Pest Management

Managing Pests Including Weeds, Insects, Diseases, And Animals

The following sites are intended to assist individuals in becoming certified pest applicators or maintain continuing education units (CEU's). For additional information concerning pest management go to the efotg site.

References And Resources

• Tennessee Bulletin 190-07-3 ECS – Procedures For Obtaining or Renewing State Pesticide Certification http://www.tn.nrcs.usda.gov/intranet/Bulletins_07/190-07-3.html.



• Continuing Education Units (CEU) for Pesticide Certification http://www.agriculture.state.tn.us/listcommpts.asp.
  

  To apply for points fill out the attached form noting where the meeting is going to be held (city), contact person’s phone number and mailing address.

  Mary Borthick
  TN Dept of Agriculture
  Regulatory Services Division
  P.O. Box 40627
  Nashville, TN 37204
  Phone 615-837-5310
  Fax 615-837-5012



• The University of Tennessee Pesticide Certification Website http://eppserver.ag.utk.edu/psep/secondlevel/cert_lic_info.htm.



• The University of Tennessee Weed Control Manual http://weeds.utk.edu/.



• Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/.



• USDA-Agricultural Research Service. Pesticide Properties Database. http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=14199.



• USDA. Weed Resistance and Prospective Alternatives. http://www.weedscience.org/in.asp.



• USDA NRCS Tennessee Pest Management Job Sheet. http://efotg.nrcs.usda.gov/references/public/TN/Pest_Management_Job_Sheet_2007.pdf.



• USDA NRCS “Windows Pesticide Screening Tools Computer Program (WIN-PST).” http://www.wsi.nrcs.usda.gov/products/W2Q/pest/winpst.html.



• USDA NRCS National Agricultural Pesticide Risk Analysis (NAPRA). http://www.wsi.nrcs.usda.gov/products/W2Q/pest/napra.html.



• University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service (UTAES). Tennessee FARM*A*SYST and HOME*A*SYST, SP-484B. http://economics.ag.utk.edu/fasfact.html.

Pesticide Applicator Recertification Classes

You must sign the roster in each session in order to get points credited to your recertification. In order for points to apply, the session topics that you attend for points must have had points assigned by TDA or UT in the category(s) you are currently certified in - see your certification card for category(s).

For a summary of currently earned points or to see an online updated list of schools with approved points, visit the TDA website located at http://agriculture.state.tn.us/ and click on the Commercial Applicator Points button in the menu.

Note: The UT Commercial Applicator Re-certification program may be attended only once per year for points. This includes the UT CA Recertification meetings on March 19, and the reruns on July 23, September 24 and October 8.

Continuing Education Units

The following documents require Adobe Acrobat

Roster For Commercial Pesticide Applicator - The University of Tennessee Recertification Point System in Tennessee (PDF; 159 KB)

Tennessee Pesticide Recertification - Application for Points (PDF; 37 KB)

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