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.
Recertification
In order to renew a certificate for the upcoming license year a certified applicator must complete a minimum number of Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) each year between July 1 and June 30.
Category/Certification Type |
MD Recertification Credits needed(Annually) |
Private, 4, 10, 11 | 4 |
2, 5, 6, 8 | 6 |
1, 3, 7, 9, 13 | 8 |
Courses that have been approved for Core credit can be used for satisfying the recertification requirements for any category of certification. Maryland does not require certified applicators to obtain a specific number of credits relating to Core material in order to renew a certificate.
“Maryland applicators may fulfill their full recertification credit requirement using approved online courses once every three years.”
Continuing Education
Each CEU is $15.00.
The following courses are approved by the Maryland Department of Agriculture.
- Managing Pesticide Drift – 2 CEU’s Core
- Environmental Protection – 2 CEU’s Core
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) – 2 CEU’s Core
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Its Role in Pesticide Application – 2 CEU’s Core
- Pesticide Applicator Safety – 2 CEU’s Core
- Pesticide Families – 2 CEU’s Core
- Beetles that Attack Wood: Identifying Beetles That Will Reinfest – 2 CEU’s 7B, 10
- Beetles that Attack Wood: Identifying Beetles That Will Not Reinfest – 2 CEU’s 7B, 10
- Life History and Habits of Carpenter Ants – 2 CEU’s 7A, 7B, 10
- The Eastern Subterranean Termite – 2 CEU’s 7B, 10
- Fleas Life Cycle, Habits and Control – 2 CEU’s 7A, 10
- Identifying Cockroaches In and Around the Home – 2 CEU’s 7A, 10
- The Greenbug – 2 CEU’s Pvt, 1A
- Principles of IPM in Field Crops – 2 CEU’s Pvt, 1A
- Facets of IPM in Field Crops – 2 CEU’s Pvt, 1A
- Grasshoppers on Pastures and Rangeland – 2 CEU’s Pvt, 1A
- Recognition and Control of Some Small Vertebrate Pests Small Mammals – 2 CEU’s 7A, 7D, 10
- Sucking Pests of Ornamental Shrubs – 2 CEU’s 3A, 10
- Principles of Pest Control on Lawn and Turf – 2 CEU’s 3A, 3C, 6, 10