Pesticide licence in Newfoundland and Labrador: categories, exam and renewal

This page reports what the official source says. It is not legal advice: ask the office named here. The source is the Pesticide Control Section of the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change, which regulates pesticides under the Environmental Protection Act and the Pesticides Control Regulations. The parent page, pesticide licences by country, has the national background.

At a glance

Item	What the province says
Agency	Pesticide Control Section, Environment, Conservation and Climate Change
Credentials for work for hire	Applicator licence for the person and an Operator licence (CA$750) for the company or individual applying for profit or gain; both run five years
Category for trees and turf	Landscape licence; a separate exam is written for each licence category
Exam	National Core exam plus one exam per category, 75% to pass; CA$70 with the exam appointment request
Recertification	Re-sit the exam or collect 15 continuing education credits, with CA$50 licensing fee and CA$20 enrollment per category
Insurance or bond	Operator licence: certificate of insurance for CA$1,000,000 Commercial General Liability and CA$500,000 Third Party Liability
Reciprocity	For people with a licence in another province whose exam was written in the last five years; CA$70

Licence types

The section's licence forms page says a licence is needed to purchase, sell or handle commercial or restricted class pesticides and all licences run five years. An applicator is an individual trained to handle and apply commercial and restricted class pesticides, and must pass the National Core Exam at 75% plus an exam for each category. An operator licence is for a company or individual that applies or uses pesticides for profit or gain, and only an operator can buy commercial or restricted class products. Vendors form a third group, with domestic vendor applications at CA$250 and commercial vendor at CA$375.

The category that covers trees and turf

According to the section, the education, training and certificates page says the section runs Pesticide Applicator Safety Training from December to May for people needing an agriculture, greenhouse, landscape or structural licence, with an exam at the end of the course. Landscape is the category for tree and turf work. The page does not define the category in a sentence, so this page names it only as the training page does.

Exam and fees

An exam candidate sends the Request for Exam Appointment form with proof of the CA$70 fee. The pass mark is 75% on the label section and on the overall score. The page says the department issues a licence, or a written denial, within 30 business days of the exam, the continuing education payment or proof of reciprocity. A course applicant sends the appointment request at least one week before the course starts. Payment is by phone to the cashier's office, cheque or money order.

Operator licence and insurance

The forms page lists a pesticide operator licence application with a CA$750 fee and a certificate of insurance form showing CA$1,000,000 Commercial General Liability and CA$500,000 Third Party Liability. Renewals not needing a storage facility inspection are processed within 15 business days, and first-time applicants or those with no storage inspection in the 48 months before applying, within 30 business days. The section also requires a storage requirements letter and a contingency plan outline.

Recertification

According to the section's continuing education credits sheet, an applicator who wrote the original exam and holds a current Landscape, Structural, Agriculture or Greenhouse licence can renew with credits instead of an exam. The conditions are at least three years left on the licence and a CA$20 enrollment fee per category before credits are collected. Renewal needs 15 credit hours earned over three to five years, at most 10 in any one year, with minimum points in every core topic, and a CA$50 licensing fee. The sheet says early renewals are not allowed.

Reciprocity

The training page says a person with an applicator licence from another province can apply through reciprocity under the same requirements as Newfoundland and Labrador applicants. The applicant sends the reciprocity form, proof of the CA$70 fee, a copy of the exam results letter and a copy of the licence, and must have written the exam within the last five years. The forms page adds that a reciprocal licence runs for the time remaining on the original.