My name is Brandon Watz, I am the Region Service Manager for Orkin here in Virginia. 

I completely support the petition to tier the Public Health Cat 8 certification to area wide and non area wide specific training. This has long been an issue when attempting to certify technicians in the Cat 8 training as the scope of the exam is extensively broad, requiring questions that would mainly pertain to area wide treatments that are usually reserved for government and agricultural applications. We have also had multiple technicians that have had to take this exam numerous times to pass due to the extensive scope the exam purviews. 

This change would allow more technicians and companies to obtain this certification and help residents control their mosquito concerns more effectively.

 Thank you for considering this petition.