Private Pesticide Applicators Certification/Re-certification

2009-2010 Private Pesticide Applicator
Re-certification
General Information, Training and Testing Dates - Updated
 
Northwest Iowa Area Pesticide Applicator Test -- dates and locations
(Offered by IDALS)
TO FIND OUT YOUR CURRENT CERTIFICATION STATUS
CALL IDALS AT 515-281-4339

 

All Pesticide applicator testing - private and commercial - offered every 1st Monday of the month beginning in April (5th) in Primghar at the O'Brien County Extension Office (/obrien/contactus/) from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (except when Monday is a holiday - then it will be on Tuesday that week)

 

Testing Date     Time                Location

To be decided - check back

Continuing Instruction Courses - offered December through March 

Cherokee County:

            02/09/10 - 9:30 a.m., Cherokee - WIT Building

            03/17/10 - 1:30 p.m., Marcus, Sand Seed (basement)

03/17/10  - 7:00 p.m., Cherokee - WIT Building

 

Ida County:

01/13/10 – 1:30 p.m., Ida Grove, Rec Center

02/18/10 – 1:30 p.m., Holstein, Rec Center

03/11/10 – 7:00 p.m., Ida Grove, Rec Center

 

Lyon County:

            12/15/09 - 1:30 p.m., Rock Rapids, Forster Community Center.

            01/20/10 - 9:30 a.m., George Community Center.

            02/16/10 - 7:00 p.m., Inwood Community Center.

 

O'Brien County:

            12/17/09 - 9:30 a.m., Paullina Legion Hall

            03/10/10 - 1:30 p.m., Primghar Community Center

            04/06/10 - 7:00 p.m., Sheldon, Building A, 116-119, NW Iowa Community College.

 

Osceola County:

            01/12/10- 1:30 p.m., Sibley, Presbyterian Church

            03/29/10 - 7:00 p.m., Sibley, Presbyterian Church

 

Plymouth County:

12/16/09 - 9:30 a.m., Kingsley Community Center

            01/21/10 - 9:30 a.m., Hinton Community Center

            01/21/10 - 1:30 p.m., Akron, Senior Citizen Center

            01/28/10 - 9:30 a.m., Remsen City Hall

            02/23/10 - 7:00 p.m., Le Mars Convention Center

 

Sioux County:

            12/08/09 - 1:30 p.m., Extension Office, Lower Level Meeting Room, Orange City
            02/12/10 - 9:30 a.m., Extension Office, Lower Level Meeting Room, Orange City

            03/18-10 - 7:00 p.m., Extension Office, Lower Level Meeting Room, Orange City

            04/06/10 - 7:00 p.m., Sheldon, Building A, 116-119, NW Iowa Community College

 

Woodbury County:

01/11/10 - 1:30 p.m., Sloan, Westwood School Auditorium

01/11/10  - 7:00 p.m, Moville, Woodbury Central High School Auditorium

            02/25/10  - 9:30 a.m., Anthon, United Methodist Church

 

Also: Will offer credit as part of Crop Advantage Conference, Jan 5, at NCC – Sheldon, and also in Storm Lake B.V. College  on Jan 19. Program will run from 10 am until 3:45 pm for those who want credit at this location (they need to attend all day for this one).  Extra fees in addition to the $20 for PPAT will be collected for these events.

To find out when you need to recertify, check
the mailing label for your certification number and expiration date. Then follow the directions for your expiration date in this brochure.

 

Example Label:

 

            705712            12/31/07          85

            Stevens, Richard L.

            412 Lakeside Dr.

            Ames, IA  50010

 

• 705712 is the certification number.

• 1st digit of the number is the expiration

   year (example: 7 = 2007 expiration).

• Numeric 2nd digit (0) indicates test was

   taken for certification.

• If 2nd digit is alphabetic (7A5712), renewal

   occurred by attending Continuing

   Instruction Course (CIC) program.

• 12/31/07 is the expiration date.

• The number 85 is the county number.

To Recertify with 2007 Expiration...

To Recertify with 2009 Expiration...

If your certification expires December 31, 2009, AND you have attended CIC programs in BOTH 2007–2008 and 2008–2009, you have two options to renew:

• attend a CIC program between December

   2009 and April 15, 2010, or retest.

  Recertify with 2008 Expiration...

To Recertify with 2010 Expiration...

If your certification expires December 31, 2010, and you have attended a CIC program for 2008–2009, you can attend a CIC program
for 2009–20010 and 2010–2011, or retest when your certification expires.


To Recertify with 2011 Expiration...

If you wish to recertify by training and not
by exam, you must attend a CIC session each year, starting this winter. Remember, you
always have the option of taking the exam
to recertify.

 

If you miss one year of CIC programs, Iowa law requires you to retest when your certification expires. The exam is given by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS).  If you score 70 percent or more and pay the $15 fee, you will be certified for 3 years.

 

 

To find out your current certification status, call the IDALS Pesticide Bureau at (515) 281-8591 or call the Sioux County Extension Office at 712-737-4230.

 al Certification

 

To become certified initially, you must take the exam offered by IDALS. A Study Guide (PAT 1) is available for purchase at your county extension office.

 

There is a $20 training fee for attending
ISU Extension educational CIC programs (including Private Continuing Instructional Courses). This fee partially replaces state support that was reallocated within the
state government.


Questions

 

If you have questions on CIC programs,
please contact:

Sioux County Extension-712-737-4230

 

Anita Jeltema 9/5/2008