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Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD) Online Pesticide License Courses and Credits

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**Each Credit Requires 1 Hour of Training within the Course (2 Credits = 2 Hours) - Take Breaks as Needed

Courses below are $12 per Credit - Choose Courses Based on Your Category

 


Aedes aegypti Mosquito - 2 Credits - Category 7F

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

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Aeration in Aquatic Environments - 2 Credits - Category 5

Topics include aeration, types of aeration, benefits, equipment, and weeds.

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Aerial Pesticide Application Guidelines - 1 Credit - Aerial, Commercial Core, Private Core

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

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Aerial Pesticide Applications - 2 Credits - Category - Aerial, Commercial Core, Private Core

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

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Aerial Pesticide Methodology - 2 Credits - Aerial, Commercial Core, Private Core

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

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Ants - Imported Fire Ants - 2 Credits - Category 3B, 7A

Topics include foraging, tunneling, habitat, videos, physiology, socialization, and feeding.

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Aquatic Floating Weeds - 2 Credits - Category 5

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 Credits - Category 5

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 Credits - Category 5

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 Credits - Category 7A

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 Credits - Category 5

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

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Bentgrass - 2 Credits - Category 3A

Topics include usage, care, maintenance, growth regulators, breeding, cultural practices, physiology, heat stress, diseases, thatch, insects, shade, winter kill, and desiccation.

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Bird Control & Techniques - 2 Credits - Categories 1B, 1C, 7A, 7D, Commercial Core, Private Core

Topics include bird control and techniques, spiking, chemical options, trapping, netting, methods, scarers, reducing attractiveness, reducing reproduction, non-lethal control, and exclusion.

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Carpenter Ants - 1 Credit - Category - 7B

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

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Category 3A Bundle (Turf grass) - 8 Credits - Full Re-Certification

This course consists of 8 credits in category 3A and provides full recertification - Courses include: Turf grass Diseases - 2 Credits, Turf grass Culture - 1 Credit, Turf grass Identification - 1 Credit, Turf grass Species - 2 Credits, Turf grass Insects - 2 Credits

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Category 3B Bundle (Ornamental) - 8 Credits - Full Re-Certification

This course consists of 8 credits in category 3B and provides full recertification - Courses include: Fungicides, Imported Fire Ants, Nematodes, and Pesticides & Bees.

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Category 5 Bundle (Aquatic) - 8 Credits - Full Re-certification

This course provides 8 credits in Category 5 (Aquatic). Courses include: Aquatic Floating Weeds - 2 Credits, Aquatic Submerged Weeds - 2 Credits, Aquatic Weed Management - 2 Credits, Beneficial Aquatic Plants - 2 Credits

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Category 6 Bundle (Right-of-Way) - 8 Credits - Full Re-Certification

This course provides 8 credits in Category 6 (Right-of-Way). Courses include: Invasive Species - 2 Credits, Right-of-Way Applications - 2 Credits, Right-of-Way Weed Control - 2 Credits, and Hydrilla & Invasive Species - 2 Credits.

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Category 7A Bundle (General Pest) - 8 Credits - Full Re-certification

This course consists of 8 credits in category 7A - Courses include: Bed Bugs, Cockroaches, Spiders, and Darkling Beetles

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Category 7B Bundle (Wood Destroying Pest) - 8 Credits - Full Re-Certification

This course consists of 8 credits in category 7B - Courses include: Insects, PowderPost Beetles, Termites, and Destroying Organisms

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Category 7D Bundle (Vertebrate Pests) - 8 Credits - Full Re-certification

This course consists of 8 credits in category 7D (Full Re-certification) - Courses include: Bird Control & Techniques, Poultry IPM, Rats, Industrial, Institutional, & Health Related Pest Control, Vertebrate Pests

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Category 7F Bundle (Mosquito) - 8 Credits - Full Re-certification

This course consists of 8 credits in category 7F. Courses include: Andes aegypti Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Mosquitoes and Diseases, and Mosquitoes & Chilungunya.

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Category Commercial Core Bundle - 8 Credits - Full Re-certification (Commercial Applicators)

This bundle provides 8 credits and the total number of common core credits needed for commercial applicator core requirements. Courses include: Equipment Calibration, Insecticides, Pesticide Laws, Pesticide Record Keeping, Pesticide Safety, and Pesticides in the Environment.

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Category Private Core Bundle - 16 Credits - Full Re-certification (Private Applicators only)

This course bundle is for Private Applicators only and provides Private applicators with 16 credits in core and full re-certification. Courses include aerial pesticide applications, equipment calibration, fungicides, insecticides, pesticide laws, pesticide record keeping, pesticide safety, pesticides and bees, pesticides in the environment, respirators, and worker protection.

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Cockroaches - 2 Credits - Category - 7A, 8

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

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Cooling Tower Applications - 2 Credits - Category 5B

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 Credits - Category - 1D, 7A, Private Core

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

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Equipment Calibration - 2 Credits - Category - Commercial Core, Private Core

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 Credits - Category - Fumigation

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

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Fungicides - 2 Credits - Category - 1A, 1B, 1C, 3A, 3B, 4, 7E, Commercial Core, Private Core

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

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Hydrilla & Invasive Species - 2 Credits - Categories 5, 6

Topics include identification, history, distribution, site and date of introduction, establishment, prevention, spread, management, biology, control, and chemical control.

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Industrial, Institutional, & Health Related Pest Control - 1 Credit - Category - 7A, 7D, 8

Topics include industrial and institutional pest control, cockroaches, insects, rats, safety, sanitation, exclusion, and videos.

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Insecticides - 2 Credits - Category - 1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 3A, 3B, 4, 7A, 7B, 7E, 7F, 7G, Commercial Core, Private Core

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

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Insects - 2 Credits - 7A, 7B, 8

Course topics include insects, spiders, and videos.

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Invasive Species - 2 Credits - Category 3B, 6

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

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Landscape Ornamentals - 1 Credit - Category - 3B, Commercial Core

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

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Lice - 1 Credit - Category - 7A, 8

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

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Managing Household Pests - 1 Credit - Category 7A

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

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Mosquitoes & Chikungunya - 1 Credit - Category - 7F

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

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Mosquitoes & Diseases - 3 Credits - Category - 7F

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

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Mosquitoes - 2 Credits - Category - 7F

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

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Nematodes - 2 Credits - Category - 1A, 1B, 1C, 3A, 3B, Private Coer

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 Credit - Category - Commercial Core, Private Core

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

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Pesticide Record Keeping - 1 Credit - Category - Common Core, Private Core

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 Credit - Category - Commercial Core, Private Core

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

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Pesticides & Bees - 2 Credits - Category - 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2, 3A, 3B, 7A, 7F, Commercial Core, Private Core

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 Credit - Category - Commercial Core, Private Core

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

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Poultry IPM - 2 Credits - Category - 1A, 7A, 7D

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 Credits - Category 7B

Topics include life history, life cycle, management, control, habits and types, heat treatments, and insecticides.

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Public Health Pest Management - 3 Credits - Category 8

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

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Rats - 2 Credits - Category - 7D

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

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Respirators - 1 Credit - Category - Commercial Core, Private Core

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

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Right-of-Way Applications - 2 Credits - Category 6

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 Credits - Category 6

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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Seashore Paspalum - 2 Credits - Category - 3A

Course Topics include background, description, biology, habitat, culture, fertility, pest management, growth regulation, disease control, nematodes, insect problems, and best management practices.

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Seed Treatment - 2 Credits - Category 4

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 Credits - Category 5C

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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Soils & Sewer Root Control - 2 Credits - Categories - 5C, Commercial Core

This program provides applicators with training and knowledge in soils, tree selection, proper planning and design to manage tree root intrusion, sewer root control, chemical control, physical control, mechanical control, cultural control, pipe damage, and overall sewer processes.

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Soils, Nutrients, & IPM - 1 Credit - Category - 1A, 1B, 1C, 3A, 3B, 6, and Private Core

Course topics include composition, properties, make-up, nutrient analysis, IPM, and videos.

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Spiders - 2 Credits - Category - 7A, 8

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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Structural Fumigation - 2 Credits - Categories - Fumigation

This program discusses topics associated with fumigants, treatments, needs assessments, quarantine compliance, advantages, disadvantages, chemical and physical characteristics, volatility, types, pests, target organisms, and chemicals.

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Termites - 2 Credits - Category 7B

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

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Turf grass Culture - 1 Credit - Category - 3A

Course topics include mowing, frequency, directional, vertical recycling, irrigation, thatch, aeration, liming, and videos.

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Turf grass Diseases - 2 Credits - Category - 3A

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

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Turf grass Identification - 1 Credit - Category - 3A

Course topics include description, reference chart, parts of a grass plant, classification, and videos.

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Turf grass Insects - 2 Credits - Category 3A

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

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Turf grass Problems - 1 Credit - Category 3A

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

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Turf grass Species - 2 Credits - Category - 3A

Course topics include warm and cool season turf grasses, use, adaptation, culture, physiology, and videos.

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Using Insecticides in Buildings - 1 Credit - Category - 7A, Commercial Core

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

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Vertebrate Pests - 1 Credit - Category - 7D

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 Credit - Category - 1A,1B,1C,3A,3B,4,6, and Private Core

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

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West Nile Virus - 2 Credits - Category - 7F, 8

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

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Wood Destroying Organisms - 2 Credits - Category - 7B

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

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Wood Preservative Chemicals - 2 Credits - Category 2A, 7B

Topics include borates, pentachlorophenol, CCA, copper azole, napthalene, new technology, water-borne, oil-borne, methods, and environmental concerns.

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Wood Treatment - 2 Credits - Category - 2A

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

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Worker Protection Standard - 1 Credit - Category - 1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 3B, 4, Commercial Core, Private Core

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

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Zika Virus - 2 Credits - Category 7F

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

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