30 Hour 3A Course
March 27 - 31, 2023
Driver's Village Cicero
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30 Hour Certification Program for Category
3A
Course Fee - $585.00 ($615.00 for on site registration)
NOTE: A Core Manual is required for 30 hour certification.
A Category Manual will be required for the course.
Core and category manuals can be purchased through Cornell's Website.
They are NEEDED to take the certification exam!
GET THEM EARLY!
Manuals will not be available at the time of registration!!
Recertification Credits Available for
Core, 2,3a,3b,6a,25
Registration Fee for those signing in for recertification credits -
$150.00 per day pre-registration ($160.00 at the door)
Sign In - 8:00am - 8:30am
Class - 8:30am - 4:45pm (exception Friday ends at 12:00)
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Day 1 - March 27, 2023 Monday
Session 1 - 8:30am - 4:45pm
Kathy Roberts
Recertification Credits - 3a, 25 - 6.75 each 3b - 3.25
Weeds
When is a Plant a Weed
Identification, Life Cycle, Control
Black Medic, Broadleaf Plaintain, Common Chickweed, Dandelion, Ground
Ivy, Wild Garlic, Field Bindweed, Nutsedges, Poison Ivy
Grasses
Identifying Turf Weeds, Life Cycle, Control
Annual Bluegrass, Smooth Crabgrass, Large Crabgrass, Yellow Foxtail,
Goosegrass or Silver Crabgrass, Nimblewill, Creeping Bentgrass,
Orchardgrass, Quackgrass, Tall Fescue
Turfgrass Diseases
Diagnosis, Control
Anthracnose Foliar Blight, Brown Patch, Damping-off Diseases, Dollar
Spot, Fairy Ring, Gray Snow Mold, Leaf Spot and Melting-Out Diseases,
Necrotic Ring Spot, Pink Snow Mold, Fusarium Patch, Powdery Mildew,
Pythium Blight, Red Thread and Pink Patch, Rust, Slime Molds, Summer
Patch, Take-All Patch, Yellow Patch Ornamental Insect Pest
Identification, Damage, Control
Aphids, Asian Longhorned Beetles, Bees and Wasps, Birch Leafminer, Bronze Birch Borers, Black Vine Weevil, Eastern Tent Caterpillars, Forest Tent Caterpillars, Pine Sawflies, Introduced Pine Sawflies, Redheaded Pine Sawflies, White Pine Weevil, Emerald Ash Borers
Scale Insects - Oystershell Scale, Pine Needle Scale, Euonymus Scale, Oak Lecanium, Fletcher Scale, Pine Tortoise Scale, Cottony Maple Scale,
Cottony Maple Leaf Scale, Oak Kermes, Elongate Hemlock Scale, Hemlock Scale
Spider Mites - Twospotted Spider Mites, Spruce Spider Mites
Cooley Spruce Adelgids, Eastern Spruce Gall Adelgids
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Day 2 - March 28, 2023 Tuesday
Session 2 - 8:30am - 4:45pm
Kathy Roberts
Recertification Credits - 3a, 3b - 6.75 each 2, 6a - 3.25 each 25 - 4.50
Integrated Pest Management
Definition of IPM, Principles of IPM, Pest Thresholds, Growing Degree Days,
Plant Phenological Indicators, Economic Considerations, Management,
Making Decisions, Movement Towards Biological Control
Care of Turfgrass
Turfgrass Disorders - Pest and Non-Pest, Requirements for Healthy Turf,
Soil Texture, Nutrients, Establishing Turf and Maintaining It Turfgrass Pest Identification, Damage, Control Root Feeders - May/June Beetles, Northern Masked Chafers, Black Turfgrass Ataenius, Green June Beetles, Japanese Beetles, False Japanese Beetles, Oriental Beetles, Bluegrass Billbugs Blade Defoliators - Sod Webworm, Cutworms, Armyworms, Fall Armyworms Blade Sucking - Leafhoppers, Aphids Non Damaging Lawn Pest - Chinch Bugs, False Chinch Bugs, Earthworms Invasive Pests
Identification, Life Cycle, Control Spotted Lanternfly, Box Tree Moth, Elm Zigzag Sawfly, Beech Leaf Disease, European Gypsy Moth Problems In Our Landscapes Identification, Life Cycle Control Oak Wilt, Fire Blight, Decline in Blue Spruce Ground Ants Identification, Damage, Range, Control Allegheny Mound, European Fire Ant, Red Imported Ant
Moles & Voles
Identification, Damage, Range, Control
Eastern, Hairy-tailed, Star-nosed Moles, Pine and Meadow Voles
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Day 3 - March 29, 2023 Wednesday
Session 3 - 8:30pm - 4:45pm
Kathy Roberts
Core - 6.75 credits
Some Basics
Pests
Pesticides
Formulations
Pesticide Exposure and Risks
The Toxicity of Pesticides
Protecting Yourself
Responding to a Pesticide Exposure
Heat Stress
Fate of Pesticides in the Environment
Pesticides and Water
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Day 4 - March 30, 2023 Thursday
Session 4 - 8:30am - 4:45pm
Kathy Roberts
Core - 6.75 credits
Pesticide Resistance Principles of Pest Management Federal Pesticide Laws and Regulations Pesticide Residue and Tolerance State Laws and Regulations Storing Pesticides Transporting Pesticides Pesticide Security Emergency Planning and Response Application Methods and Equipment Pesticide Drift Application Safety Equipment Calibration ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day 5 - March 31, 2023 Friday Session 5 - 8:30am - 12:00 Kathy Roberts Core - 2.75 creditsCalculations for Mixing and Loading Pesticides
Mixing and Loading
Managing Pesticide Wastes
The Pesticide Label
Professional Conduct and Liability
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