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Vermont has the following Pesticide Applicator Categories:

Certifications granted by Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Contractor's license is not required.
Subcontractor's company license is required.

Philip R. Benedict, Director
802-828-2431
phil@agr.state.vt.us

Directory of Pesticide Control Officials

1. Noncommercial applicators who use pesticides other than Class "C" and all commercial applicators, except those who work under the direct supervision of a certified applicator, shall be certified according to categories which reflect the types of pesticide use for which they have been examined and found competent.

   Applicants for certification in the categories and sub-categories described in this section shall demonstrate their competence to meet standards described under general standards, category specific standards and standards for supervision of noncertified applicators in this section. Applicants shall take a written examination covering general standards and specific standards required for each category an individual expects to operate under.

2. Description of categories and sub-categories.
   1. Category 1: Agricultural Pest Control.
      1. Plant - For use in production of food, forage and fiber agricultural crops.
      2. Animal - For use on animals and to places on or in which animals are confined. Doctors of Veterinary Medicine engaged in the business of applying pesticides for hire, publicly holding themselves out as pesticide applicators are included in this category. Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who apply pesticides as drugs or medications during the course of their normal practice are exempt from certification requirement. See Section VII.
   2. Category 2: Forest Pest Control - For use in forests, forest nurseries and forest seed producing areas.
   3. Category 3: Ornamental and Turf Pest Control.
      1. Ornamentals and Shade Trees - For use to control pests in the maintenance and production of Christmas trees, ornamental trees, shade trees, shrubs and flowers.
      2. Turf - For use to control pests in the maintenance and production of turf.
   4. Category 4: Seed Treatment - For use on seeds.
   5. Category 5: Aquatic Pest Control - For use as applied to, or adjacent to, standing or running waters and includes but is not limited to, waters of the state, drinking water reservoirs, industrial lagoons and sewage or wastewater treatment plant lagoons.
   6. Category 6: Rights-of-Way Pest Control - For use in the maintenance of public roads, electric power lines, pipelines, railway rights-of-way or similar areas.
   7. Category 7: Industrial, Institutional, Structural, and Health Related Pest Control
      1. Industrial, Institutional and Structural Pest Control - General - For pesticide use in, on or around food handling establishments, human dwellings, institutions, such as schools or hospitals, industrial establishments, including warehouses and grain elevators and any other structure and adjacent area, public or private, for the protection of stored, processed or manufactured products.
      2. Health Related Pest Control - For out-of-door pesticide use in control of mosquitoes and other biting arthropods.
      3. Food Processing Pest Control - For use of the pesticides to control pests in, on or around food processing plants which may include, but are not limited to, bakeries, dairy product processing, canning and frozen food packing, confection manufacturing and meat product processing plants.
      4. Wood and Fiber Product Pest Control - For control of pests which degrade or prematurely destroy the service, life and usefulness of wood and fiber products.
      5. Antimicrobial Pest Control - For the use of pesticides to control pests in non-potable cooling waters and in water or slurries used in industrial processing, in, on or around human dwellings, commercial establishments, institutions, including but not limited to, schools and hospitals, industrial establishments and any other structures and adjacent areas whether public or private.
   8. Category 8: Public Health Pest Control - For use by governmental employees in public health programs for the management and control of pests for medical and public health importance.
   9. Category 9: Regulatory Pest Control - For use by state, federal, and other governmental subdivisions for control of regulated pests.
   10. Category 10: Demonstration and Research Pest Control - For individuals who demonstrate pest control to the public, supervise demonstrations or conduct field research with old, new or experimental use pesticides. Included in this category are those individuals who demonstrate, sell or recommend pesticides to applicators, dealers or the public.
   11. Category 11: Aircraft Pest Control - For the application of pesticides from any aircraft for the control of pests in any of the preceding categories.