While anyone in New Jersey can do a pest inspection without a license, please remember that many lenders require a NPMA-33 form be submitted by a home inspector. Only those Home Inspectors with a Commercial Pesticide Applicator Licenses are permitted to complete the NPMA-33 form.
In order to become a Certified Commercial Pesticide Applicator in the state of New Jersey, you will need to attend our NJ DEP accredited Basic Pesticide Training / CORE and Category 7B Termites & Other Wood Destroying Insects courses. Afterward you will need to take the corresponding NJ DEP exams for each course and successfully pass.
The purpose of this training is to provide the candidate applicator or operator with a working knowledge, at a minimum, of the following information.
The content of the Basic Pesticide Training Course is to include at a minimum:
This is a two-day 12-hour class. This class is designed to be used in lieu of 40 hrs of on-the-job training. Commercial applicator or operator candidates are required to complete 40 hours of on-the-job training, if available.
The content of the Category 7B Training Course is to include at a minimum:
Once you have completed your Exam Prep Classes you will be able to schedule your NJDEP Exams with Rutgers Office on Continuing Education.
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