Training & CEUs
Pest Control & Pesticide Licensing
Many training programs, certification opportunities, and continuing education units (CEUs) are available through Extension, often in conjunction with FDACS and the USDA. Get information about the courses and materials offered for professionals working with pesticides in Florida's agricultural and horticultural industries.
Remember to check your local Extension office for additional CEU and training opportunities in your county.
Training & CEU Opportunities
Online CEUs through the UF/IFAS Bookstore
- Agricultural Application Equipment Calibration
- Agricultural Crop Pest Control
- Agricultural Row Crop Pest Control - Application Equipment
- Aquatic Pest Control 1
- Calibration and Calculations Made Easy for Turfgrass Applicators
- Control of Woody Brush
- Demonstration and Research Pest Control: Part I
- Demonstration and Research Pest Control: Part II
- Notice of Applications / Posting and Information Display Under WPS
- Noxious Weeds in Florida - Online Class
- Pasture Weed Identification I - Grass and Broadleaves
- Pasture Weed Identification II - Trees and Vines
- Pest Management and Pesticides - A Historical Perspective
- Pesticide Formulations
- Pesticide Hazards and First Aid
- Pesticides in the Environment
- Pesticide Labeling
- Poisonous Plants in Pastures
- PPE Equipment
- Review of Common Pests of Ornamental Plants
- Review of Common Turfgrass Disorders: Damaging Insects
- Review of Common Turfgrass Disorders: Diseases, Nematodes, and Non-pests
- Review of Common Turfgrass Weeds and Their Management
- Soil and Greenhouse Fumigation
- Spray Adjuvants
- Surviving the FDACS Bureau of Compliance Monitoring Inspection
- Understanding Agricultural Pesticide Applicator Licenses Under FDACS
- Value of Pesticides in Agricultural Crops in Florida, The
- Worker Protection Standard
- WPS Training
Other Online/Distance Opportunities
- Aquatic Weed Control Math
- Distance Education in Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Office of Conferences and Institutes
- Pesticide CEUs on CD
- Pest Management University CEUs
Offers live and online Termite and General Household. - Public Health CEUs
For Public Health and/or Mosquito Control CEUs. - TAME Brazilian Pepper-tree
- TAME Lygodium
- TAME Melaleuca
- TAME Tropical Soda Apple
- Taming Pesticides in the Environment
Workshops
- 6th International IPM Symposium "Transcending Boundaries" on March 24-26, 2009 in Portland, Oregon
- 3rd International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthopods, "Maximising success while minimising risk," on February 8-13, 2009 in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Back to Training & CEUs
Resources
- UF/IFAS Sites
- Extension Calendar
- Pesticide Information Office
- Public Health Pest Control--National IPM Network
- State & Federal Agencies
- Bureau of Compliance Monitoring: Pesticide Certification & Licensing--FDACS
- Bureau of Entomology and Pest Control--FDACS
- Bureau of Pesticides--FDACS
- CEU Class Database and Exam Score Search--FDACS Division of AES
- CEU Program Requirements--AES/FDACS
- Division of Licensing--FDACS
- Licensing Permits Registrations--FDACS
- Pesticide Applicator Licenses--FDACS
- Registered Pesticide Database--FDACS
Study Guides For Sale
- Aerial Application (Aerial Category Exam)
- Agricultural Pest Control: Animals (Agriculture Animal Cateogry Exam)
- Agricultural Row Crop Pest Control
- Agriculture Tree Crop Pest Control (Agriculture Tree Crop Exam)
- Aquatic Pest Control Training Manual (Aquatic Category Exam)
- Applying Pesticides Correctly: A Guide for Pesticide Applicators (CORE)
- Crop Advisor (CORE - Training for WPS Crop Advisor Exam)
- General Household Pest Control Applicator Training Manual
- National Public-Health Pesticide Applicator Training Manual
- Organotin Antifouling Paint Manual
- Ornamental and Turfgrass Pest Management (Ornamental and Turf; Lawn and Ornamental Exams)
- Pest and Pesticide Management on Southern Forests (Forestry Category Exam)
- Pesticide Applicator Update: How to Interpret the new NIOSH Approval Codes for Respirators
- Private Applicator Agricultural Pest Control (CORE)
- Raw Agricultural Commodity Fumigation (Raw Agricultural Commodity Fumigation Exam)
- Right-of-Way Pest Control
- Soil Fumigation (Soil and Greenhouse Fumigation Exam)
- The Preservation of Wood (Wood Treatment Exam)
For Sale CD-ROMs
- Applying Pesticides Correctly an Applicator's Guide
- Aquatic Plant Management Series
- Beneficial Insects 1 & 2
- Beneficial Insects 3 & 4
- Bloodsucking Insects & Filth-breeding Flies
- Core 2: Pesticide Labeling
- Core 6: Emergency Response to Harmful Pesticide Effects, Heat Stress and Heat Stroke
- Eastern Subterranean Termite & Wood-Destroying Insects
- Fleas & Ticks & Wasps and Bees
- Foliar Nematodes and Root-knot Nematodes as Pests of Ornamental Plants
- Gentrol IGR CD-ROM
- IPM Strategies in Institutional Settings
- Maxforce Bait CD-ROM
- Mole Crickets & Enemies of Mole Crickets
- Mosquitoes 1 & 2
- Mulch and Moisture Pests & Occasional Invaders
- Ornamental Insects 1 & 2
- Pest Ants & Cockroaches
- Premise 75
- Siege gel
- Stinging Caterpillars and Caterpillars of Ornamental Plants
- Stored Product Pests and German Cockroach
- Talstar F
- Turfgrass Insects 1 & 2
- Vegetable Insects 1 & 2
For Sale Books
- Air-blast Sprayer Calibration
- Basic Pesticide Training A guide for pest control technicians)
- Building Plans and Management Practices for a Permanent-site Pesticide Mixing/Loading Facility in Fl
- Building Plans and Management Practices for a Permanent-site Pesticide Storage Facility in Florida
- Demonstration & Research Pest Control
- Florida Fumigation Manual, 2005
- Good Lawn Bugs
- Introduction to Safe Pesticide Handling for Pest Control Technicians: Five Days to Pesticide Safety
- Natural Area Weed Management
- Pesticide Drift Management
- Spray Equipment and Calibration
- Step By Step: How to Calibrate a Broadcast Boom Sprayer
