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Pesticide Applicator Continuing Education

Renewal Deadline:

Applicators must renew their licenses every three years by December 31st.

Continuing Education is due every three years on the anniversary of initial licensure.

CE Requirements:

Continuing education requirements differ by license type. Click here for details.

State-approved Online Pesticide Courses

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4001, 4002, 4004 - 24 CEU
  • Licensees may complete 12 hours of CE online
  • 2 Hours Pesticide Law
  • 6 Hours Pesticide Safety
  • 10 Hours Pesticide Use
  • 6 Hours Elective

4001 - Commercial Pesticide Applicator
4002 - Non-Commercial Pesticide Applicator
4004 - Restricted Use Pesticide Dealer

4003 - 6 CEU
  • 1 Hours Pesticide Law
  • 1 Hours Pesticide Safety
  • 1 Hours Pesticide Use
  • 3 Hours Elective

4003 - Private Pesticide Applicator

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Utah Commercial Applicator - Pesticide Safety Bundle

Online HD Video | 6 Recertification Credits
This course bundle is designed for the Utah Commercial Applicator fulfills 6 hours of pesticide safety topics. All courses have been approved by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. Please click on course description for a complete list of courses contained in this bundle.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Utah Commercial Applicator - Pesticide Use and Law Bundle

Online HD Video | 12 Recertification Credits
This course bundle is designed for the Utah Commercial or Non-Commercial Pesticide Applicator and includes 2hr Law, and 10hr Pesticide Use. All courses have been approved by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. Please click on course description for a complete list of courses contained in this bundle.

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Add To Cart $179.00
Law & Regulation Law & Regulation
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Utah Commercial Applicator - Safety, Law, and Pesticide Use Bundle

Online HD Video | 12 Recertification Credits
This course bundle is designed for the Utah Commercial or Non-Commercial Pesticide Applicator. This package includes 6hr Safety, 2hr Law, and 4hr Pesticide Use. All courses have been approved by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. Please click on course description for a complete list of courses contained in this bundle.

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Add To Cart $179.00
Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Utah Private Applicator Complete Bundle

Online HD Video | 6 Recertification Credits
This course bundle is designed for the Utah Private Pesticide Applicator and fulfills the requirements for Pesticide Law, Safety, and Use . All courses have been approved by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. Please click on course description for a complete list of courses contained in this bundle.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Application Equipment and Calibration | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Safety
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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Aquatic Weed Control | Utah Approved

2 CEUs: Pesticide Use Management
Managing aquatic weeds revolves around proper plant identification. Tailoring management strategies to address specific aquatic plant life is only possible through accurate identification. This course teaches the basics of aquatic weed identification and the different approaches to aquatic plant management.

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Aquatic Aquatic
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Balancing Pest Management and Pollinator Health | Utah Approved

2 CEUs: Pesticide Use Management
This course covers the importance of honey bees, details honey bee decline statistics, and outlines the strategies that can be implemented to coordinate the efforts of farmers, beekeepers, and applicators to find a balance between managing pests and protecting pollinators.

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Pollinator Pollinator
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Bat Damage Management | Utah Approved

1 CEU Pesticide Use Management
The site of a bat hanging around a structure can be unnerving to most clients. Finding one inside a home is even more unsettling and can send the homeowner into a panic. This course will talk about the identification of bat issues, fundamentals of bat control, and a few health issues that can be quite costly for wildlife control operators and clients.

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Structural Structural
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Cage Trapping Techniques | Utah Approved

3 CEUs: Pesticide Use Management
This course focuses on the use of cage and box traps in the management of vertebrate pests in both urban and suburban environments. Best practices surrounding appropriate traps for target animals, effective baits, and safe and humane use of traps will be outlined.

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Vertebrate Vertebrate
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Calibration Clinic - Pesticide Sprayers and Spreaders | Utah Approved

1 credit: Pesticide Safety
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.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Common Landscape Pests of the West Coast | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
Proper pest management requires correct identification and treatment timing. This course covers identifying and treating common landscape pests in various settings throughout Utah.

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Ornamental Ornamental
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Common Ornamental Plant Pests | Utah Approved

3 CEUs: Pesticide Use Management
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 | Utah Approved

3 credits: Pesticide Use Management
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.

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Structural Structural
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Common Turfgrass Weeds | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
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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Control & Management of Unprotected Birds | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
Unwanted birds can pose a problem for applicators and their clients. Some people love to feed the birds and spend hours watching birds. Once birds have become established in an area they can be difficult to control or deter. Though this course will focus on the control and management of unprotected birds, some of the techniques covered will help with the management of protected birds when a permit is issued.

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Structural Structural
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Cultural Practices for Turf Management | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
Turf responds best to consistent cultural practices including mowing, irrigating, and fertilizing. But as turf managers know, there is a right way and a wrong way to do these. 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.

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Turf Turf
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Environmental Fate and Transport of Pesticides | Utah Approved

1 CEU Pesticide Safety
Pesticides are a key factor in pest management but it is important to understand what happens to those pesticides after the application. This course will review some key characteristics of environmental factors that can affect how pesticides move and degrade in the environment.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Federal Pesticide Laws | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Law
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.

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Law & Regulation Law & Regulation
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Fungicides and Plant Pathogen Sampling | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management   
This course provides a basic understanding of how fungicides work, and the basics of collecting plant material samples for testing pathogens. Fungal spores, germination, plant appearance, infections, fungicide mechanism, collection techniques, and collection dos and don'ts are all discussed.

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General Structural Pest Management | Utah Approved

3 credits: Pesticide Use Management
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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Inspecting Structures for Wildlife | Utah Approved

2 CEUs: Pesticide Use Management
If you do not diagnose the problem correctly you will spend a lot of time treating something that is not there. Identify correctly and gather evidence and determine the extent of potential problems. This course will cover the basics of what to look for while inspecting a structure that has potentially been invaded by wildlife.

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Structural Structural
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IPM for Ornamental Plant Pest Management | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
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 for Termite Prevention | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
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.

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Termite Termite
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IPM for Turf Management | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
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.

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Turf Turf
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IPM Practices for Landscape Pest Management | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
This Effective Pesticide Applications in Landscape and Turf Settings 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.

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Ornamental Ornamental
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Management of Pocket Gophers | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
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 | Utah Approved

4 CEUs: Pesticide Use Management
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 | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
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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Mole Management | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
Moles can be the bane of a well-kept lawn. But is it really a mole? Moles, voles, shrews, and pocket gopher damage can look the same to the untrained eye. This course covers the physiological differences between moles and other look-alike vertebrate pests, trapping techniques, and toxicant options.

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Vertebrate Vertebrate
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Ornamental Pesticide Application Equipment and Calibration | Utah Approved

1 credit: Pesticide Safety
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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Personal Protective Equipment and Emergency Response | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Safety
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.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Pest Control Practices in Residential, Industrial & Institutional Structures | Utah Approved

2 CEUs: Pesticide Use Management
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.

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Structural Structural
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Pest Identification: Corn, Soybean and Grain Sorghum | Utah Approved

2 CEUs: Pesticide Use Management
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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Pest Management | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
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.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Pesticide Application Procedures | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
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.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Pesticide Emergency Management and Environmental Protection | Utah Approved

1 credit: Pesticide Safety
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.

 

 

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Pesticide Formulations | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
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.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Pesticide Hazards and First Aid | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Safety
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.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Pesticide Labeling | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Law
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.

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Law & Regulation Law & Regulation
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Pesticide Labels and Safety Data Sheets | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Law
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.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Pesticides in the Environment | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Safety
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.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Planning the Pesticide Application | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
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.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Pollinator Stewardship | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
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.

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Pollinator Pollinator
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Reading the Pesticide Label: Beyond the Basics | Utah Approved

2 CEUs: Pesticide Law
Labels are increasing in complexity and depth of information. It is never suggested that anyone try to memorize a pesticide label. By reviewing parts of a label and recognizing label language and use, we hope that you feel more comfortable with the information on pesticide labels and feel confident in understanding the information the present.

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Law & Regulation Law & Regulation
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Respiratory Protection | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Safety
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.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Review of Pesticide Use Hazards | Utah Approved

1 credit: Pesticide Safety
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.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Right-of-Way: Pest Management Overview | Utah Approved

3 credits: Pesticide Use Management
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 | Utah Approved

4 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
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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Rodents and Other Vertebrate Pest Management | Utah Approved

2 credits: Pesticide Use Management
An animal with a backbone or spinal column is called a vertebrate. A few vertebrates, such as rats and mice, are common pests in urban and industrial areas. Others are not pests in their normal habitats but may occasionally become pests when they conflict with humans. 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.

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Structural Structural
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Seed Treatment Product Safety | Utah Approval

1 CEU: Pesticide Safety
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.

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Agriculture Agriculture
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Skunks: $mell the $uccess | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
This course will discuss the lifecycle and biology of skunks, habitat modification to discourage skunks from taking up residence, trapping tips and techniques, the basics of rodenticide use, and the basics of euthanizing if allowable by law. It is important to be familiar with state and local laws regarding skunk management.

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Vertebrate Vertebrate
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Structure Infesting Pest Management | Utah Approved

3 credits: Pesticide Use Management
Having a clear understanding of the hierarchy of insect classification is important. It helps us better understand the background of our pest decide the best course of action in controlling the pest. This course will cover some of the structure infesting pests commonly encountered by structural pesticide applicators and technicians.

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Structural Structural
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Structure Invading Pest Management | Utah Approved

3 credits: Pesticide Use Management
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.

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Structural Structural
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Termite Inspection and Treatment | Utah Approved

1 credit: Pesticide Use Management
Inspecting and treating for 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.

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Termite Termite
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Transportation, Storage, Security, and Professional Conduct | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Safety
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.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Turfgrass Disease, Insect, and Vertebrate Pests | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
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.

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Turf Turf
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Turfgrass: Keys to Disease Identification and Management | Utah Approved

3 CEUs: Pesticide Use Management
This course teaches the basics of pest and disease management for various turfgrasses, the multiple steps involved, and the different tools and techniques to successfully control the environment.

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Turf Turf
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Understanding Rodenticides & Their Labels | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Safety
Rodenticides are becoming a widely discussed and concerning topic in the pest control field. There is a growing public concern at the risk of secondary and non-target poisonings when rodenticides are used. As a pest control operator is it your responsibility to understand how rodenticides work and how to read their labels. This course discusses the common types of rodenticides, their appropriate application, the risks involved with the use of each type of rodenticide, and takes a look at specific label language.

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Basics & Safety Basics & Safety
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Voles: Biology, Damage, and Control | Utah Approved

1 CEU: Pesticide Use Management
Voles are known by a variety of names, meadow mice or field mice for example. Voles are rodents, meaning they like to chew on things, but they rarely enter structures and are primarily a pest in landscape settings. But they are often confused with mice by many homeowners. This course will cover the basics of vole identification, biology, and damage as well as several control methods including trapping and rodenticide use.

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Vertebrate Vertebrate
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Wood-Destroying Pest Management | Utah Approved

6 CEUs: Pesticide Use Management
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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