Recertification

There’s a $225 fee to write the exam.

Submit an online application.

About continuing education credits:

• You are limited to a maximum of 10 continuing education credits in any one calendar year.
• You can do 5 archived online credits, your remaining credits must be live sessions.
• A course or tutorial can only be taken once for credit during the certification period.
• As part of the required 15 continuing education credits, you must have a minimum of:
  • 2 credits in regulations - examples new regulations and regulatory concerns
  • 2 credits in health and pesticide safety such as safe application, storage, disposal of pesticides and animal health
  • 1 credit in environment covering environmental issues such as pesticide fate, runoff, movement or leaching
  • 2 credits in pest management through topics such as pest description, pesticide characteristics and integrated pest management
  • 2 credits in application technology related to calibration clinics, drift modeling and new equipment demonstrations

Once you have fulfilled the requirements for each class of certificate you hold, you must submit an online application form. In order to ensure your renewed certificate arrives prior to your expiry date, submit the application at least one month before you expire.

Certificate Class	Recertification Requirements
All certificate classes (except those listed below)	15 continuing education credits approved for the class of certificate you hold, in the required concept area complete and submit a recertification form and fee
Aquatic	10 continuing education credits (specifically 2 in regulations, 2 in human health, 1 in environment, 2 in pest management, 2 in application technology and 1 other elective credit) complete and submit a recertification form and fee
Special Roots in Pipes (lesson 804) Exterior Rodent Control (lesson 505) Fumigation of Stored Ag. Products (lesson 801) Fish and Aquatic Invertebrate	credit requirements include 2 in regulations, 1 in human health, 1 in environment, and 2 other credit (either pest management, application technology, labeling, or emergency response). continuing education credits must be approved for all classes of applicator certificate or specific to the certificate applicator category exams are completed online and will be set up once your recertification form has been received. a minimum grade of 80% on your lesson is required for recertification.

A great place to start looking for sessions that offer continuing education credits is with an industry association that represents sprayers. You will find below a list of the various associations in Alberta, organized by certificate class. Another consideration is that some Alberta Colleges will offer sessions for continuing education credit in the spring (and sometimes fall), please reach out directly to those Colleges to ask about credit session opportunities.

Aerial:

• Alberta Aerial Applicators Association
• Canadian Aerial Applicators Association

Agriculture:

• Association of Alberta Agricultural Fieldmen
• Farming Smarter
• Professional Vegetation Management

Industrial/Forestry:

• Professional Vegetation Management
• Association of Alberta Agricultural Fieldmen
• Farming Smarter
• Integrated and Environmental Plant Management Association

Landscape:

• Alberta Golf Superintendents Association
• Landscape Alberta Nursery Trades Association
• Western Canada Turfgrass Association
• Professional Vegetation Management
• Association of Alberta Agricultural Fieldmen
• Farming Smarter

Structural:

• Alberta Pest Management Association
• Canadian Pest Management Association
• Pest Control Technology

Online live and on demand sessions available for all classes:

• PD Solutions

Applicator Tutorials offered by:

• Lakeland College
• Lethbridge Polytechnic
• Olds College