State of Arizona Department of Agriculture/Office of Pest Management

Classes will be available for 6 months after date of purchase. Upon completion of all classes, email Help@PestNetwork.com and we will then submit your completed classes to AZ and forward you confirmation of your credits.

Recertification- Department of Agriculture

For more information regarding recertification for the Arizona Department of Agriculture please contact:

Paul Nicodem

Arizona Department of Agriculture

602-542-0901

Continuing Education- Department of Agriculture

The following courses and appropriate continuing education points have been approved by the Arizona Department of Agriculture.

Each CEU is $15.00.

Environmental Protection -1 CEU
Facets of IPM in Field Crops -1 CEU
Grasshoppers on Pastures and Rangeland – 1 CEU
Insect Pests That Attack Cotton- The Boll Weevil -1 CEU
Insect Pests That Attack Cotton- The Cotton Fleahopper -1 CEU
Know Your Cotton Plant -1 CEU
Managing Pesticide Drift – 1 CEU
Pesticide Applicator Safety – 1 CEU
Pesticide Families -1 CEU
Principles of IPM in Field Crops -1 CEU
Recognition and Control of Some Small Vertebrate Pests Small Mammals – 1 CEU
Sucking Pests of Ornamental Shrubs – 1 CEU
Sorghum Midge – 1 CEU
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Its Role in Pesticide Application – 1 CEU
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) – 1 CEU
The Greenbug -1 CEU
The Principles of Pest Control On Lawn and Turf -1 CEU

Recertification- Office of Pest Management

For more information regarding recertification for the Arizona Office of Pest Management contact:

Arizona Office of Pest Management

602-255-3664

Continuing Education- Office of Pest Management

The state of Arizona requires anyone who applies pesticide as a part of their job to be certified.

The Structural Pest Control Commission of Arizona regulates the commercial pest control industry and the use of structural pesticides. The Commission provides for the certification of applicators in nine (9) specific categories of pest control.

These categories are as follows:

Aquatics – B9
Turf and Ornamentals – B5
Fumigation – B4
Wood Destroying Organisms – B2
General Pests – B1
Wood Destroying Treatment – B8
Public Health – B1
Fungi Inspection – B7
Right Of Way/Weeds – B3

All certifications expire each year on May 31. In order to maintain a valid certification an applicator is required to obtain at least six (6) hours of continuing education every year. The six hours must include at least one hour of credit for each category for which the applicator is certified in.

-If an applicator is certified in less than 6 categories he or she must still obtain a minimum of six continuing education credits each year.

-If an applicator in certified in more than 6 categories he or she needs only a minimum of six continuing education credits each year.

The following courses and appropriate continuing education points have been approved by the Arizona Office of Pest Management for ALL categories.