Idaho Pesticide Applicator Continuing Education Courses

1 credit: Recertification
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.
 

2 credits: Recertification
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.

1 credit: Recertification
Identifying pests correctly is crucial for effective management and preventing plant damage. Misidentification can lead to improper management and application methods. This course teaches how to recognize and handle common Idaho landscape pests in various settings.

3 credits: Recertification
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.
 

3 credit: Recertification
Pest managers in Idaho who complete this course will understand how to identify and manage common interior and exterior pests that can infect people, cause property damage, or infest stored food.

1 credit: Recertification
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.
 

1 credit: Recertification
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.
 

2 credits: Recertification
This course is a comprehensive overview of pest management strategies for Idaho interior plant environments. Learn about pesticide safety protocols, how to master Integrated Pest Management strategies, and ways to foster indoor plant health.

4 credits: Recertification
This course reviews strategies for integrated pest management within forest environments. Lessons focus on how to minimize pesticide’s impact on water sources, protect non-target organisms, and manage pesticide resistance. Topics covered include forest pest management regulation, sprayer components, various application methods, and more.

2 credits: Recertification
This course explains how to manage pests in Idaho forest environments safely. Lessons discuss integrated pest management strategies, forestry herbicide types, pesticide-mixing safety measures, and more.

3 credits: Recertification
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.

1 credit: Recertification
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.
 

1 credit: Recertification
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.

1 credit: Recertification
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.
 

1 credit: Recertification
This Effective Pesticide Applications in Landscape and Turf Settings course teaches pesticide applicants in Idaho how to develop an integrated pest management (IPM) program. Topics include a variety of pest-management methods, such as sanitation and pesticide use, augmentation, mechanical and cultural control.

3 credits: Recertification
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.

2 credits: Recertification
Become an expert in tackling pesky pests that threaten your property, disrupt your peace, and annoy the heck out of you! Learn affordable and effective methods to combat these little troublemakers while keeping yourself, others, and the environment safe. Gain the skills to manage pests like a pro and take back control of what truly matters to you!

1 credit: Recertification
This course on pesticide safety empowers Idaho pest managers to protect the environment and people from pesticide hazards. The course emphasizes elements of safe handling and application, including management plans and pesticide alternatives. Standards for notification and warning signs help keep the public safe.

1 credit: Recertification
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.

2 credits: Recertification
This course teaches Idaho pest managers how to protect the environment, its inhabitants and humans from pesticide hazards while controlling forest pests. Course material includes a detailed discussion of the personal protective equipment (PPE) employers must make available, pesticide application methods, calibration techniques and broadcast spraying.

1 credit: Recertification
Designed for Idaho pest managers, this course explores pesticide classifications, designations, and hazards. The course covers the hazards pesticides pose to humans, wildlife and the environment, helping pest managers minimize dangerous exposure.

4 credits: Recertification
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.
 

2 credits: Recertification
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.

4 credits: Recertification
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.

4 credits: Recertification
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.

1 credit: Recertification
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.
 

7 credits: Recertification
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.