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Recertification
A six (6) hour recertification program for recertifying applicators is not required in the recertification year.Recertification programs DO NOT need to contain material from the pesticide training areas and should strive to be relevant to the interest of the target audience but should also be related to pesticide use especially pesticide safety, ways to reduce pesticide use and environmental protection.Applicators do not need to accrue credits in each of the subject areas in order to qualify for recertification.
The guiding principle towards assigning private applicator credits to a program is if the topic(s) will contribute to the competence in the use and handling of pesticides by a private applicator (40 CFR 171).
Continuing education units (CEU) are credits granted for the attendance and successful completion of an approved training or educational workshop or seminar held for the recertification of private pesticide applicator license. The term "credits" and "points" is used synonymously with CEU. In general, 45 minutes to one hour of instruction equals one CEU.
CEUs are awarded based on the following guidelines:
- Product sales and chemical update meetings may be awarded 0.5 CEU for every hour of contact time. These meetings may receive more CEUs if the agenda can show that the information being conveyed will contribute to the competence in the use and handling of pesticides by a private applicator. If a meeting agenda is incomplete or vague, there may be no CEUs given.
- In order to receive four (4) CEUs, a program must contain three hours of pesticide related information and one hour on one of the following topics: pesticide safety, environmental concerns, or calibration.
- For five (5) CEUs, a program must contain three hours of pesticide related information and two hours on the two of the following topics: pesticide safety, environmental concerns and calibration.
- For six (6) CEUs, a program must contain three hours of pesticide related information and three hours of information on pesticide safety, environmental concerns and calibration.
A six (6) hour recertification program for recertifying applicators is not required in the recertification year. Recertification programs DO NOT need to contain material from the pesticide training areas and should strive to be relevant to the interest of the target audience but should also be related to pesticide use especially pesticide safety, ways to reduce pesticide use and environmental protection.Applicators do not need to accrue credits in each of the subject areas in order to qualify for recertification.
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