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Pesticide Bureau Main Licensing/Certification
 Contact Licensing Clerk Contact Program Coordinator |
Licensed pesticide applicators are required to attend six (6) hours of re-certification classes in a three year period. Certified applicators, both commercial and private, are required to attend twelve (12) hours of re-certifications classes PER CATEGORY for every three year period. Previously, the Department has sent out monthly audits notifications on the third anniversary of licensure. However, in order to streamline the auditing process the Department has revised the audit procedures to require all applicators audits to be due on July 29, 2005 of the three year re-certification period. All applicators that need to be re-certified will be sent audit letters requiring them to submit proof of attendance at Department approved continuing education classes. If you haven’t accumulated all the contact hours you need, check with UMass, your professional organizations, and dealers to see when they’ll be conducting more training sessions. You have until the due date of your audit to respond by producing documentation of your contact hours. That should provide you with sufficient time to meet your contact hour requirements if you've maintained your continuing education. Having met the recertification requirements, simply make copies of the certificates you received documenting your contact hours and return them to the Pesticide Bureau along with your audit letter. Do not send us your only copy. Make sure that before you respond to the audit, you have an extra copy of your contact hours for your records.Once we receive your audit response, we’ll evaluate your contact hours. Individuals who do not meet the continuing education recertification re-quirements will be required to take an examination to maintain their licensure |
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