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Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PAPLANTS) Online Pesticide License Courses and Credits

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**Each Credit Requires 30 Minutes of Training within the Course (2 Credits = 1 Hour) - Take Breaks as Needed

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Aedes aegypti Mosquito - 4 Credits - Categories 16,18,23

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 - 4 Credits - Categories - Private, 9, 18, 23

Topics include types of aeration, linear, blowers, practices, videos, diffusers, basics of aeration, and flow.

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Aerial Pesticide Applications - 4 Credits - Categories - 25

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

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Aerial Pesticide Guidelines - 2 Credits - Category - 25

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

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Aerial Pesticide Methodology - 4 Credits - Category - 25

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Ag Animal & Core Bundle - 12 Credits - Categories - 4 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories Agricultural Animal (6 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Course topics include Darkling Beetles (4 Credits), Poultry IPM (2 Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Respirators (2 Credits).

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Algae and Algaecides - 4 Credits - Categories - Private, 9, 18, 23, 24

Topics include algae, algaecides, size, structure, distribution, abundance, economical and commercial importance, toxicity, reducing risk of algal blooms, and control

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Aquatic & Core Bundle - 10 Credits - Categories - 9 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories Aquatic Pest Control (4 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Aquatic Weed Management (4 Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Respirators (2 Credits).

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Aquatic Floating Weeds - 4 Credits - Categories - Private, 9, 18, 23

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 - 4 Credits - Categories - Private,9,18,23

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

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Aquatic Weed Management - 4 Credits- Categories - Private, 9, 18, 23

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 - 4 Credits - Categories - 11,18,23

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 - 4 Credits - Categories - Private, 9, 18, 23

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

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Bent grass - 4 Credits - Categories - Private, 7, 18, 23

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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Bermuda Grass - 4 Credits - Categories - Private, 7, 18, 23

Course topics include adaptation, use, propagation, cultivars, management, fertility, cultural practices, pest problems, control, and establishment.

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Bird Control & Techniques - 4 Credits - Categories - 4, 11, 15, 18, 23

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 - 2 Credits - Category 12, 18

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

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Cockroaches - 4 Credits - Category 11,16,18,23

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

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Commercial Fumigation - 4 Credits - Categories- 13, 20, 21

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

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Contractor Safety - 4 Credits - Category - Core

Topics include core benefits, worker participation, communication, safety and health programs, implementation, and monitoring and analysis.

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Controlling Raccoons - 4 Credits- Categories - 15, 18, 23

Course topics include Identification and Biology, Physical Characteristics, Senses, Reproduction, Habitat, Exclusion, and Trapping

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Cooling Tower Applications - 4 Credits - Categories 9, 18

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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Core Bundle - 6 CEU's - Category Core

This course provides full re-certification in Core. Courses include Pesticide Safety, Pesticides in the Environment, and Respirators. Each of these courses is one hour and 2 credits.

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Darkling Beetles - 2 Credits - Categories - Private,11

Topics include biology, life cycle, management, control, poultry, IPM, and videos.

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Darkling Beetles II - 4 Credits - Category 4, 18

Topics include biology, life cycle, management, control, poultry, IPM, and videos.

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Effective Pesticide Application - 4 Credits - Category - Private, 7, 18, 23

Topics include principles of pesticide applications, biological efficacy, pumps, nozzles, patterns, spray drift, pesticide deposit and coverage, diseases, calibration, uniformity, and product labels.

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Equipment Calibration - 4 Credits - Category - Core

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

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Forest Pest Control & Core Bundle - 14 Credits - Categories - 5 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories 5 (8 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Soils, Nutrients, & IPM (2 Credits), Nematodes (6 Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Respirators (2 Credits).

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Fruit and Nut Diseases - 2 Credits - Categories - Private, 2, 18

Topics include scab, pecan scab, brown rot, peach leaf curl, sooty mold, powdery mildew, pecan bacterial leaf scorch, blotch, bunch disease, and black knot.

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Fruit and Nuts & Core Bundle - 16 Credits - Categories 2 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories 2 (10 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Fungicides (4 Credits), Nematodes (6 Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Respirators (2 Credits).

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Fruit Pest Management - 4 Credits - Categories - Private, 2, 18

Topics include apple maggot, codling moth, green fruit beetle, leaf-footed plant bug, peach twig borer, western flower thrips, aphids, San Jose scale, two-spotted spider mite, whiteflies, pear slugs, and European fruit lecanium.

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Fumigation - 4 Credits - Categories 13, 18, 20, 21

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

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Fungicides - 4 Credits - Category - Private, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18, 22, 23

Topics include Frac Code, uses, videos, description, history, examples, and labels.

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Groundwater and Pesticides - 2 Credits - Category - Core

Topics include contamination, dangers of pesticides, drinking water, groundwater protection, leaching, mobility, properties of pesticides and soils, and handling practices.

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Household & Health Related and Core Bundle - 16 Credits - Categories 11 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories 11 (10 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Bed Bugs (4 Credits), Cockroaches (4 Credits), Industrial, Institutional, and Health Related Pest Control (2 Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Respirators (2 Credits).

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Imported Fire Ant - 4 Credits - Categories 11, 16, 18, 23

Course topics include tunneling, socialization, new colony formation, feeding, ecology, distribution, videos, control, and habitat.

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Industrial, Institutional & Health Related Pest Control - 1 Credit - Categories - 15,16

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

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Industrial, Institutional & Health Related Pest Control - 2 Credits - Categories - 11,18,23

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

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Insecticides - 4 Credits - Category - Private, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 16, 18, 22, 23

Course topics include ready to use sprays, aerosol sprays, baits, dusts, concentrates, foggers, and videos.

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Insects - 4 Credits - Categories - 11,16,18,23

Course topics include insects, spiders, and videos.

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Insects of Turf grasses - 4 Credits - Categories - Private, 07, 18, 23

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

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Invasive Species - 4 Credits - Categories - Private, 5, 10, 18, 23

Topics include noxious weeds, invasive species, government roles and regulations, Invasive Species Councils, examples, regions, and environmental and economic impacts.

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Landscape Ornamentals - 2 Credits - Categories 6,18,23

Course topics include care, fertilization, watering, establishment, planting, videos, and pruning.

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Lawn & Turf & Core Bundle - 16 Credits - Categories - 7 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories 7 (10 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Bent grass (4 Credits), Turf grass Diseases (4 Credits), Weed ID & Herbicides (2Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Respirators (2 Credits).

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Managing Household Pests - 2 Credits - Categories 11,18, 23

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

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Mosquitoes & Chikungunya - 2 Credits - Categories 16,18

Topics include Aedes mosquitoes, history, vaccines, symptoms, signs, prevention, what to know, geographic distribution, developing countries, and developing countries.

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Mosquitoes & Diseases - 6 Credits - Category 11,16,18,23

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

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Mosquitoes - 4 Credits - Categories - 11,16,18,23

Course topics include habitat, species, videos, biology, control, saliva, and body parts.

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Nematodes - 6 Credits - Categories - Private, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 18, 22, 23

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

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Nut Tree Pest Management - 4 Credits - Categories - Private, 2, 18

Topics include managing pests of nut trees, pecan weevil, hickory shuckworm, pecan nut casebearer, stink bugs and leaf-footed bugs, aphids, nut curculio, pecan phylloxera, fall webworm, and walnut caterpillar.

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Ornamental and Shade Tree & Core Bundle - 16 Credits - Categories - 6 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories 6 (10 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Fungicides (4 Credits), Nematodes (6 Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Respirators (2 Credits).

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Park or School Pest Control & Core Bundle - 16 Credits - Categories - 23 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories 23 (10 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Cockroaches (4 Credits), Spiders (4 Credits), Managing Household Pests (2 Credits) Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Pesticides Record Keeping (2 Credits).

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Pesticide Laws - 2 Credits - Category - Core

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

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Pesticide Record Keeping - 2 Credits - Category - 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 - 2 Credits - Category - Core

Course topics include description, effects, safety, videos, spills, response, PPE, toxicity, first-aid, stewardship.

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Pesticides & Bees - 4 Credits - Category - Core

Topics include Colony Collapse Disorder, apiary location, drift, environmental effects, videos, honeybees, signs, symptoms, growers, applicators, and keepers.

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Pesticides in the Environment - 2 Credits - Category - Core

Course topics include pesticide, air, water, soil, plants, birds, plants, animals, aquatic life, videos, humans, pollutants, and resistance.

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POULTRY IPM - 2 Credits - Categories - Core,Private,4,18

Topics include restricted pesticides, rinsing containers, controlling fleas, fly biology, cultural, mechanical, biological, and chemical control, rodents, videos, Darkling Beetles, larval sampling, fogging, spraying, atomizing, heat, durashield and permethrin.

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Powderpost Beetles - 4 Credits - Categories - 12, 18

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

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Principles of IPM - 6 Credits - Core

Topics include What is IPM?, Types of Pests, How do IPM Programs Work?, Growers IPM Use, Natural Controls, Applied Controls, Biological Control, Cultural Control, Mechanical Control, Chemical Control, and Pest Control Failures.

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Private & Core Bundle - 12 Credits - Categories - Private & Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories Private (6 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Course topics include pesticide safety, pesticides and bees, invasive species, and weed ID and herbicides.

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Public Health & Core Bundle (Invertebrate) - 14 Credits - Categories - 16 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories 16 (8 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Mosquitoes (4 Credits), Spiders (4 Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Respirators (2 Credits).

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Public Health & Core Bundle (Vertebrate) - 14 Credits - Categories 15 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories 15 (8 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Bird Control & Techniques (4 Credits), Rats (4 Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Respirators (2 Credits).

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Public Health Pest Management - 1 Credits - Categories - Core & 15

Topics include arthropods, vertebrate pests, inspection, diagnosis, prescription, videos, evaluation, ticks, spiders, reservoir hosts, and transmission.

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Public Health Pest Management - 4 Credits - Category - 16

Topics include arthropods, vertebrate pests, inspection, diagnosis, prescription, videos, evaluation, ticks, spiders, reservoir hosts, and transmission.

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Public Health Pest Management - 5 Credits - Category 11,18,23

Topics include arthropods, vertebrate pests, inspection, diagnosis, prescription, videos, evaluation, ticks, spiders, reservoir hosts, and transmission.

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Rats - 4 Credits - Category 4,11,15,18,23

Topics include species, types, habitat, biology, food, cultures, control, and videos.

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Respirators - 2 Credits - Category - Core

Course topics include description, NIOSH, types, color-coding, replacement, inspection, proper use, maintenance, and videos.

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Right of Way & Core Bundle - 14 Credits - Categories - 10 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories Right of Way (8 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Right of Way Applications (4 Credits), Right of Way Weed Control (4 Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Respirators (2 Credits).

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Right of Way Applications - 4 Credits - Categories 10,18,23

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 - 4 Credits - Categories 10,18,23

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 - 4 Credits - Categories - Private, 7, 18, 23

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 & Core Bundle - 10 - Credits - Categories - 8 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories Seed Treatment (4 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Seed Treatment (4 Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Respirators (2 Credits).

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Seed Treatment - 4 Credits - Categories 8,18

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 - 4 Credits - Categories 18,26

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 - 4 Credits - Categories 18,26

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Soils, Nutrients, & IPM - 2 Credits - Category - 1,2,3,5,6,7,10,22,23,25

This course is 2 credits, and topics include soil composition, physical properties, chemical make-up, nutrient analysis, videos, and IPM.

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Spiders - 4 Credits - Categories - 11,16,18,23

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 - 4 Credits - Category 13

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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Structural Fumigation II - Categories - 20, 21

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Subterranean and other Termites - 4 Credits - Categories - 12, 18

Topics include overview, social structure, types of termites, dampwood termites, drywood termites, subterranean termites, life cycle, habitat, infestation, and insecticides.

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Swimming Pools and Core Bundle - Categories - 24 and Core - Full Recertification

This bundle provides full re-certification in categories Swimming Pools (4 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Algae and Algaecides (4 Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Pesticide Record Keeping (2 Credits).

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Termites - 4 Credits - Category 12,18

Topics include social behavior, mounds, tunneling, fungi garden, videos, hierarchy, queen, workers, and temperature control.

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Turf grass Culture - 2 Credits - Categories - Private, 07, 18, 23

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

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Turf grass Diseases - 4 Credits - Categories Private, 07,18, 23

Course topics include diseases, hosts, symptoms, life cycle, management, and videos.

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Turf grass Identification - 2 Credits - Categories - Private, 07, 18, 23

Course topics include plant identificatio. parts of a grass plant, reference charts, classification, and supplemental video.

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Turf grass Pest Management - 4 Credits - Categories - Private, 7, 18, 23

Topics include monitoring and treating insects and mites, treatments, Australian sod fly, bermudagrass mite, scale, billbugs, ataenius, crane flies, cutworms and armyworms, dichondra flea beetles, and fiery skippers.

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Turf Problems - 2 Credits - Categories Private, 07, 18, 23

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

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Turfgrass Pest Management II - 2 Credits - Categories - Private, 7, 18, 23

Topics include frit fly, leafhoppers, masked chafers, plant bugs, red imported fire ants, sod webworms, southern chinch bug, cranberry girdler, Japanese beetle, and mole cricket.

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Turfgrass Species - 4 Credits - Category - Private, 07, 18, 23

Course topics include warm and cool season grasses, adaptation, use, culture, wear tolerance, nitrogen requirement, and videos.

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Using Insecticides in Buildings - 2 Credits - Category - 11,18,23

Course topics include choosing and purchasing insecticides, sanitation, locations, remedies, treatment, equipment, and videos.

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Vegetable Crop & Core Bundle - 16 Credits - Categories - 3 and Core - Full Recertification

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Vertebrate Pests I - 2 Credits - Categories - 11,15,18,23

Topics include rodents, rats, mice, sanitation, exclusion, control, management, safety, dusts, trackers, baits, stations, precautionary measures, videos, anti-coagulants, and fumigants.

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Weed ID & Herbicides - 2 Credits - Categories - Private, 07, 18, 23

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

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West Nile Virus - 4 Credits - Category - 11,16,18,23

Topics include prevention, videos, risk, research, history, symptoms, signs, mosquitoes.

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Wood Decaying Fungi - 4 Credits - Categories- 12, 18, 19

Topics include identification and biology, tree resistance, white rots, brown rots, soft rots, oak root fungus, artist's conk, varnish fungus, sulfur fungus, oyster mushroom, common split gill fungus, parchment fungus, hairy turkey tail fungus, turkey tail fungus, willow bracket, Biscogniauxia, Annulohypoxylon spp., Oxyporous latemarginatus, infection, decay prevention, and likely decay locations.

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Wood Destroying Organisms & Core Bundle - 16 Credits - Categories - 12 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories Wood Destroying Organisms (10 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Wood Destroying Organisms (4 Credits), Termites (4 Credits), Carpenter Ants (2 Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Respirators (2 Credits).

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Wood Destroying Organisms - 4 Credits - Categories - 12,18,23

Topics include termites, borers, videos, equipment, dry-wood, damp-wood, inspection, types, and control.

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Wood Preservation & Core Bundle - 10 Credits - Categories - 19 and Core - Full Recertification

This course provides full re-certification in categories 19 (4 Credits) and Core (6 Credits). Courses include Wood Preservative Chemicals (4 Credits), Pesticide Safety (2 Credits), Pesticides in the Environment (2 Credits), and Respirators (2 Credits).

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Wood Preservative Chemicals - 4 Credits - Categories 18,19

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

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Wood Treatment - 4 Credits - Categories 18, 19

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

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Worker Protection Standard - 2 Credits - Category - Core

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

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Zika Virus - 4 Credits - Categories 16,18,23

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

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Zoysia Grass - 4 Credits - Categories - Private, 07, 18, 23

Topics include history, establishment, sodding, turf quality, drought tolerance, disease management, insect problems. nutritional requirements, cultural management, fertilization, thatch, weed control. winter injury, insect control, and characteristics

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