CPO for two licensee's(Florida)?

[lawnguy26]

Florida statutes state you can not be a CPO in charge of pest control activities for different locations for a licensee.

Can you be a CPO for the same location for two different licensee's?

[bug-guy]

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0482/SEC111.HTM&Title=->2008->Ch0482->Section%20111#0482.111

(6)(a) Each location of each licensed pest control business must have a certified operator in charge who is certified for the particular category of pest control engaged in at that location. A certified operator in charge must be registered with the department pursuant to rules adopted pursuant to this section. A certified operator in charge may be in charge of one or more of all categories if she or he is certified for those categories.

[lawnguy26]

Thanks Bug-guy, but that doesn't answer my question.

Can you be a CPO for two different licensee's (or two different business's) at the same location?

[The Ripper]

I am curious about this as well.

[Ric]

Maybe you should all reread chapter 482 an 5-E. This is in fact a certification test question.

[bug-guy]

i believe the answer to your question is no, but check with dacs.
if you are a cpo for company A at location 1
your certificate is being used.
so you could not be a cpo for company B at location 1

this is how i see it
just because the mailing address are the same, it's still two bussiness

[olive123]

if your asking can you hold the ghp and l&o or...
yes.

[Ric]

i believe the answer to your question is no, but check with dacs.
if you are a cpo for company A at location 1
your certificate is being used.
so you could not be a cpo for company B at location 1

this is how i see it
just because the mailing address are the same, it's still two bussiness

Bug Guy

Chapter 482 calls this "moonlighting". Term refers to working for two different Pesticide at the same time. Even a card holding spray tech can not work for more than one pesticide company. Chapter 482 also states a CPOIC must be a full time employee of that pesticide company. These question always appear on the CPO test because the state wants to make sure people know the limits of their certification.

Chapter 487 licensees (which doesn't cover Lawn & Ornamental), fall under different rules. Since there licenses are for individuals not companies. Chapter 487 does cover Golf Courses, Aquatic, Road & Right-away, Mosquito control and Government employees to name a few. You could work for two different Aquatic control companies because the companies are not licensed by the state but the spray techs are certified.

The questions ask by Certified Pesticide Operators here at LS never fail to amaze me. How some of these people get certified is still a mystery to me.

[The Ripper]

Ric

I know you are the resident expert on here, but it appears you are also god of all things pest control as well. What don't you keep your smart ass comments about people to yourself. You must be a lonely old man to be so judgemental of others that you don't know.

[Ric]

Ric

I know you are the resident expert on here, but it appears you are also god of all things pest control as well. What don't you keep your smart ass comments about people to yourself. You must be a lonely old man to be so judgemental of others that you don't know.

Ripper

If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen and put me on ignore so you don't have to read my comments. I am a very competitive person and I am more judgemental of myself than others. But in this case there is no question every CPO in Florida should already know the limits of their certification. How can a person meet the strictest requirements in the world to sit and pass the hardest certification test without knowing the limits of that certification? Maybe in Hooterville where they pass out licenses at the local general store, we could expect fools to not know, but not in a state that has strict requirements.

BTW If you are not a CPO, what does this question matter to you???

[The Ripper]

Hooterville? I would put you on ignore, but you are so damn narcosistic that you post all the damn time.

[Ric]

Hooterville? I would put you on ignore, but you are so damn narcosistic that you post all the damn time.

Ripper

Don't knock me because I am Beautiful. I was born that way.

[A.T.A.K]

The answer to your question is no you may only hold a JF or JE # for one company at one time. Some states will allow this but not Florida.

[lawnguy26]

The questions ask by Certified Pesticide Operators here at LS never fail to amaze me. How some of these people get certified is still a mystery to me.


Ric, if you have a photographic memory then consider yourself lucky. I wish I did. Yes I’m a CPO in FL and yes I understand my responsibilities. But excuse me for not memorizing every section of chapter 482 and 5-E.

In a busy life with family and business sometimes it’s easier to take 30 seconds and ask a question like this, on a forum, then look it up yourself in hopes someone will point you at the right section.

But as usual I received the response I expected from this forum, a defensive one.

[Ric]

Ric, if you have a photographic memory then consider yourself lucky. I wish I did. Yes I’m a CPO in FL and yes I understand my responsibilities. But excuse me for not memorizing every section of chapter 482 and 5-E.

In a busy life with family and business sometimes it’s easier to take 30 seconds and ask a question like this, on a forum, then look it up yourself in hopes someone will point you at the right section.

But as usual I received the response I expected from this forum, a defensive one.

Lawnguy26

So after 5 months, two weeks and 3 days you finally decided to reply to this thread?? And you knock me for calling you SLOW?

[lawnguy26]

Lawnguy26

So after 5 months, two weeks and 3 days you finally decided to reply to this thread?? And you knock me for calling you SLOW?


Yes, that's right. I have a life.

[Ric]

Yes, that's right. I have a life.

Lawn Guy

I was going to let you have the last word. But I just couldn't keep my hand tied down.

Your life is financed by your job or profession. Your main job in life is to care for your family. You do so by being a professional CPO. By not knowing the limitations of your professional certification you put your family and their lives in jeopardy. But your attitude is typical of your generation who has no work ethic. Because my generation handed you every thing on a silver platter just like we handed you an answer to a question on the CPO test you took and passed.

Now my question to you is. What else did you forget and do illegal that was on the test and you should know but forget also???? While Florida is supposed to have the hardest test in the nation, it must not be comprehensive enough to weed out a large number of CPOs who don't give a crap.

[lawnguy26]

Lawn Guy

I was going to let you have the last word. But I just couldn't keep my hand tied down.

Your life is financed by your job or profession. Your main job in life is to care for your family. You do so by being a professional CPO. By not knowing the limitations of your professional certification you put your family and their lives in jeopardy. But your attitude is typical of your generation who has no work ethic. Because my generation handed you every thing on a silver platter just like we handed you an answer to a question on the CPO test you took and passed.

Now my question to you is. What else did you forget and do illegal that was on the test and you should know but forget also???? While Florida is supposed to have the hardest test in the nation, it must not be comprehensive enough to weed out a large number of CPOs who don't give a crap.


If I didn't care about upholding the laws governing my license then I wouldn't have even asked the question. I value and respect my license, obide by all laws and know my limitations and responsibilities. If I have a question about the statutues and regulations that I have not had to deal with then I look it up or ask. But I guess every CPO should be like you and be all knowing and never need to refer back to documents.

With that said I can say I respect your intelligence and have enjoyed reading your posts pertaining to the pest control industry and even the old bitter, cantankerous, all knowing attitude of yours. But it hits a nerve when it's directed at me.

Now as much as I'd like to respond to you statement about having everything handed to me I will not. Obviously you do not know me so I won't even respond to that ignorant statement.