Classes will be available for 6 months after date of purchase. Upon completion of all classes, email Help@PestNetwork.com for your final signed certificate. You will then receive an official certificate signed by PestNetwork per class that YOU must submit to the Florida Department of Agriculture. Please allow 5 business days for this process to be complete.
Recertification- Bureau of Compliance Monitoring
BCM provides the licensing of agricultural and related pest control. BCM offers three types of pesticide applicators licenses: Private, Commercial and Public.
PRIVATE APPLICATORS renewing with CEUs must earn a total of eight (8) CEUs.
-Four (4) must be core CEUs
-Plus, four (4) private applicator agricultural CEUs.
COMMERCIAL APPLICATORS and PUBLIC APPLICATORS renewing with CEUs must earn the following:
-Four (4) CEUs per license
-Plus, the required number of CEUs for each category to be renewed.
Pesticide applicators holding a valid Florida pesticide applicator’s license must become recertified in order to renew their license. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) provides for the licensing of pesticide applicators.
Applicators have the following options to become recertified:
-Taking the certification exam again, or,
-Earning FDACS approved Continuing Education Units (CEUs) during the license period.
If an individual has more than one type of license (private, commercial or private) the same CEUs may be used to renew each of the license, provided that the CEUs were earned during the license period for each license (from the date the license was issued until it expires) up to one year after Expiration.
APPLICATOR RESPONSIBILITY: It is the applicators responsibility to;
-Keep their Record of Attendance forms showing earned CEUs.
-Submit their Record of Attendance forms to the licensing Section at the time of license renewal.
-Notify the licensing Section in writing of any change in mailing address or other information on file.
For additional information on licensing and recertification by the Bureau of Compliance Monitoring in pest control contact:
Bureau of Compliance Monitoring
950-488-3314
3125 Connor Blvd – Bldg 8 (L26)
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1650
(Fax) 950-922-6961
Continuing Education- Bureau of Compliance Monitoring
The following courses and appropriate CEU credits have been approved by the Bureau of Compliance Monitoring.
Each CEU is $15.00.
Approved for Core CEUs: Each course approved for one CEU
- Environmental Protection
- Managing Pesticide Drift
- Pesticide Applicator Safety
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Its Role in Pesticide Application
- The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Approved for PRIVATE APPLICATOR AG PEST CONTROL CEUs: Each course approved for one CEU
Approved for AG ANIMAL AG PEST CONTROL CEUs: Each course approved for one CEU
Approved for AG ROW CROP PEST CONTROL CEUs: Each course approved for one CEU
- Pesticide Families
- Principles of IPM in Field Crops
- Facets of IPM in Field Crops
- The Greenbug
- Sorghum Midge
- Grasshoppers on Pastures and Rangeland
- Insect Pests That Attack Cotton – The Boll Weevil
Approved for AG TREE CROP PEST CONTROL CEUs: Each course approved for one CEU
Approved for FORESTRY PEST CONTROL CEUs: Each course approved for one CEU
- Pesticide Families
- Beetles that Attack Wood: Identifying Beetles That Will Reinfest
- Beetles that Attack Wood: Identifying Beetles That Will Not Reinfest
Approved for ORNAMENTAL AND TURF PEST CONTROL CEUs: Each course approved for one CEU
- Pesticide Families
- The Principles of Pest Control On Lawn and Turf
- Sucking Pests of Ornamental Shrubs
Recertification- Bureau of Entomology and Pest Control
BEPC provides the licensing of Structural Pest Control, Commercial Lawn and Ornamental Pest Control and Public Health Pest Control.
For additional information contact:
Bureau of Entomology and Pest Control
850-921-4177
1203 Governor’s Square Blvd. Suite 300
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(Fax) 850-410-0724
Continuing Education- Bureau of Entomology and Pest Control
The following courses and appropriate CEU credits have been approved by the Bureau of Entomology and Pest Control:
Each CEU is $15.00.
Approved for Core CEUs:
- Managing Pesticide Drift
- Pesticide Applicator Safety
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Its Role in Pesticide Application
Approved for LIMITED CERTIFICATION STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL:
- Fleas: Life Cycle, Habits and Control
- Beetles that Attack Wood: Identifying Beetles That Will Reinfest
- Beetles that Attack Wood: Identifying Beetles That Will Not Reinfest
- Identifying Cockroaches In and Around the Home
- Life History and Habits of Carpenter Ants
Approved for COMMERCIAL TERMITE AND OTHER WOOD DESTROYING ORGANISMS:
- Beetles that Attack Wood: Identifying Beetles That Will Reinfest
- Beetles that Attack Wood: Identifying Beetles That Will Not Reinfest
- The Eastern Subterranean Termite
Approved for COMMERCIAL GENERAL HOUSEHOLD PESTS:
- Pesticide Families
- Fleas: Life Cycle, Habits and Control
- Life History and Habits of Carpenter Ants
- Beetles that Attack Wood: Identifying Beetles That Will Not Reinfest
Approved for COMMERCIAL LAWN AND ORNAMENTAL:
- Pesticide Families
- The Principles of Pest Control On Lawn and Turf
- Sucking Pests of Ornamental Shrubs
- Fleas: Life Cycle, Habits and Control
Approved for LIMITED LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE:
Approved for LIMITED CERTIFICATION LAWN AND ORNAMENTAL: