Utah Pesticide Applicator Continuing Education Courses

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

3 CEUs: Pesticide Use Management
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.