Pesticide Certification

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Pesticide Certification

• and the Green Industry

Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education
Curriculum Office
July, 2002
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Who needs certification ?

• Private Applicators
• Registered Technicians
• Commercial Applicators
• For Hire
• Not For Hire

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Certification vs Certificate

• By passing the exam, you earn 2 years of
  certification
• To document that fact, youll be sent a
  certificate

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Private Applicators

• Farm
• Nursery
• Greenhouse

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Registered Technician

• Must have 40 hours training under a licensed
  applicator
• Training should include classroom and on-the-job
• Must pass the Registered Tech exam
• 15.00 per year fee
• Liability of the supervisor

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Registered Technicians may

• Use general use pesticides without supervision
• Use RUP with supervision

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Commercial Applicators

• Categories
• 3a Ornamental - Outside
• 3b Ornamentals - Inside
• 3c Turf

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How to become a commercial applicator.

• After 12 months as a registered technician you
  are eligible to take the commercial exams
• If you can document previous training and/or
  experience equivilent to 12 months as a
  registered technician

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Commercial - For Hire

• Any applicator who uses any pesticide on any
  property in exchange for compensation
• Except as exempt for
• Not for Hire

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Commercial - Not for Hire

• No Certification required ...If the applicator
  uses general use pesticides onlyon property
  owned or leased by his empoyer

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Not for Hire - Exceptions

• Must be certified, if
• Use any RUP. or
• Use any pesticides, around
• educational institutions
• health care facilities
• day care facilities
• where food is stored, or sold
• on recreational land gt 5 acres

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Renewal

• Your certificate must be renewed each year.
• Your certification must be renewed every 2 years.
  You can earn additional credit up to 5 years.
• But the certificate must be renewed every year

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How to renew your certificate

• Each year VDACS will send you a renewal
  application. It will list the status of your
  certification and instruct you to sign it and
  return it with you certificate of insurance and
  your annual fee.
• Ignoring this form could cause you to need
  re-testing.

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How to re-certify

• At least every two years, youll need to attend a
  state approved recertification workshop. There
  is no testing required.
• Your attendance will be certified by the
  workshop coordinator, and submitted to VDACS for
  you.

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When ?

• Commercial certificates expire June 30
• Private certificates expire December 31

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For more information

• Chesterfield Extension Office
• 751-4401
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail
• rnunnall_at_vt.edu