State of Georgia Department of Agriculture

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Recertification

The state of Georgia provides for two types of pesticide applicator licenses:

• Private Applicators License
• Commercial Applicators License

PRIVATE APPLICATORS LICENSE
A valid private applicators license must be held by any person in order for them to purchase, use or supervise the use of restricted use pesticides while engaged in the production of an agricultural commodity, either on their own property or, on the property of their employer.

A private applicator’s license is to be valid for five (5) years.

An applicator must be re-certified to renew a private applicator’s license. There are two ways that an applicator may be re-certified.

1. Participate in the private applicators training program again
2. Obtain three (3) re-certification hours

All re-certification hours must be received in the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Pesticide Division office at least 90 days prior to the expiration date of a person’s license.

COMMERCIAL APPLICATORS LICENSE
A valid commercial applicator’s license, in the appropriate licensing category, must be held by any person in order to;

1. Purchase, use or supervise the use of restricted use pesticides on their own property or the property of their employer.
2. Provide applications, of any type of pesticides, whether general or restricted use, to the property of another person, and collect a fee for these services.

A Commercial Applicator’s License is to be valid for five (5) years.

An applicator must be re-certified to renew a commercial applicator’s license. To be re-certified an commercial applicator may;

1. Take and pass the commercial applicator’s exam
2. Accumulate the required re-certification credit hours, for each of the specific categories in which they are licensed, during their five-year licensing period.

All re-certification hours must be received in the Georgia Department of Agricultural, Pesticide Division office at least 90 days prior to the expiration date of a license.

RE-CERTIFICATION CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED

Continuing Education

Each CEU is $15.00.

The following courses, with their appropriate credit value, have been approved by the pesticide division of The Georgia Department of Agriculture:

• Environmental Protection – 1 hour private, 1 hour any commercial category
• The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Its Role in Pesticide Application – 1 hour private, 1 hour any commercial category NEW!
• Facets of IPM in Field Crops – 1 hour private, 1 hour commercial category 21
• Grasshoppers on Pastures and Rangeland – 1 hour private, 1 hour commercial category 21 NEW!
• Insect Pests That Attack Cotton – The Boll Weevil – 1 hour private, 1 hour commercial category 21
• Insect Pests That Attack Cotton – The Cotton Fleahopper – 1 hour private, 1 hour commercial category 21
• Know Your Cotton Plant – 1 hour private, 1 hour commercial category 21
• Sorghum Midge – 1 hour commercial category 21, 1 hour private
• Managing Pesticide Drift – 1 hour private, 1 hour any commercial category
• Pesticide Applicator Safety – 1 hour private, 1 hour any commercial category
• Pesticide Families – 1 hour private, 1 hour any commercial category
• Principles of IPM in Field Crops – 1 hour private, 1 hour in any commercial category
• Principles of Pest Control on Lawns and Turf – 1 hour category 24
• Sucking Pests of Ornamental Shrubs – 1 hour commercial category 24
• The Greenbug – 1 hour commercial category 21, 1 hour private
• The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) – 1 hour private, 1 hour any commercial category