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A cornerstone of chemical lawn care marketing is the claim that service personnel are "Licensed" or "Certified" in lawn care.
As you can see below, they are neither!
| Operational Certificate (Pesticide Handler License) | VS | Turf/Ornamental (Supervisory) License | |
| Written Exam Number of questions about grass, grubs weeds, diseases or fertilizers | Zero | 50-100 | |
| Visual Pest ID | Zero | Yes | |
| Oral Examination With CT DEEP Board | NO | Yes | |
| Pass Rate | ~100% | ~30% | |
| Professional Recertification | No | Yes | |
| This is the license doing nearly 100% of the "BigLawn" work | This is the license doing the work for Natural Choice Lawn & Tree Care, LLC customers |
Here's is the trick to finding out if your service-person really has a lawn care license: If the license begins with an "O" and/or has 5 numbers, it's the general pesticide certificate, not a Lawn license. But it begins with an "S" and/or has 4 numbers, it's a lawn (or tree) professional.
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