APPLICATORS’ RETESTING WAITING PERIOD REDUCED

At the October Structural Pest Control Board meeting in Sacramento, PCOC along with other stakeholders petitioned the Structural Pest Control Board to reduce the re-testing wait period for applicators. The initial standard period for a reexamination after the reexamination application was delivered was 30 days.

The Structural Board looked into the matter and as of October 16, 2015, the wait period has been reduced to 15 days, allowing potential licensees to take the test more often. This is a huge win for the industry, and we at PCOC want to thank the Structural Pest Control Board for hearing our plight and reacting quickly after the board meeting. We especially want to thank Susan Saylor, the executive officer of the Structural Pest Control Board, for all her efforts to quickly facilitate the matter.

By the time this article goes out, I will no longer be the Director of Membership and Technical Services at PCOC. Another opportunity presented itself within our industry, and I have taken a position with North American Home Services as head of their Pest Department.

I would like to thank all the individuals in the industry that have been such a huge help to myself and PCOC in general. So many of you have been great resources of information and have taken the time to help better the industry and myself. I have learned so much from so many and have also come to consider so many of you my friends, and I will be happy to still be involved with PCOC as a member. This industry means so much, and I have really gotten to see how so many supposed competitors come together to not only achieve common goals, but to genuinely help and support each other. I know that you will show the same courtesy and helpfulness to whomever replaces me.

Thanks again to you all.