Private Pesticide Applicators Certification/Re-certification

2007-2008 Private Pesticide Applicator
Re-certification
General Information, Training and Testing Dates
 
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

Date     Time                Location

2/18/08   2 pm-7 pm    Community Center, Dickens

2/25/08   2 pm-7 pm     Meadows, Inc., Moville

2/26/08   10 am-2 pm   Rock Rapids Forster Comm. Center

2/27/08   10 am-2 pm   Sioux Center Public Library

3/3/08     10 am-2 pm   Plymouth Co. Farm Bureau,LeMars

3/4/08     10 am-2 pm   Cherokee Community Center

3/5/08     10 am-2 pm   Primghar Community Center

3/19/08   10 am-2 pm   Ocheyedan Town Hall

 

Continuing Instruction Courses - offered December through March  

Date               Time             Location

12/11/07  9:30 am   Kingsley Comm. Center

12/19/07  1:30 pm   Rock Rapids Comm. Center

12/20/07  9:30 am   Paullina Legion Hall

12/20/07  1:30 pm  Sioux County Extension

            Office (Lower Level Meeting Room)

1/11/08    9:30 am  Sioux County Extenison

            Office (Lower Level Meeting Room)

1/17/08    1:30 pm  George Community Center

1/18/08    9:30 am  Hinton Community Center

1/18/08    1:30 pm  Akron Senior Citizens Center

1/30/08    9:30 am  Remsen City Hall

2/11/08    1:30 pm  Sibley Presbyterian Church

2/12/08    9:30 am  Cherokee WIT Building.

2/14/08    9:30 am  Primghar Community Center

2/19/08    7:00 pm  Inwood Community Room

2/21/08    7:00 pm  Sioux County Extension

            Office (Lower Level Meeting Room)

2/28/08    7:00 pm  LeMars Comm. Middle School Aud.

3/10/08    7:00 pm  Melvin Community Center 

3/11/08    1:30 pm  Marcus Sands Seed Bldg.

3/11/08    7:00 pm  Cherokee WIT Building

4/01/08    7:00 pm  Sheldon NCC, Building A

                        Room 116-119

 

Dates and Locations by county:

 Cherokee County:

            2/12/08 - 9:30 a.m., Cherokee - WIT Building

            3/11/08 - 1:30 p.m., Marcus, Sands Seed (basement)

3/11/08 - 7:00 p.m., Cherokee - WIT Building

 Lyon County:

            12/19/07 - 1:30 p.m., Rock Rapids, Forster Community Center.

            1/17/08 - 1:30 p.m., George Community Center.

            2/19/08 - 7:00 p.m., Inwood Community Room.

 O'Brien County:

            12/20/07 - 9:30 a.m., Paullina Legion Hall

            2/14/08 - 9:30 a.m., Primghar Community Center

            4/01/08 - 7:00 p.m., Sheldon, Building A, 116-119, Northwest Iowa Community College.

 

Osceola County:

            2/11/08 - 1:30 p.m., Sibley, Presbyterian Church

            3/10/08 – 7:00 p.m., Melvin Community Center

 Plymouth County:

12/11/07 - 9:30 a.m., Kingsley Community Center

            1/18/08 - 9:30 a.m., Hinton Community Center

            1/18/08 - 1:30 p.m., Akron, Senior Citizen Center

            1/30/08 - 9:30 a.m., Remsen City Hall

            2/28/08 - 7:00 p.m., Le Mars Community Middle School Auditorium

 Sioux County:

            12/20/07 - 1:30 p.m., Extension Office, Lower Level Meeting Room, Orange City
            01/11/08 - 9:30 a.m., Extension Office, Lower Level Meeting Room, Orange City

            02/21/08 - 7:00 p.m., Extension Office, Lower Level Meeting Room, Orange City

            4/01/08 - 7:00 p.m., Sheldon, Building A, 116-119, Northwest Iowa Community College

 When You Need to Recertify...

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 2007 Expiration...

If your certification expires December 31, 2007, AND you have attended CIC programs in BOTH 2005–2006 and 2006–2007, you have two options to renew:

• attend a CIC program between December

   2007 and April 15, 2008, or

• retest.

 

o Recertify with 2008 Expiration...

To Recertify with 2008 Expiration...

If your certification expires December 31, 2008, and you have attended a CIC program for 2006–2007, you can attend a CIC program
for 2007–2008 and 2008–2009, or retest when your certification expires.


To Recertify with 2009 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). Several testing dates near you are listed within this brochure.
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 $15 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 10/22/2007