Massachusetts

Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) Pesticide License Training, Recertification, Courses, and CEU's

The total number of contact hours/credit hours obtained for any online or distance learning CD course or module is not to exceed 1/2 (50 %) of the total Massachusetts continuing education contact hour requirement to maintain or revalidate a pesticide certification and/or license (see below). NOTE: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires you to spend a MINIMUM OF 50 MINUTES on each course or module in order to receive one (1) contact hour or (1) credit.

If you are buying courses for multiple employees, please select your quantity, add to cart, and checkout with "I am buying courses for Multiple Applicators." You can then create employee accounts and assign courses.

NOTE: Please select courses for your category and add to cart. Category ANY means they are approved across all categories.

Aedes aegypti Mosquito - 2 CEU's - Categories - 46,47,Core,Dealer

Topics include life cycle, habitat, control, vector management, distribution, vaccinations, history, description, research, videos, and medical importance.

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Aerial Pesticide Application - 2 CEU's - Category 34, Core, Dealer

Topics include aerial applications, equipment, types, videos, calibration, checklists, pilots, flagged, ground crew, nozzles, history, and aircraft.

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Aerial Pesticide Guidelines - 1 CEU's - Categories - 34, Core

Topics include PPE, calibration, safety, checklist, videos, environment, pilots, growers, and ground crew.

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Aerial Pesticide Methodology - 2 CEU's - Categories - 34,Core

Topics include videos, correct turns, gps, proper techniques, safety, pilots, FAA, and codes.

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Aquatic Floating Weeds - 2 CEU's - Categories - 39, L (core) , D (Delaer)

This course includes discussion in regard to various aquatic floating weeds, invasive species, control methods, habitat, management, identification, and helpful hints.

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Aquatic Submerged Weeds - 2 CEU's- Categories - 39, L (core), D (Dealer)

Topics include submerged aquatic weeds, descriptions, ecological effects, control measures, timing of treatments, products, and invasive species.

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Aquatic Weed Management - 2 CEU's - Categories - 39, L (core), D (Dealer)

Topics include necessary weed control, water usage, weed identification, large impoundments, managing aquatic weeds, herbicides, waterways, environmental effects, and faulty applications.

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Bed Bugs - 2 CEU's - Categories - 46,57,Core,Dealer

Topics include history, background, description, life cycle, habit, feeding, reproduction, origin, management, treatment, society and culture, mechanical, biological, and chemical control, videos, and feeding.

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Beneficial Aquatic Plants - 2 CEU's - Categories 29,39, L(Core), D(Dealer)

Topics include types, benefits, uses, background, healthy ponds, names, adding plants to ponds, and ecology.

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Carpenter Ants - 1 CEU's - Categories - 41,Core

Topics include history, life cycle, control, prevention, detection, videos, and description.

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Cockroaches - 2 CEU's - Categories - 41,46,Core

Topics include life cycle, history, control, videos, parasitic wasps, behavior, and management.

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Cooling Tower Applications - 2 CEU's - Categories - L (core), D (Dealer)

Topics include scale, biological contamination, control, properties of water, effects on cooling systems, chemicals, hardness, pH, alkalinity, conductivity, and proper treatment and monitoring.

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Darkling Beetles - 2 CEU's - Categories - 28,50,Core,Dealer

Topics include description, life cycle, biology, ecology, control, management, larvae, mouth parts, and videos.

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Equipment Calibration - 2 CEU's - All Categories

Course topics include improper calibration, drop and rotary spreaders, boom sprayers, nozzles, videos, agitation, amount of product and solution.

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Fumigation - 2 CEU's - Categories - 33,42,43,Core,Dealer

Topics include what is a fumigant, how they work, safety, types, aeration, and videos.

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Fungicides - 2 CEU's - All Categories & Core

Topics include systemic, contact, transliminar, videos, FRAC Code, uses, crops, description, and history.

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Industrial, Institutional, & Health Related Pest Control - 1 CEU - Categories - 41,46,50,Core,Dealer

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Insecticides - 2 CEU's - All Categories

Course topics include formulations, aerosols, sprays, dusts, baits, concentrates, foggers, and videos.

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Insects - 2 CEU's - Category 41, Core, Dealer

Course topics include insects, spiders, and videos.

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Invasive Species - 2 CEU's - All Categories, L(Core), D(Dealer)

Topics include environmental considerations, various species, problems, solutions, government role, environments, examples, and videos.

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Landscape Ornamentals - 1 CEU's - Category 36, Core

Topics include ornamentals, care, fertilizing, pruning, videos, and planting.

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Lice - 1 CEU's - Categories - 41,46,Core,Dealer

Topics include control, species, description, biology, videos, and prevention.

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Managing Household Pests - 1 CEU - Category 41,Core

Course topics include exclusion, identification, sanitation, pest biology, treatment, and videos.

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Mosquitoes & Chikungunya - 1 CEU - Categories - 46,47,Core,Dealer

Topics include description, history, type of mosquitoes, symptoms, signs, prevention, geographic distribution, virology, and videos.

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Mosquitoes & Diseases - 3 CEU's - Categories - 46,47, Core

Topics include videos, prevention, eradication, history, background, control, symptoms, vaccinations, medicines, and parasites.

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Mosquitoes - 2 CEU's - Category 46, 47, L (core)

Topics include breeding, habitat, life cycle, saliva, videos, and prevention.

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Nematodes - 2 CEU's - Categories - 25,26,27,29,31,32,33,37,49, Core, Dealer

Topics include description, biology, habitat, life cycle, beneficial nematodes, videos, anatomy, digestive system, types, bacteria, feeding, and modes of action.

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Pesticide Laws - 1 CEU's - All Categories

Course topics include regulations, classification, labeling, formulation, transportation, storage, mixing, application, equipment, videos, and maintenance.

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Pesticide Record Keeping - 1 CEU - All Categories

Course topics include requirements, records, total amount, size, site, timing, name of applicator, civil penalties, benefits, WPS, and videos.

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Pesticide Safety - 1 CEU - All Categories

Topics include safe handling, labels, equipment maintenance, transportation, videos, and toxicity.

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Pesticides & Bees - 2 CEU - All Categories

Topics include Colony Collapse Disease, apiary location, drift, environmental effects, signs, symptoms, videos, recovery, and malnutrition.

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Pesticides in the Environment - 1 CEU - All Categories

Topics include environmental issues, videos, EPA, FDA, licensing, stewardship, and safety.

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Poultry IPM - 1 CEU - Categories - 28,41,46,Core,Dealer

Topics include restricted use pesticides, rinsing containers, controlling flies, fly biology, cultural control, dry manure, water management, sanitation, durashield, baits, rodent control, sprays, foggers, and building atomizers.

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PowderPost Beetles - 2 CEU's - Categories - 41,42,43,52, L(Core),D(Dealer)

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Public Health Pest Management - 3 CEU's - Cat - 46,47,Core,Dealer

Topics include arthropods, rodents, snakes, mosquitoes, history, videos, endangered species, and groundwater protection.

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Rats - 2 CEU's - Categories - 41,46,Core

Topics include species, habitat, biology, videos, food, diseases, and control.

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Respirators - 1 CEU's - All Categories

Topics include color coding, donning, doffing, types, safety precautions, and videos.

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Right-of-Way Applications - 2 CEU's - Categories - 40, L (core), D (Dealer)

Topics include weed characteristics, control methods, types of control, herbicides and their characteristics, and Integrated Vegetation Management.

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Right-of-Way Weed Control - 2 CEU's - Categories - 40, L (core), D (Dealer)

Topics include road shoulders, ditches, drains, road crossings, herbicide injections, basal and foliar treatment, storage yards, railroads, chemical side trimming, and selective and non-selective vegetation management.

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Seed Treatment - 2 CEU's - Categories - 38,Core,Dealer

Topics include description, growth regulators, fungicidal, anti-microbial, chemical, insecticides, agriculture, benefits and risks, advantages and disadvantages, IPM, protection, purpose, videos, neonicotinoids, and plant health.

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Sewer Root Control - 2 CEU's - Categories - 55, L(Core), D(Dealer)

Topics include foaming techniques, effectiveness, sewer treatment, root control, treatment plants, environmental concerns, building laterals, dilution, flow, slope and grade, metam-sodium, dichlobenil, chemical and mechanical control, factors, and methods.

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Spiders - 2 CEU's - Category 41, 46, Core

Course topics include webs, biology, feeding, videos, body structure, circulation and respiratory, feeding, digestion & excretion, CNS, locomotion, ecology, prey, family tree, and humans.

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Termites - 2 CEU's - Categories - 43, Core

Topics include habitat, tunnels, mounds, social behavior, videos, types, cultures, energy, and temperature control.

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Turf grass Diseases - 2 CEU's - Category 32,37,Core

Topics include diseases, control, management, fertilizer, watering, videos, and preventative measures.

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Turf grass Insects - 2 CEU's - Category 32, 37, Core

Course topics include beneficial organisms, mouthparts, species, seasonality, and videos .

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Turf grass Problems - 1 CEU - Category 32, 37, Core

Course topics include scalping, drought, pet issues, salt damage, fuel spills, compaction, videos, diagnosis, and resolution.

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Using Insecticides in Buildings - 1 CEU - Categories - 41, Core

Topics include proper usage, products, videos, selection, list, application, and safety.

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Vertebrate Pests - 1 CEU - Category - 41,46,50,Core

Topic include Rodents, Rats, exclusion, sanitation, trapping, bait stations, glue-stations, safety, labels, videos, control, management, rodenticides, and monitoring.

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Weed ID & Herbicides - 1 CEU - Categories - 32,37,40,Core

Course topics include weed ID, herbicides, systemic, contact, pre-emergence, post-emergence, and videos.

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West Nile Virus - 2 CEU's - Category 46, 47, Core

Topics include history, signs, symptoms, virology, epidemiology, monitoring, control, treatment, risk, prevention, and videos.

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Wood Destroying Organisms - 2 CEU's - Categories - 43,48,49,52,54,Core

Topics include termites, borers, videos, equipment, drywood, dampwood, inspection, types, and control.

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Wood Treatment - 2 CEU's - Category 52,54, Core

Topics include introduction, history, hazards, chemical preservatives, AWPA, videos, types, and methods.

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Worker Protection Standard - 1 CEU - All Categories

This course covers safety, re-entry intervals, regulations, wps, PPE, and EPA.

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Zika Virus - 2 CEU's - Categories - 46, 47, L (core), D (Dealer)

Topics include transmission, history, treatment, prevention, virology, symptoms, signs, biology, and risks.

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