For the General Standards Examination, study the General Standards Manual and Practice Exam, our Entomology/Pest Fact Sheets, and the Illinois Structural Pest Control Act and Code. Find which materials to study for each exam in: Structural Pest Control Examination Study Materials. A score of 70 percent is required to pass each exam. Once your application for certification is complete you will receive a letter confirming when and where you are scheduled to take the exam(s) you requested. Note that Restricted-Use subcategories can be added to an individual’s certification at any time, by submitting the application, fee, and passing the chosen subcategory exam(s). To use Restricted-Use Pesticides, an individual must pass The General Standards Examination AND one or more subcategory exams corresponding to the type(s) of pest control for which Restricted-Use Pesticides will be applied. This requires at least one employee who has passed the department’s General Standards Examination. Note that many businesses operate using only General-Use Pesticides. Choose your exam date/location preferences for taking exams from the Pest Control Exam Calendar. TO BECOME A CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN: Complete the Structural Pest Control Technician Application for either General-Use Pesticides OR Restricted-Use Pesticides. IMPORTANT: To obtain a LICENSE, a business must first employ at least one person who is a CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN. The department LICENSES commercial structural pest control businesses and CERTIFIES technicians.

It includes indoor as well as some outdoor applications of pesticides or devices intended to control structural pests (insects, spiders, rats, mice, birds, etc.). Structural pest control is the management of structural pests, that is, pests associated with structures. It also certifies approximately 2,600 individuals by examination to use or oversee the application of general and restricted-use pesticides and investigates incidents of pesticide misuse. IDPH licenses and routinely inspects each of these locations. Illinois has approximately 750 licensed structural pest control business locations as well as 60 registered non-commercial (not-for-hire, in-house pest control) locations that use restricted pesticides. IDPH protects the public from improperly prepared and used pesticides and from groundwater contamination around commercial pesticide storage sites and promotes the concept of integrated pest management in schools.

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