Resources for States and Educators to Use in Training Pesticide Applicators
National Training Manuals
The following links exit the site
- National Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Manual
- National Aerial Applicator’s Manual (PDF)(134 pp, 4.8 MB, About PDF)
- National Right-of-Way Herbicide Applicator Test Plan and Training Syllabus (PDF)(50 pp, 1.8 MB, About PDF) (2010)
- National Soil Fumigation Manual (PDF)(128 pp, 10.3 MB, About PDF) (2012)
- Framework for the National Soil Fumigation Manual and Exam Item Bank (PDF)(11 pp, 447 K, About PDF) (March 2012)
National Exam Item Banks
EPA’s cooperative agreement partners, state lead agencies and extension agent educators have developed the following training and testing resources for applicator certification that are available only for state, tribal and territory pesticide lead agencies. Request access to these materials from Jeanne Kasai (kasai.jeanne@epa.gov).
- National Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Exam Item Bank
- National Aerial Application Exam Item Bank
- National Right-of-Way Exam Project
- National Soil Fumigation Exam Item Bank
For Additional Information
Applicator certification and training resources are available from the: