Agricultural and Environmental Safety Category Training Courses |
Texas Structural Pest Control Service Category Trainings |
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| General Standards and Laws and Regulations | 2009 Training Dates | This training will satisfy the Structural Pest Control Services requirements for certification of Commercial/Noncommercial and Technician licensing of pesticide applicators (8 hours of training). This is the general training, and not a category training. In addition, while the Texas Department of Agriculture does not require training as a condition of licensure, this class will prepare license applicants for the TDA General examination. You may register for training in this category online at Extension Conference Services or call our office at 979-845-1099. | |
| Technician Apprentice Training | 2009 Training Dates | Provides the technician apprentices and other employees with an opportunity to receive 24 hours of in-depth, hands-on training relating to the 20 hours of "Classroom" training required by the Texas Structural Pest Control Service. Online registration for this course is unavailable. | |
| Pest Control Category | 2009 Training Dates | Online course | This category includes persons engaged in the inspection and/or control of insect or animal pests which may invade homes, restaurants, stores, and other buildings, attacking their contents or furnishings or being a general nuisance, but do not normally attack the building itself. You may register for training in this category online at Extension Conference Services or call our office at 979-845-1099. |
| Termite Category | 2009 Training Dates | Online course | This category includes persons engaged in the inspection and/or control of termites, beetles, or other wood destroying organisms by means other than fumigation in buildings, including homes, warehouses, stores, docks, or any other structures. You may register for training in this category online at Extension Conference Services or call our office at 979-845-1099. |
| Lawn and Ornamental Category | 2009 Training Dates | Online course | This category includes persons engaged in the inspection and/or control of pests or diseases of trees, shrubs, or other plantings in a park or adjacent to a residence, business establishment, industrial plant, institutional building, or street. You may register for training in this category online at Extension Conference Services or call our office at 979-845-1099. |
| Weed Control Category | 2009 Training Dates | This category includes persons engaged in the inspection and/or control of weeds around homes and industrial environments. You may register for training in this category online at Extension Conference Services or call our office at 979-845-1099. | |
| Structural Fumigation Category | 2009 Training Dates | This category includes persons engaged in pest inspection and/or control through fumigation of structures not primarily intended to contain food, feed or grains. | |
| Commodity Fumigation Category | 2009 Training Dates | This category includes persons engaged in pest inspection and/or control through fumigation of commodities and/or structures normally used to contain them. | |
Texas Department of Agriculture Category Trainings |
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| General Standards and Laws and Regulations | 2009 Training Dates | This training will satisfy the Structural Pest Control Services requirements for certification of Commercial/Noncommercial and Technician licensing of pesticide applicators (8 hours of training). This is the general training, and not a category training. In addition, while the Texas Department of Agriculture does not require training as a condition of licensure, this class will prepare license applicants for the TDA General examination. You may register for training in this category online at Extension Conference Services or call our office at 979-845-1099. | |
| Ornamental and Turf Category | 2009 Training Dates | This category includes control of insects, diseases, unwanted plants and other organisms affecting ornamental plants and turf grasses and includes use of soil fumigants. You may register for training in this category online at Extension Conference Services or call our office at 979-845-1099. | |
| Right-of-Way Category | 2009 Training Dates | This category includes the control of unwanted plant growth along rights-of-way. You may register for training in this category online at Extension Conference Services or call our office at 979-845-1099. | |
| Vector Control Category | 2009 Training Dates | Online course | This category includes the control of insects that vector human and animal diseases including mosquitoes, filth flies, other blood feeding flies, and fleas. This category is for noncommercial applicators only. You may register for training in this category online at Extension Conference Services or call our office at 979-845-1099. |
| Vector Control Seasonal Worker Training | 2009 Training Dates | Online course | |
| Rodent Control Category | 2009 Training Dates | This category includes the control of rodents which may invade offices, warehouses, and other buildings, attacking their contents or furnishings or being a general nuisance. This category is for noncommercial applicators only. You may register for training in this category online at Extension Conference Services or call our office at 979-845-1099. | |
| Weed and Brush Control Category | 2009 Training Dates | This category includes the control of any unwanted growth on agricultural pasture and rangeland. | |
| Farm Storage Pest Control and Fumigation | 2009 Training Dates | This category includes the control of all pests of stored farm commodities on the farm or in a public or private warehouse. Materials covered include fumigants and other applied pesticides used to control insects, diseases, and vertebrate pests affecting these commodities, including but not limited to farm storage, soils, machinery, fresh produce and plants. | |
| Field Crop Pest Control Category | 2009 Training Dates | This category includes the control of insects, diseases, weeds, and using harvest aid materials in the production of field crops such as cotton, grain, and forage. | |
| Fruit, Nut, and Vegetable Pest Control | 2009 Training Dates | This category includes the control of insects, diseases, weeds and using harvest aid materials in the production of fruits, nuts and vegetables. | |
| Aquatic Pest Control Category | 2009 Training Dates | This category includes the control of undesirable growths of aquatic weeds, including the primitive algae and higher forms of floating, submersed and emerged plants. Also included in this category are various species of fish, mammals, reptiles, and birds when they are aquatic pests. | |
| Animal Pest Control Category | 2009 Training Dates | This category includes the control of external parasites on animals. | |
Maps to training locations and accomodations |
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