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National Training Manuals

• 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, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Research Foundation, state lead agencies and extension educators have developed the following training and testing resources for applicator certification that are available only for state, territorial and tribal 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:

• Certification and Training Group (CTAG)
• Certification Plan and Reporting Database (CPARD)