Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A pest management
technician is —
(a) an
individual who, for remuneration, undertakes pest management treatments that
are not fumigations, other than a person excluded by subregulation (2)
or (3); or
(b) an
individual who undertakes fumigations (whether for remuneration or not), other
than a person excluded by subregulation (4).
(2) A person is not a
pest management technician if —
(a) the
person is employed by one employer only; and
(b) the
only pest management treatments the person is employed to undertake are
treatments of places or things owned, occupied or used by that employer; and
(c) the
pest management treatments the person is employed to undertake do not include
fumigations.
(3) A person is not a
pest management technician if —
(a) the
person is employed by one employer only; and
(b) that
employer is —
(i)
a local government; or
(ii)
the employing authority of a department or organisation
under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 ;
and
(c) the
pest management treatments the person is employed to undertake do not include
fumigations.
(4) A person who
undertakes fumigations is not a pest management technician if —
(a) the
only fumigations the person undertakes are soil fumigations on land owned or
occupied by the person using a fumigant that is registered for use for that
purpose; and
(b) the
person is approved by the Chief Health Officer as competent to undertake soil
fumigations.
[Regulation 5 amended: Gazette
10 Jan 2017 p. 272.]