Utah Pesticide Applicator Continuing Education Courses

This course provides 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.

Proper pest management requires correct identification and treatment timing. This course covers identifying and treating common landscape pests in various settings throughout Utah.

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 covers the most common pests of ornamental plants.

In this course, Utah pest managers will learn how to identify and control common pests found in interior and exterior buildings. These pests are known to cause property damage, infect people, or infest stored food.

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.

This course covers the dos and don’ts of good cultural practices that will result in a healthy vigorous turf that will be enjoyed for years.

This course is for pesticide applicators in Utah who work in interior plant environments. Topics discussed include pesticide safety protocols, interiorscape Integrated Pest Management, indoor plant health strategies, and more.

Pesticides are regulated to utilize their benefits while protecting public health and welfare and preventing harm to the environment. This course addressed the federal pesticide laws that control the labeling, sale and distribution, storage, transportation, use, and disposal in the best public interest.

Certified or licensed professionals have legal responsibilities to fulfill in every job. Not only do they have to control pests, but also they have to do the paperwork and legwork that documents applications. This course reviews the basics of general structural pest management.

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.

This course provides a review of IPM principles, termite biology, and several IPM practices to make any structure less attractive to termites.

This course touches on the best practice for cultural, mechanical, biological, and chemical controls for turf management.

This course discusses benefits and considerations for developing an agricultural integrated pest management (IPM) program in Utah. Topics include a variety of pest-management methods, such as mechanical and cultural control, augmentation, sanitation, and pesticide use.

This course discusses 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.

This course provides safe, effective, and cost-efficient methods for controlling pests. You’ll be able to manage pests that cause harm to property, people, or quality of life while minimizing risks to yourself, others, and the environment.

Learn best practices for public and environmental safety in pesticide use with this course. Utah pest managers can protect against pesticide emergencies with safe and legal pesticide handling. Prepare a management plan, post warning signs, notify the public, and make careful choices to minimize the threat of hazardous contamination.

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 (SDS) appear to contain much of the same information. While the label is the law, an SDS is not considered the law. As an applicator, it is important to understand the difference between a pesticide label and a safety data sheet and know what information can be found in each document. This course will review the various parts of pesticide labels and safety data sheets to identify the similarities and differences.

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.

Labels are increasing in complexity and depth of information. By reviewing parts of a label and recognizing label language and use, you will feel more comfortable with the information on pesticide labels and feel confident in understanding labels.

When the pesticide label requires a respirator it’s important to know how to use a respirator safely. This course outlines the types of respirators available, proper fit, and inspection/maintenance requirements.

This course teaches Utah pest managers how to recognize the toxic hazards of pesticides and ways to minimize exposure to humans and the environment. Understanding pesticide classification and designations helps ensure safe pesticide application.

This course looks at basic management of common vertebrate pests. Be sure to understand all the regulations that apply in your geographic area before attempting to control vertebrate pests.

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.

This course covers some of the structure infesting pests commonly encountered by structural pesticide applicators and technicians.

As a pest control technician, it’s important to be familiar with the pests in the region as well as where they reproduce. In some cases, it is difficult to determine if the designated living space is inside or outside. This course covers the identification and management of pests that generally live outside but will invade a structure if the conditions are favorable.

This course discusses safety and security issues that may arise when pesticides are moved or stored, under what conditions uncertified people can make applications of restricted use products, and how to communicate these issues with customers.

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.