Who is someone who uses pesticides but not in a commercial capactiy. This includes apartment complex owners or managers, greenhouse managers, or golf course superintendents.

• A. Non-Commercial Applicator
• B. Private Applicator
• C. Commercial Applicator
• D. Public Applicator

Answer: (A)

In pesticide use, how someone applies pesticides is defined by the capacity in which they operate. The term non-commercial applicator refers to someone who uses pesticides but does not provide pest-control services for a fee or run a business around it. This fits people like apartment complex owners or managers, greenhouse managers, or golf course superintendents who apply pesticides to properties they manage as part of their job, not as a service they sell to others.

Private applicator describes someone who uses pesticides for the production of an agricultural commodity on land they own or rent, or under their direct control, which is a different situation (primarily farming or growing crops). Commercial applicator refers to a business that applies pesticides for payment as a service to customers. Public applicator applies pesticides as part of a government or public agency.