) |
| Private Applicator | A certified applicator who uses or supervises the se of any restriced-use pesticide (RUP) to produce an agricultural commodity. Applications must be made on property owned or rented by the user, or by his or her employer. A certified private applicator may also apply an RUP to the property of another agricultural producer. However, he or she must receive no compensation except for trading personal services between them. Uncertified applicators employed by agricultural producers may use RUPs only when under the direct supervision of a certified private applicator. |
| Recertification | The demonstration of continued competency to apply pesticides safely by participation in appropriate, approve educaiton courses or by reexamination. |
| Registered Technician | A certified applicator who renders services similar to those of a certified commercial applicator. Sucha person has completed training and demonstrated competency as required for registered technicians but has not met th erequirements for commercial certification. Registered technicians may apply general-use pesticides on the job without supervision. They may apply RUPs only under the direct supervision of a certified commercial applicator. Like commercial applicators, registered technicians may be for hire, not for hire, government employees, or inactive. |
| Restricted-Use Pesticide (RUP) | Any pesticide classified for restricted use by the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The "restricted-use" clasification restricts a product, or its uses, to use by a certified pesticide applicator (commercial or private) or under the direct supervision of a certified applicator. |
