Pesticide Applicator Continuing Education
Renewal Deadline:
Commercial and Technician licenses must be renewed 3 years from the date of issuance.
Private licenses must be renewed 5 years from the date of issuance.
CE Requirements:
Continuing education requirements differ by license type. See below for details.
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1A - Agricultural Plant - 8 Credits
1B - Agricultural Animal - 6 Credits
1C - Companion Animal - 5 Credits
1D - Fumigation of Soil & Agricultural Commodities - 6 Credits
2 - Forest Pest Control - 6 Credits
3A - Ornamentals, Shad Trees, & Turf - 10 Credits
3B - Turf - 10 Credits
3C - Interior Plant Maintenance - 10 Credits
4 - Seed Treatment - 5 Credits
5A - Aquatic Vegetation Control - 8 Credits
5B - Aquatic Insect & Misc. Aquatic Organisms Control - 8 Credits
5C - Aquatic Fish Control - 8 Credits
5D - Aquatic Antifouling Paints - 5 Credits
5E - Sewer Line Root Control - 5 Credits
6A - Right-of-Way Vegetation Control - 8 Credits 6B - Right-of-Way in Place Pole Treatments - 8 Credits
7A - Structural & Rodent Control - 12 Credits
7C - Termite - 8 Credits
7B - Fumigation - 6 Credits
7D - Lumber & Wood Products - 6 Credits
7F - Food Processing - 12 Credits
7G - Cooling Towers, Pulp & Paper Process - 5 Credits
8 - Public Health Pest Control - 8 Credits
9 - Regulatory Pest Control - 5 Credits
10 - Demonstration & Research Pest Control - 5 Credits
11 - Aerial Pilot - 6 Credits
12 - Sales (of Restricted Use Pesticides) - 3 Credits
13 - Aquatic Antifouling Paint Applicator - 5 Credits
21 - Field & Forage - 10 Credits
22 - Fruit - 10 Credits
23 - Vegetable - 10 Credits
25 - Nursery, Ornamentals & Turf - 10 Credits
31 - Agricultural Animal Pest Control - 8 Credits
41 - Aquatic Pest Control - 8 Credits
New York Commercial Category 1A - Agricultural Plant Bundle
8 credits
This course bundle is designed for the New York Commercial applicator holding 1A (Agricultural Plant) certification. All courses are approved by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The course bundle contains 8 credits of training approved for category 1A. Please click on Course Details for a list of specific courses.
New York Commercial Category 1A - Agricultural Plant Bundle
8 credits
This course bundle is designed for the New York Commercial applicator holding 1A (Agricultural Plant) certification. All courses are approved by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The course bundle contains 8 credits of training approved for category 1A. Please click on Course Details for a list of specific courses.
New York Commercial Category 3A - Ornamental, Shade Trees & Turf Bundle
10 credits
This course bundle is designed for the New York Commercial applicator holding a 3a (Ornamental, Shade Tree and Turf) certification. All courses are approved by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The course bundle contains 8 credits of training approved for category 3a and 2 credits of core training. Please click on Course Details for a list of specific courses.
New York Commercial Category 3A/3B - Ornamental, Shade Trees & Turf Bundle
10 credits
This course bundle is designed for the New York Commercial applicator holding either a 3a (Ornamental, Shade Tree, and Turf) or 3b (Turf) certification. All courses are approved by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The course bundle contains 7 credits of training approved for categories 3a and 3b, and 3 credits of core training. Please click on Course Details for a list of specific courses.
New York Commercial Category 3B - Turf Pest Management Bundle
10 credits
This course bundle is designed for the New York Commercial applicator holding 3b (Turf) certification. All courses are approved by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The course bundle contains 3 credits of training approved for category 3b, and 7 credits of core training. Please click on Course Details for a list of specific courses.
New York Commercial Category 7C - Termite Control Bundle
8 credits
This course bundle is designed for the New York Commercial applicator holding 7c (Termite Control) certification. All courses are approved by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The course bundle contains 8 credits of training approved for category 7c. Please click on Course Details for a list of specific courses.
New York Commercial Category 8 - Public Health Bundle
8 credits
This course bundle is designed for the New York Commercial applicator holding 8 (Public Health) certification. All courses are approved by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The course bundle contains 8 credits of training approved for category 8. Please click on Course Details for a list of specific courses.
New York Commercial Category 8 - Public Health Bundle
8 credits
This course bundle is designed for the New York Commercial applicator holding 8 (Public Health) certification. All courses are approved by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The course bundle contains 8 credits of training approved for category 8. Please click on Course Details for a list of specific courses.
New York Private Category 25 - Nursery, Ornamental, & Turf Bundle
10 credits
This course bundle is designed for the New York Private applicator holding a Category 25 (Nursery, Ornamental, & Turf) certification. All courses are approved by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The course bundle contains 4 credits of training approved for category 25 and 6 credits of core training. Please click on Course Details for a list of specific courses.
Application Equipment and Calibration | New York Approval #NY-24-426722
1 credit: 3a, 3b
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.
Aquatic Pest Management | New York Approval ##NY-24-426613
2 credits: 5a
Aquatic ecosystems are extremely complex and fragile. This course covers the many aspects necessary for managing aquatic pests, from site evaluation and pest identification to pesticide application and treatment evaluation. Risk communication strategies are included, along with a variety of control methods in addition to aquatic pesticides.
Calibration Clinic - Pesticide Sprayers and Spreaders | New York Approval #NY-24-426614
1 credit: 3a, 3b
Proper application of pesticides and fertilizers on turfgrass is only possible with accurately calibrated equipment. These lessons discuss the calibration of three types of application equipment: handheld or back-pack pump-up sprayers, large acreage sprayers, and fertilizer or “dry-granular” spreaders as well as several different calibration techniques.
Common Ornamental Plant Pests | New York Approval #NY-24-426615
2 credits: 3a, 25
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.
Common Turfgrass Weeds | New York Approval #NY-24-426616
.75 credit: 3a, 3b
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.
Controlling Aquatic Pests | New York Approval #NY-24-426617
3.5 creditS: 5a, 5b
This course outlines managing pests in New York aquatic environments. It provides extensive plant identification, such as common weed types and species. It also explains important information about other pests, various control methods, and equipment calibration.
Federal Pesticide Laws | New York Approval #NY-24-426618
.75 credits: Core
Pesticides are regulated to utilize their benefits while protecting public health and welfare and preventing harm to the environment. This course addresses the federal pesticide laws that control the labeling, sale and distribution, storage, transportation, use, and disposal in the best public interest.
Field Crop Pest Management | New York Approval #NY-24-426619
5 credits: 1a, 21
Pesticides protect plants and animals from insects, weeds, and diseases. This course outlines various invasive field crop pests and how applicators can successfully prevent these pests while protecting themselves and the environment from the adverse effects of pesticides.
Forest Pest Management | New York Approval #NY-24-426620
4 credits: 2
Learn about integrated pest management strategies for New York forests. Lesson content shows how to minimize pesticide’s impact on water sources, protect non-target organisms, and manage pesticide resistance. Other topics include weed control, sprayer operation and maintenance, various application methods, and more.
Forest Pests Pesticide Use | New York Approval #NY-24-426621
2 credits: 2
This course teaches pest control professionals techniques for safely managing pests found in New York forests. Lessons cover topics like forestry herbicide types, integrated pest management strategies, pesticide-mixing safety measures, and more.
Fruit Crop Pest Management | New York Approval #NY-24-426622
4 credits: 1a, 22
Pesticides protect plants and animals from insects, nematodes, weeds, and diseases; improve the efficiency of food productions, and provide for greater crop yields. This course outlines various invasive pests of fruit crops and how an applicator can effectively treat pest infestations while protecting themselves and maintaining productive fruit crop yields intended for human consumption.
Intro to Mosquito Control | New York Approval #NY-24-426623
2 credits: 5b, 8
To effectively manage the New York mosquito population as part of an integrated pest management plan, applicators must be familiar with mosquito physiology, the lifecycle of the mosquito, and more. This course talks about surveillance methods and mosquito anatomy and touches on the diseases most vectored by mosquitoes in the United States.
IPM for Ornamental Plant Pest Management | New York Approval #NY-24-426624
1 credit: 3a
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.
IPM for Termite Prevention | New York Approval#NY-24-426625
1 credit: 7c
Termites are one of the most destructive pests in the United States. But there are several common-sense IPM practices that can be implemented to make a structure less inviting to termites from the start. This course will provide a review of IPM principles, termite biology, and several IPM practices to make any structure less attractive to termites.
IPM for Turf Management | New York Approval #NY-24-426626
1 credit: 3a, 3b
As a turf manager, you’ll need to be more than someone who just applies pesticides. Good turf management requires the use of all the tools in the toolbox. This course will touch on the best practice cultural, mechanical, biological, and chemical controls for turf management.
IPM Practices for Landscape Pest Management | New York Approval #NY-24-426627
1.25 credit: 3a, 3b
This Effective Pesticide Applications in Landscape and Turf Settings course discusses benefits and considerations for developing an integrated pest management (IPM) program in New York. Topics include a variety of pest-management methods, such as augmentation, mechanical and cultural control, sanitation, and pesticide use.
Mice: The Ubiquitous Commensal Rodent | New York Approval #NY-24-426628
1 credit: 7a, 7f, 8
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.
Mosquito Management & Control | New York Approval #NY-24-426629
2 credits: 5b, 8
Not performing mosquito management correctly can make public spaces in New York challenging to use. This course describes an integrated pest management approach to mosquito control, from physical controls of pesticides to record-keeping.
Natural Areas Weed Management | New York Approval #NY-24-426630
3 credits: 6a
This course is for agricultural pesticide applicators who want to become certified as commercial or public applicators of restricted-use pesticides to control natural areas in New York.
Ornamental Pesticide Application Equipment and Calibration | New York Approval #NY-24-426631
1 credit: 3a
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.
Personal Protective Equipment and Emergency Response | New York Approval #NY-24-426632
1 credit: Core
Wearing PPE can reduce exposure (dermal, inhalation, ocular, or oral) and thereby lower the chances of pesticide injury, illness, or poisoning. It is important that all pesticide applicators and handlers understand the protections and limitations of PPE.
Pest Control Practices in Residential, Industrial & Institutional Structures | New York Approval #NY-24-426633
2 credits: 7a
This course equips you with safe, effective, and budget-friendly pest control methods that enable you to manage pests in New York that can cause property damage, injure people, or affect the quality of life. You’ll learn to minimize risks to yourself, others, and the environment while controlling pests.
Pest Management | New York Approval #NY-24-426634
.75 credit: Core
A pest is an undesirable organism that injures humans, desirable plants and animals, manufactured products, or natural substances. This course will discuss the importance of pest identification in pest control, describe how pest population levels trigger control procedures, and give several reasons why pesticide applications may fail.
Pesticide Application Procedures | New York Approval #NY-24-426635
.75 credit: Core
Pesticides may be applied as sprays, dusts, granules, gases (vapors), fogs, baits, rubs, or dips and require the correct equipment for the pesticide as well as the job size and type. In addition, you must properly select, operate, calibrate, and maintain your equipment.
Pesticide Emergency Management and Environmental Protection | New York Approval #NY-24-426636
1 credit: Core
Learn best practices for public and environmental safety with this course on pesticide use. From notifying the public with warning signs to managing the cleanup of spills, this course prepares New York pest managers to safely handle hazardous pesticides.
Pesticide Formulations | New York Approval #NY-24-426637
.75 credit: Core
Pesticides are formulated to make them safer or easier to use. There are many formulations available for various pest control sites and situations and it is important that applicators choose the best one for the job.
Pesticide Hazards and First Aid | New York Approval #NY-24-426638
.75 credit: Core
Pesticides are designed to be toxic so they can control pests (e.g., plants, insects, rodents, fungi, and bacteria) while not harming non-target organisms and anyone else exposed to the product. Pesticide users need to be concerned with the hazards associated with exposure to the chemical and not just the toxicity of the pesticide.
Pesticide Labeling | New York Approval #NY-24-426639
.75 credit: Core
The pesticide label is the main method of communication between a pesticide manufacturer and pesticide users. By law, pesticide users are required to comply with all instructions and use directions found on the pesticide product label.
Pesticide Labels and Safety Data Sheets | New York Approval #NY-24-426640
1 credit: Core
As an applicator in New York, it is crucial to understand the difference between a pesticide label and a safety data sheet and distinguish the information available in each document. Throughout this course, we will review the various parts of pesticide labels and safety data sheets to identify the similarities and differences.
Pesticides in the Environment | New York Approval #NY-24-426641
.75 credit: Core
Applicators and the public share concerns about how pesticides may harm the environment. Initially, hazards to humans were the primary reason the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decided to classify a pesticide as a restricted-use product.
Planning the Pesticide Application | New York Approval #NY-24-426642
.75 credits: Core
Before beginning a pesticide application, you should know how to select the right pesticide for the job, review the label, test for pesticide compatibility before mixing, select personal protective equipment, transfer pesticides safely, and clean up after an application.
Pollinator Stewardship | New York Approval #NY-24-426643
1 credit: 1a, 2, 3a, 3b, 6a, 21, 22, 23, or 25
This course provides an outline of the primary concerns of the bee-keeping industry including colony collapse disorder (CCD), factors affecting honey bee decline, invasive insects, fungal disease, best practices for pollinator stewardship, and minimizing pesticide risks for pollinators.
Public Health Pest Control | New York Approval #NY-24-426644
3 credits: 8
Homes, buildings, and structures plagued with public health pests can affect humans through discomfort and diseases. This course outlines control techniques and requirements for the most common public health pests, which include mosquitoes, flies, fleas, cockroaches, wasps, lice, bed bugs, ticks, mites, spiders, and rodents.
Reading the Pesticide Label: Beyond the Basics | New York Approval #NY-24-426645
2 credits: Core
The information presented on pesticide labels can often be complex and difficult to memorize. Instead, we want you to be able to recognize and understand the label’s language and instructions confidently.
Respiratory Protection | New York Approval #NY-24-426646
1 credit: Core
Knowing how to use a respirator safely in New York is essential, especially when required by a pesticide label. This course outlines the types of respirators available, how to ensure proper fit, and inspection/maintenance requirements.
Review of Forest Pest Management | New York Approval #NY-24-426647
2 credits: 2
Take this course to learn how to protect yourself and the environment while you manage New York forest pests. This course includes information on the personal protective equipment (PPE) that your employer must make available to you and important techniques for broadcast sprayers, application methods and banding calibration.
Review of Pesticide Use Hazards | New York Approval #NY-24-426648
1 credit: Core
This course teaches New York pest managers about the hazards associated with pesticides. Pesticides are categorized by their intended use and the toxicity danger they present to non-target species, humans, pets, plant life and more.
Right-of-Way: Pest Management Overview | New York Approval #NY-24-426649
3.25 credits: 6a
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.
Seed Treatment Product Safety | New York Approval #NY-24-426650
1 credit: 4
In the last ten years, there has been a resurgence of treated seed use, largely due to the advent of improved chemical performance. We as agricultural producers are obviously concerned about the more modern applications of these processes. This course outlines the benefits and risks associated with treated seed products.
Setting up a Mosquito Control Program | New York Approval #NY-24-426651
1 credit: 5b, 8
Mosquito control is a vital public-health practice because these pests are the number one spreader of global diseases. This course summarizes mosquito control’s components, methods, benefits, and complexities.
Termite Inspection and Treatment | New York Approval #NY-24-426652
1 credit: 7c
Inspecting and treating termites can be a difficult process. Being familiar with common types of construction is extremely helpful. This course is a tour of the Mississippi State University Extension termite training facility. The facility consists of 12 different stations, each representing an area of a building or home where termites could enter the structure.
Turfgrass Disease, Insect, and Vertebrate Pests | New York Approval #NY-24-426653
1 credit: 3a, 3b
There are a variety of diseases, disorders, insects, and vertebrate pests that can cause problems in turfgrass. This course will give applicators and turf managers an overview of these common pests and strategies for their management.
Vegetable Crop Pest Management | New York Approval #NY-24-426654
3 credits: 1a, 23
This course describes various invasive pests of vegetable crops and how an applicator can effectively treat infestations while protecting themselves and maintaining productive crop yields.
Wood Destroying Pest Management | New York Approval #NY-24-426655
.5 credits: Core
1.5 credits: 7a
4 credits: 7c
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.