Licensed Pest Control Companies

Fields and Categories

License field designations:

The following fields are established for the licensing of pest control personnel.

A = Aerial - The use of aircraft for the application of pesticides on standing or running water, rangeland, agricultural crops, forest, idle cropland and noncropland associated with the production of agricultural crops.

B = Agricultural ground - The use of ground equipment for the application of pesticides on livestock, rangeland, agricultural crops, idle cropland and noncropland associated with the production of agricultural crops.

C = Urban and structural - The use of ground equipment for the application of pesticides in urban areas and in, on or around structures.
  

License category designations:

Aerial license categories

• Insect pests (A1) - The application of insecticides, miticides and acaricides
• Weeds (A2) - The application of herbicides and plant growth regulators.
• Desiccants and defoliants (A3)- The application of desiccants and defoliants.
• Fungi pests (A4) - The application of fungicides, bactericides and nematicides.

Agricultural ground license categories

• Insect pests (B1) - The application of insecticides, miticides and acaricides
• Weeds (B2) - The application of herbicides and plant growth regulators.
• Desiccants and defoliants (B3)- The application of desiccants and defoliants.
• Fungi pests (B4) - The application of fungicides, bactericides and nematicides.
• Vertebrate pests (B5) - The application of various substances on agricultural ground for the control of vertebrate pests, including, without limitation, the use of fumigants for burrowing rodents. This category does not include the control of vertebrate pests in, on or around industrial complexes, institutional complexes, dwelling units or other structures designed for use by humans, or on ornamentals or turf in, on or around such structures.

Urban and structural license categories

• Limited landscape (C1) - The control of insect pests, vertebrate pests and plant diseases and the use of plant regulators on ornamental and turf in urban areas if the fruit trees are not used for commercial purposes.
• Industrial and institutional (C2) - The control of insect pests and vertebrate pests in, on or around industrial complexes, institutional complexes and dwelling units.
• Structural (C3) - The control of wood-destroying pests, inspection for wood-destroying pests and inspection for conditions conducive to infestations of wood-destroying pests.
• Fumigation (C4) - The use of poisonous and lethal fumigants.
• Aquatic (C5) - The control of insect pests, weeds and vertebrate pests in aquatic areas that are used or are intended for use in and around industrial complexes, institutional complexes and dwelling units.
• Weeds (C6) - The control of weeds in the maintenance of landscapes, turf and rights-of-way, including, without limitation, public roads, power lines, pipelines and railway rights-of-ways. This category does not include the control of aquatic weeds.
• Preservation of wood (C7)- The application of pesticides directly to wood or wood products that are not a part of a habitable structure to prevent or control the degradation of the wood or wood product by a wood-destroying organism, including, without limitation, a fungus or bacterium.  

Governmental agency

•  Invertebrates Aquatic habitat (G1) - The control of insects, microorganisms, and mollusks, including aquatic snails, associated with standing or running water, including, without limitation, reservoirs, lakes, rivers, aquatic, cropland and wetland areas.
• Invertebrates Terrestrial habitat (G2) - The control of insects, mites, microorganisms, snails, slugs and arachnids in areas including, but not limited to, agricultural crops, forest environments, right-of-ways, ornamental and turf, residences, public buildings and grounds, commercial buildings and grounds, disposal sites, animal feed lots and farmsteads, including buildings and transportation equipment, food handling establishments, excluding fumigation pest control.
• Weeds Aquatic habitat (G3) - The control of aquatic weed pests in water areas including, but not limited to, canals, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, marshes and pipe lines, irrigation district water delivery systems where the pesticide is applied directly into the water or enters the water due to the application of the pesticide. Pests include, but are not limited to, moss, algae, cattails, pond weeds and other emersed and submersed aquatic weeds.
• Weeds Terrestrial habitat (G4) - The control of weeds and ectoparasites, except with fumigants, including cut-stump, plant desiccation and defoliation, in agricultural crops, fields, forest environments, former agricultural lands, non-croplands, rights-of-way, industrial sties including, but not limited to, airports, industrial parks, and large parking areas, ornamental and turf situations, which includes, but is not limited to, golf courses, parks, schools, lawns, yards, gardens, hospitals, vacant lots and open non-crop waste areas.
•  Plant Diseases (G5)  - The application of fungicides, bactericides and nematicides - The control, except with soil fumigants, fungus, moss, nonvascular plants, diseases, microorganisms, and nematodes in ornamentals, turf and rights-of-way areas, including, but not limited to, golf courses, parks, schools, lawns, yards, gardens, greenhouses, agricultural crops, fields, forest environments, residences, public buildings, commercial buildings, hospitals, food handling establishments, and rest homes.
• Vertebrates Aquatic habitat (G6) - The application of various substances in aquatic sites for the control of fish, wildlife pests and vertebrate pests in aquatic sites. 
• Vertebrates Terrestrial habitat (G7) - The application of various substances on agricultural ground, fields, in, on or around industrial complexes, institutional complexes, food handling establishments, and dwelling units for the control of wildlife pests and vertebrate pests. 
• Fumigation - Commodity - (G8) - The control of any pest that infests raw agricultural or processed commodities, animal feeds and commodity storage facilities where such commodities are held or stored, including, without limitation, tarpaulin fumigation and fumigation of grain elevators, rail cars, truck trailers, vans, aquatic vessels, air and sea containers, other static sealable enclosures, food processing plants, prepared bins, warehouses, beehives and other beekeeping equipment.
• Fumigation - Rodent burrow - (G9) - Outdoor fumigation for the control of rodents and moles, including, without limitation, marmots, woodchucks, rats, mice, ground squirrels, voles, pocket gophers and chipmunks.
•  Fumigation - Soil - (G10) - The control of any pest that is present in the soil at the time of treatment, including, without limitation, plant-parasitic nematodes, soil-borne pathogens, weeds and insects.

Examples of license categories

A1 = Aerial - Insect Pests
B5 =  Agricultural ground - Vertebrate pests

C5 = Urban and structural - Aquatic