Sioux County:

12/22/08 - 1:30 p.m., Extension Office, Lower Level Meeting Room, Orange City

02/03/09 - 9:30 a.m., Extension Office, Lower Level Meeting Room, Orange City

03/31/09 - 7:00 p.m., Extension Office, Lower Level Meeting Room, Orange City

4/07/09 - 7:00 p.m., Sheldon, Building A, 116-119, Northwest Iowa Community College

Cherokee County:

2/10/09 - 9:30 a.m., Cherokee - WIT Building

3/03/09 - 1:30 p.m., Marcus, Sand Seed (basement)

3/03/09 - 7:00 p.m., Cherokee - WIT Building

Lyon County:

12/17/08 - 1:30 p.m., Rock Rapids, Forster Community Center.

1/08/09 - 1:30 p.m., George Community Center.

2/23/09 - 7:00 p.m., Inwood Community Center.

O'Brien County:

12/23/08 - 9:30 a.m., Paullina Legion Hall

3/11/09 - 9:30 a.m., Primghar Community Center

4/07/09 - 7:00 p.m., Sheldon, Building A, 116-119, Northwest Iowa Community College.

Osceola County:

2/19/09 - 1:30 p.m., Sibley, Presbyterian Church

3/12/09 - 7:00 p.m., Sibley, Presbyterian Church

 Plymouth County:

12/16/08 - 9:30 a.m., Kingsley Community Center

1/16/09 - 9:30 a.m., Hinton Community Center

1/16/09 - 1:30 p.m., Akron, Senior Citizen Center

1/29/09 - 9:30 a.m., Remsen City Hall

2/19/09 - 7:00 p.m., Le Mars Community Middle School Auditorium

Woodbury County:

1/12/09 - 1:30 p.m., Sloan, Westwood School Auditorium

1/12/09 - 7:00 p.m, Moville, Woodbury Central High School Auditorium

2/26/09 - 9:30 a.m., Anthon Community Center

Also: Will offer credit as part of Crop Advantage Conference, Jan 5, at NCC – Sheldon, and also in Cherokee - WIT building,  on Jan 20. 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.

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 (8A5712), 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 2008 Expiration...

If your certification expires December 31, 2008, AND you have attended CIC programs in BOTH 2006–2007 and 2007–2008, you have two options to renew:

• attend a CIC program between December

   2008 and April 15, 2009, or retest.

  Recertify with 2008 Expiration...

To Recertify with 2009 Expiration...

If your certification expires December 31, 2009, and you have attended a CIC program for 2007–2008, you can attend a CIC program
for 2008–2009 and 2009–2010, or retest when your certification expires.

To Recertify with 2010 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 $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.estions

If you have questions on CIC programs,
please contact:

Sioux County Extension-712-737-4230

Author: Anita Jeltema Date: 10/13/2008