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Aside from the initial field training, Florida requires each identification cardholder to complete classroom training in pesticide safety, integrated pest management, and applicable laws within six months after card issuance. How many classroom hours are required?
- 2 hours
- 4 hours
- 6 hours
- 8 hours
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Each cardholder must receive 4 hours of classroom training within 6 months of issuance (or have had it within the prior 2 years), with at least 2 continuing hours by each renewal (s. 482.091(10)).🔗 Source
Within what period after an employee begins performing pest control must a Florida licensee or its certified operator in charge apply for that employee's identification card?
- Within 10 days of employment
- Within 30 days of employment
- Within 60 days of employment
- Before the next license renewal anniversary
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Section 482.091 requires the licensee or its certified operator in charge to apply to the department for an identification card within 30 days after the employee is hired to perform pest control, and the two are jointly responsible for obtaining the card.🔗 Source
Under Florida law, an individual may generally hold an employee identification card for how many licensees at one time?
- Only one licensee at a time
- Up to two licensees simultaneously
- Any number, provided each pays the fee
- Up to three licensees within the same county
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A person may not hold an identification card for more than one licensee at a time, with a narrow experience-gathering exception for certified operators (s. 482.091(7)).🔗 Source
Before a newly hired employee may perform, solicit, inspect, or apply pest control for a Florida licensee, what minimum field training must the employee first receive in the applicable category?
- At least 5 days of field training under the direct supervision of a certified operator
- At least 40 classroom hours approved by the department
- At least 10 days of supervised ride-alongs
- No training, provided the employee already holds an identification card
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Section 482.091 prohibits an employee from working in a category until completing at least 5 days of field training in that category under the direct supervision, direction, and control of a certified operator. The other figures are not specified by Florida law.🔗 Source
Under Florida law, what is the fee for each employee identification card issued to a person who performs pest control for a licensee?
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The statute fixes the fee for each employee identification card at $10 (s. 482.091(5)).🔗 Source
A homeowner reports large numbers of winged termites (swarmers) emerging inside the living space of the structure. What does this most reliably indicate?
- The swarmers blew in from a neighbor's yard and pose no concern
- An established termite colony is infesting the structure
- A new colony is just beginning and no wood has been eaten yet
- The wings prove the insects are flying ants, not termites
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In a subterranean termite colony, which caste actually consumes wood and is therefore responsible for the structural damage found in a home?
- Soldiers
- Workers
- Winged reproductives (alates)
- The queen
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A technician finds pencil-width earthen tubes running up an exposed concrete pier from the soil to the floor joists. What is the primary biological purpose these shelter (mud) tubes serve for subterranean termites?
- They protect the workers from the drying effects of air and let them travel between the soil and wood without exposure
- They are spent egg cases discarded by the queen after a swarm
- They store excess cellulose as a food cache for the dry season
- They are mating chambers built only during the spring swarm
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