Effective April 22, 2010, a Public Works IPM Certified Applicator is the designated licensed industrial vegetation exterminator responsible for ensuring pesticides are used in accordance with IPM principles under the health or safety, public works exception of Ontario Regulation 63/09. It is also the person who passes the IPM examination and completes the required continuing education credits (CEC) annually
A Public Work as defined in Ontario Regulation 63/09, public work means a structure that provides a benefit to the public and that is owned or operated by the Government of Ontario or Canada or by any board or commission thereof, or by any municipal corporation, public utility commission or by private enterprise and includes any railway, canal, highway, bridge, power works including all property used for the generation, transformation, transmission, distribution or supply of hydraulic or electrical power, gas works, water works, public utility or other work
The Public Works IPM Certified Applicator is responsible for maintaining their certification in the program by submitting the annual registration fee ($75 plus GST/HST), current contact information, proof of valid industrial vegetation exterminator license and information related to CECs directly to the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus.
Public Works IPM Certified Applicators must maintain and upgrade their knowledge of IPM by obtaining a minimum of 8 CECs in each calendar year following the successful completion of the IPM Examination. Public Works IPM Certified Applicators may also write the approved IPM Examination in lieu of obtaining the necessary CECs
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