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Pesticide Applicator Continuing Education

Renewal Deadline:

Commercial, Public, and Non-Commercial Applicators must renew their certification annually by December 31st.
Private Applicators must renew their certification every five years by December 31st.

CE Requirements:

CE Requirements differ by license. Licensees cannot take the same course more than once to fulfill their requirement. See below for details.

State-approved Online Pesticide Courses

» View New Mexico Pesticide Applicator Continuing Education Requirements

Commercial Applicators – Need 4 CEU
Commercial Applicators with the 7D need 4 CEU and 4 termite CEU
Public Applicators need 4 CEU

Non-Commercial Applicators need 4 CEU
Private Applicators need 5 CEU

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Application Equipment and Calibration | New Mexico Approval #00062V

1 credit: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
When pesticide applications become necessary for good turf management, it's important to understand how the application equipment works and how to properly calibrate the equipment. This course will provide turf managers with an understanding of the most common types of equipment used for pesticide applications on turf and how to properly calibrate the equipment.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Bed Bugs: Overview and Management | New Mexico Approval #0006HV

2 credits: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
Structural applicators know that managing a bed bug infestation is difficult on many levels. This course looks at the history of bed bugs, current integrated pest management approaches to preventing and managing an infestation, and several of the chemical options available when your non-chemical controls and methods have failed.

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Invertebrate Invertebrate
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Common Ornamental Plant Pests | New Mexico Approval #0006HX

3 credits: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
Pest management of ornamental plants involves multiple steps from growing a healthy plant that is more resistant to pest damage to correctly identifying the problem when present. This course will cover the most common pests of ornamental plants.

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Ornamental Ornamental
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Common Pests of Residential, Industrial & Institutional Structures | New Mexico Approval #00076Y

3 credits: General (00), PRAP
In this course, pest managers in New Mexico will learn how to identify and control common pests found in exterior and interior buildings. It's critical to understand proper methods to manage pests that can infest stored food, cause property damage, or infect people.

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Structural Structural
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Common Turfgrass Weeds | New Mexico Approval #0006HY

1 credit: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
Managing weeds in a turf stand can be a tricky proposition. Often times the client fails to recognize that the presence of weeds in a turf stand is the result of poor turf, not the cause. This course will provide applicators with a working knowledge of weed biology, weed identification, and how herbicides work.

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Turf Turf
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General Structural Pest Management | New Mexico Approval #0006JB

1 credit: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
As certified or licensed professionals we have legal responsibilities that we must fulfill in every job that we do. Not only do have to control pests, but we also have to do the paperwork and legwork that documents our applications. This course reviews the basics of general structural pest management.

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Structural Structural
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Home Lawn and Landscape Management | New Mexico Approval #0006MQ

1 credit: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
The lawn and landscape are essential elements in any residential situation. When not installed or managed properly the investment of time and money can be perceived as a waste as the lawn and landscape do not fulfill their purpose. This course will focus on the essentials of designing a landscape that is aesthetically pleasing and makes weed control easier as well as key factors for installing and establishing a functional home lawn.

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Turf Turf
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IPM for Ornamental Plant Pest Management | New Mexico Approval #0006JH

1 credit: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
IPM of ornamental plants involves multiple steps; producing a healthy plant, correctly identifying the problem, recognizing that there will always be some pests and damage, and only using pesticides as a last resort. This course teaches the basics of pest and disease management for ornamental plants, and the different tools and techniques needed to successfully provide your clients with a healthy and attractive landscape.

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Ornamental Ornamental
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IPM Practices for Landscape Pest Management | New Mexico Approval #00076Z

1 credit: General (00), PRAP
This Effective Pesticide Applications in Landscape and Turf Settings course discusses benefits and considerations for developing an integrated pest management (IPM) program in New Mexico.

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Ornamental Ornamental
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Management of Pocket Gophers | New Mexico Approval #0006JP

1 credit: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
The site of a fresh mound of soil in an otherwise manicured lawn or alfalfa field can be enough to send a landowner into a tizzy. Pocket gophers can be devastating to both lawns and agricultural fields if they are not properly controlled. The damage caused by pocket gophers can sometimes be confused with either moles or ground squirrels. This course will cover the basics of pocket gopher management including biology, damage, trapping, and toxicant use.

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Vertebrate Vertebrate
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Management Strategies for Disease Issues in the Landscape | New Mexico Approval #0006KO

2 credits: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
This course teaches the basics of disease management for landscape plantings, cost-minimizing strategies, and tools and techniques needed to successfully control disease in the highly competitive world of landscaping.

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Ornamental Ornamental
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Mice: The Ubiquitous Commensal Rodent | New Mexico Approval #0006K1

1 credit: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
One of the challenges with house mice is that clients don't take house mice seriously. It's amazing how people will move heaven and earth when rats are around, but when it comes to mice they will simply say "oh, it's just a mouse!" This course will help educate applicators on the risks of allowing house mice to remain in a structure.

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Vertebrate Vertebrate
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Natural Areas Weed Management | New Mexico Approval #0006K8

2 credits: 00, PRAP, PRRO
This course is for agricultural pesticide applicators who want to become certified as commercial or public applicators of restricted-use pesticides for the control of natural areas. It outlines various invasive weeds in natural areas and how an applicator should go about treating natural areas with respect to wildlife and the environment.

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Weed Control Weed Control
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Ornamental Pesticide Application Equipment and Calibration | New Mexico Approval #0006K9

1 credit: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
When pesticide applications become necessary for good ornamental plant management it's important to understand how application equipment works and how to properly calibrate the equipment. This course will discuss the most common types of equipment used for pesticide applications on ornamental plants, the way to calculate the volume of solution needed, and how to properly calculate the flow rate of the equipment. 

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Ornamental Ornamental
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Pest Control Practices in Residential, Industrial & Institutional Structure | New Mexico Approval #000770

2 credits: General (00), PRAP
Discover safe, effective, and economical pest control methods in this course. You'll learn how to manage pests that can harm people and property while minimizing risks to yourself, others, and the environment.

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Structural Structural
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Pest Identification: Corn, Soybean, and Grain Sorghum | New Mexico Approval #0006KB

1 credit: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
This course discusses pest identification and management strategies for corn, soybean, and grain sorghum. Each species is identified according to various stages of maturity, the signs and symptoms exhibited, and the type of biological, cultural, or chemical control recommended for each.

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Agriculture Agriculture
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Pesticide Emergency Management and Environmental Protection | New Mexico Approval #000771

1 credit: General (00), PRAP
Avoid dangerous pesticide hazards, including damage to people and the environment, with this safety course. New Mexico pest managers will learn how to use management plans, post public warnings, respond to spills and more.

 

 

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Review of Pesticide Use Hazards | New Mexico Approval #000772

1 credit: General (00), PRAP
This course teaches New Mexico pest managers the classifications and hazards of pesticides. You will learn how to recognize categories and designations of pesticides plus the toxicity danger pesticides present to humans, pets, wildlife and the environment.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Right-of-Way: Pest Management Overview | New Mexico Approval #0006KZ

3 credits: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
Pest management in right-of-way situations can be a challenge. The economic thresholds are different in right-of-way situations compared to either a landscape setting or an agricultural setting. This course provides an overview of pests common to rights-of-way, management solutions, a look at the equipment commonly used to treat rights-of-way, and a review of calibration steps for that equipment.

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Right Of Way Right Of Way
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Right-of-Way: Weed Control | New Mexico Approval #0006MO

3 credits: General (00), PRAP, PRRO
This course will review the methods and techniques to manage vegetation on right-of-ways and non-cropland industrial sites safely without damage to non-target species, sites, objects, or the environment.

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Right Of Way Right Of Way
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Wood Destroying Pest Management | New Mexico Approval #0006MH

6 credits: 7D
Termites are just one of the many wood-destroying pests found throughout the United States. Carpenter ants, powderpost beetles, and wood-damaging fungi can also cause severe structural damage if not properly managed. This course will cover the primary wood-destroying pests found through the country, the recommended treatments for each of those pests, and the primary sources of excess structural moisture.

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Structural Structural
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