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Pest industry leaders press board to review applicator exam, speed license renewals
Summary
Multiple pest control companies, industry groups and a UC advisor told the Structural Pest Control Board that the state applicator exam is blocking entry-level hires and lengthening license renewals. The board said the issue is already scheduled for an October meeting and a closed-session discussion with exam contractors.
Industry representatives testifying at the Structural Pest Control Board meeting on July 26 urged the board to review the state applicator examination and to speed up license-renewal processing.
The concerns centered on high failure rates for the applicator exam and the resulting difficulty small companies face getting new hires into productive, supervised field work. "When I started in this industry in 1979, the applicator's exam was a exam that we actually took in our manager's office. And it was based on safety," said John Bernard, owner and qualified manager of Compass Pest Management. Bernard said trainees often spend months idle while attempting to pass the…
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