Josepi said:
Eco - My son has a small yard mowing route (6-8 homes). I wouldn't mind buying him one of those backpack blowers to offer mosquito service to his customers, and as a side bonus, I could use it for my own backyard.
However, would he need a pesticide license to charge his customers for spraying for mosquitoes?
- But also one "could" also get a type of Lawn & O License / Cert in Texas pretty much ASAP w/ a tiny insurance policy.. Maybe Start an LLC after Zoom classes & make more than the teacher.. (Kinda sad, but 2 hours spent spraying bugs in high school every day = math & tax benefits..)
Spraying for
some types of pests fit into different categories, but many labels kill many pests & cross overs tend to happen everywhere.
Lawn guys branch further into Pest Regulations then most think if you crack open the Laws & Regs ( i read them in early middle school) but two different licenses and two different Laws & Regs to follow. ( but one can leapfrog into another)
It's legal to operate a lemonade stand for kids, but a high schooler can have a perfectly good small pest biz going. I would almost write a book about it to keep kids from entering Amazon.. but plumbers would laugh