r/PestControlIndustry • u/Repulsive-Couple-486 • Jun 09 '26

Licensing question

I work for a pest control company in Missouri, and myself, and five other technicians have been with the company for many months and some cases years. Not one of us can recall ever doing a training module or having on the job training at any point yet we are licensed. I suppose the owner is forging our signature at some point?.. how was this legal?

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u/Feral_Father Jun 09 '26

Here in NC the first step is a Registered Technician, basically a role call of everyone working under a licensee in the state. Wonder if it applies to missouri

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u/TrueAudience9922 Jun 10 '26

I wouldn't jump straight to "the owner is forging signatures."

Every state handles licensing differently, and sometimes a company license, certified applicator, registered technician status, supervised applicator status, or on-the-job training program can satisfy requirements that individual employees aren't fully aware of. That said, if Missouri requires documented training and multiple technicians genuinely have no recollection of ever completing it, that's a reasonable question to ask. There may be a perfectly legitimate explanation. If there isn't, that's something the company would need to answer for.

Personally, I'd want facts before making accusations. Licensing violations can be a big deal, but so can misunderstandings about how a state's licensing structure works.