For an individual to be eligible for commercial pesticide technician certification, the individual must:. For details, please see the letter from the Pesticide Reporting and Certification Section regarding nesting stinging insects PDF, 71 KB , which explains this clarification.
Training manuals can be found by clicking the Pesticide Applicator Training Manuals link found in the right column of this page. Department approved distance learning courses, those courses given on-line or through CD ROM, can be used to meet the training requirements. Technicians are not eligible to hold more than one category. Applicators that wish to add additional categories must have at least one year of verifiable experience in which the individual is seeking certification, or 12 hours of category-specific training approved by DEC in order to qualify to take the appropriate category examination s.
Eligible applicators should contact a Pesticide Control Specialist in their Regional Office to arrange to take the examination. Applicators wanting to drop a category from their certification must do so in writing. Every applicator is required to either submit recertification training credits at the end of their certification cycle or take a recertification examination.
Lets hope by the end of September we will still be able to take classes in a more normal fashion. New York. New Jersey. Kathy Roberts P. Box Bridgeport, N. Changes in course content, location or date must be submitted a minimum of 10 days prior to the originally scheduled course date to allow enough time for issuing final approval documents.
Sponsors must use the course roster form and certificate provided with the course approval documents. Distance course requirements are posted on our website. Course applications must have content equal to a minimum 30 minutes of pest management related content to be considered for approval. Breakout sessions within a course or conference must also contain a minimum of 30 minutes of pest management content to be considered for approval.
A maximum of 7. One DEC course number will be assigned for each course, or session if applicable. Instructors will be allowed to earn the recertification credits issued for their own certification the first time they offer a course. They will not earn credits for recertification for each subsequent time the course is offered. Agendas for eligibility courses may not exceed 7. One DEC course number will be assigned for the entire eligibility course. The sponsor must use a separate DEC course roster form for each day of the eligibility course.
Eligibility course sponsors who wish to have the course considered for recertification credits for existing certified applicators should indicate so on the application, and submit a request explaining why recertification credits should be considered.
If the request is approved, the course will also be evaluated for recertification credits and separate course numbers and credits will be assigned to each session of the course.
Certified applicators in attendance for recertification training must sign the recertification course roster for each day or session attended. Before the course starts, the sponsor must confirm the identity of all students. Certified applicators or technicians must present a NY pesticide ID card. Others may present a photo driver's license. This category includes, but is not limited to: 1 individuals who demonstrate to the public; and 2 individuals conducting field research.
Aerial applicators providing pesticide recommendations must obtain concurrent certification in the appropriate category.
This category is not authorized to commercially use pesticides without obtaining a second category of specialty. This category is NOT able to add other categories of certification or supervise apprentices. Applicants should choose the category based on their primary crop, it is not necessary to hold additional categories within this series.
Production of agricultural crops, grasslands, non-crop agricultural lands, sod, flowers and shrubs. Use for fumigation of soil in the production of agricultural commodities, as well as, fumigation of agricultural commodities. Control pests in forests, forest nurseries, forest seed production areas, and forested areas within urban settings. Maintenance and production of turf, golf courses, and disease control for aesthetic purposes.
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