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Under West Virginia rules, within how many days of terminating a registered technician must a pesticide business give written notice to the commissioner?
- Within 10 days of termination
- Within 15 days of termination
- Within 30 days of termination
- Within 60 days of termination
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WV requires the business to notify the commissioner in writing within 30 days when a registered technician's employment ends, and the technician must return the identification card.Under West Virginia rules, within what timeframe must a non-certified employee finish an approved training program after beginning employment with a pesticide business?
- Within 14 days of employment
- Within 30 days of employment
- Within 60 days of employment
- Within 90 days of employment
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Section 6.4.a requires the employee to complete the commissioner-approved training program within 30 days of employment and before registering with the commissioner.🔗 Source
In West Virginia, how many continuing certification units must a registered technician accrue each year before renewal for each category or subcategory of registration?
- 4 CCUs (2 hours)
- 10 CCUs (5 hours)
- 20 CCUs (10 hours)
- 2 CCUs (1 hour)
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Per section 7.4, registered technicians must accrue at least 4 CCUs, equal to 2 hours, each year before renewal. Unlike certified applicators, technicians carry an annual obligation.🔗 Source
What must a West Virginia registered technician do with the identification card issued by the commissioner?
- Keep it on file at the business office and present it only during inspections
- Carry it and show it upon request to any person
- Display it on the application vehicle at all times
- Surrender it to the certified applicator who supervises the technician
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WV directs the commissioner to issue each registered technician an identification card, and the technician must carry it and produce it for anyone who asks to see it.Who must successfully complete a verifiable, commissioner-approved training program before registering as a technician in West Virginia, and who bears responsibility for ensuring it happens?
- Only certified applicators, with responsibility on the commissioner
- Each employee of a pesticide business other than a certified applicator, with responsibility on the pesticide business
- Only private applicators, with responsibility on the landowner
- Every applicant for reciprocity, with responsibility on the prior state
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WV places the duty on each pesticide business to ensure every employee other than a certified applicator completes an approved, verifiable training program before the employee registers with the commissioner.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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