Training Manuals and Related Publications
Applying Pesticides Correctly The CORE Manual - basic information on many pesticide topics.
Forest Pest Control Manual- Category 2 Using pesticides in forests, forest nurseries, and forest seed-producing areas.
Ornamental and Turf Pest Control Manual- Category 3 New Revision April 2009 The information in this manual has been reorganized and some new information has been added. No information from the previous version has been deleted. Using pesticides or fertilizer for insect, weed, and/or disease control in residential and commercial plantscapes and lawns. Includes the control of pests that do not normally invade structures, such as bagworms, grubs, and moles.
Seed Treatment Manual- Category 4 Applying pesticide seed treatments.
Right-of-Way Manual- Category 6 Using pesticides in the maintenance of public roads, electric powerlines, pipelines, railway rights-of-way or other similar areas
Public Health Pest Management Manual- Category 7 & 8 You will also need this Supplemental Information Industrial, Institutional, Structural, and Health-Related Pest Control: All applicators using or supervising the use of pesticides in, on, or around food handling establishments, human dwellings, institutions such as schools and hospitals, industrial establishments including warehouses and grain elevators, and any other structures and adjacent areas, public or private; and for the protection of stored, processed, or manufactured products. Industrial institutional, structural and health-related pest control is divided into the following subcategories:
- Structural pest control certification covers the use of pesticides in the control of general pests and wood-destroying organisms by all means other than fumigation, and covers all elements of "wood-destroying organism certification" in paragraph (c) of these subsections.
- Structural fumigation certification covers the use of pesticides in the form of poisonous gases.Structural Fumigation Training Manual
- Wood-destroying organism certification covers the use of pesticides to control wood-destroying organisms only.
- General pest certification covers the use of pesticides to control general pests only.
Public Health Pest Control: State, federal or other governmental employees using or supervising the use of pesticides in public health programs for the management and control of pests having medical and public health importance.
Anti-Microbial Pest Control Manual- Category 15 Applying pesticides to control bacteria, mold, or fungi, to or through any media.
Golf Course Pest Control Manual- Category 18 Applying pesticides or fertilizer to land on which turf and ornamental care is done for the purpose of preparing the land for use in the game of golf.
Interior Plantscape Pest Control Manual- Category 19 Using pesticides to control insects, weeds, and/or disease in or on interior plantscapes, not regarding who owns the plants.
Sports Turf Pest Control Manual- Category 20 Applying pesticides or fertilizer to athletic fields.
Sprayer Nozzles: Selection and Calibration
