Pesticide Training & Consulting
                      30 Hour Course
April 28 - May 2, 2025
         30 Hour Certification Program for Category
                         7A April 28 - May 2, 2025
                  

NOTE NEW LOCATION 
Lake Forest Sportsman Club
9403 Bear Springs Road 
Brewerton, NY 13029
             
          Course Fee - $585.00 ($635.00 for on site registration) 

PLEASE NOTE CREDIT CARD FEES FOR CLASSES: 
30 HOUR CLASS - $607.00
FULL DAY - $182.00


                NOTE: A Core Manual is required for 30 hour certification.
                          A Category Manual will also 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
                               7a, 7f, 8

         Registration Fee for those signing up at the door $190.00
                                     
                                     

                                  Sign In - 8:00am - 8:30am

          Class - 8:30am - 4:45pm (except Friday 5/2 class ends                                                      at 12:00pm)
                                 
                               Friday  Exam 1:00pm - 4:30pm 
                                If there are at least 10 people

     No Core exam and one category exam will be given by NYSDEC               unless there are at least 10 people taking the course

                   A $100.00 EXAM FEE, payable on April 30,2025.
                  Checks for exam MUST be made out to "NYSDEC".

                       
______________________________________________________________
 
           
Day 1 - April 28,2025  Monday

                               Session 1 - 8:30am - 4:45pm
                                          Kathy Roberts  
                  Recertification Credits -7a, 7f - 6.75 credits each 
                                                         8 - 2.50 credits 
                                                          

Pesticide Use Definitions
      Definition of Site, Nonresidual, Residual, Rodenticide Use

Cockroaches                         
     Identification, Life Cycles & Control
          American, Brownbanded, German, Oriental, Smokey Brown, Asian
     IPM for Cockroaches - Inspection - Monitoring - Habitat Modification
           
Structural Ants
   
 Facts, Identification & Control
           Carpenter Ants, Acrobat Ant, Ordorous Ant, Pavemant Ant,
           Pharaoh Ant, Crazy Ant, Citronella Ant, Little Black Ant, Thief Ant

Integrated Pest Management For Flies
   Fly Biology - Life Stages
   Fly Types - House, Fruit, Phorid, Drain, Stable, Green Bottle, 
                     Cluster
   Habits/Behavior, Fly IPM - Survey, Source Reduction, Biological                                                           Control, Monitoring, Decision Making,             
                                         Treatment

Fleas
      Facts, Life Cycle & Control
      IPM: Management Tactics - Inspection - Sanitation

Pantry, Fabric, And Paper Pests
      Identification, Life Cycles & Control
          Indian Meal Moth, Rice and Granary Weevils, Lesser Grain Borer,                  Drugstore and Cigarette Beetles, Confused and Red Flour Beetles,
          Sawtoothed Grain Beetle, Dermestid Beetles
       Fabric Pests - Webbing Clothes Moth, Casemaking Clothes Moth, Carpet                              Beetles, Larder Beetle
       Paper Pests - Silverfish and Firebrats, Booklice
       IPM: Management Tactics - Inspection - Sanitation - Non-Chemical
               Chemical 

_____________________________________________________________


                                                                                        
Day 2 - April 29,2025  Tuesday

                             Session 2 - 8:30am - 4:45pm
                                         Kathy Roberts
            Recertification Credits-  7
a - 6.75 credits 
                                                    7f - 4.50 credits
                                                    8 - 3.00 credits 
                                                    

Powderpost Beetles
    Identification, Biology, Control     

     Anobiid Powder-post Beetles, Lyctid Powder-post Beetles, Bostrichid                 Powder-post Beetles, Old House Borer, Common Furniture Beetle,

     Death Watch Beetle 


Bedbugs
     Biology, Behavior, Control and Prevention

Stinging Insects
     Identification, Habitat, Life Cycles & Control
       Bumblebee, Carpenter Bee, Honeybees, European Hornet, Eastern                  Yellowjacket, Baldfaced Hornet, Paper Wasp, Mud Daubers

Occasional Invaders
     
Identification, Life Cycles, Control
            Lady Beetles, Western Conifer Seed Bug, Boxelder Bug
            Brown Marmorated Stink Bug


Spiders 
     Identification, Life Cycle & Control
          Black Widow, Brown Recluse, Common House Spider, Longbodied
          Cellar Spider, Harvestmen, Nocturnal Orb Weaving Spider, Joro Spider

Sowbugs, Pillbugs, Millipeds 
       Identification, Life Cycle & Control

Rodent Control
       Identification, Biology & Habits, Control Methods
          Rats & Mice

Pest Birds In Buildings
      Identification, Habitat, Damage, Life Cycles & IPM Control
          Sparrows, Starlings, Pigeons, Other Birds  

Bats 
     Identification, Life Cycle & Control
         Little Brown, Big Brown



__________________________________________________________________


 Day 3 - April 30,2025  Wednesday

                                     Session 3 - 8:30am - 4:45pm
                                             Kathy Roberts
Recertification Credits - 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
Pesticide Resistance


 _________________________________________________________________         
Day 4 - May 1,2025  Thursday

                               Session 4 - 8:30am - 4:45pm
                                          Kathy Roberts  
                         Recertification Credits - Core 6.75   
                                                         

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

__________________________________________________________________
                                                                              
Day 5 - May 2,2025  Friday

                             Session 5 - 8:30am - 12:00pm
                                         Kathy Roberts
                       Recertification Credits-  Core 2.75
 


Equipment Calibration
Calculations for Mixing and Loading Pesticides
Mixing and Loading
Managing Pesticide Wastes
The Pesticide Label
Professional Conduct and Liability


 _________________________________________________________________

              Day 5 - May 2,2025 Friday

            1:00pm Certification Exam - NYS DEC 

   IF ENOUGH PEOPLE (10) TAKE THE FULL 30 HOUR                                         COURSE

         Note: $100.00 Exam Fee Payable To:

                               NYSDEC
             Due Wednesday, April 30, 2025 

_______________________________________




Day 2 - January 11, 2022  Tuesday

                               Session 5 - 8:30am - 12:00pm
                                            John Patten  
                  Recertification Credits -3a, 3b, 25 - 3.25 credits each                                                         
                                               

Weed Identification and Control

     Identification of Broadleaf and Grassy Weeds

    Broadleaf Weeds versus Grassy Weeds

     Life Cycles, Annual Bluegrass, Broadleaf Plaintain, Chickweed, Dandelion, Field Bindweed, Ground Ivy, airy Galinsoga, Large Crabgrass, Poison Ivy, Purple Loosetrife, Purslane, Quackgrass, Slender Speedwell, Yellow Foxtail, Yellow Nutsedge, Yellow Woodsorrel

    The Changing Look of Commercial Herbicides, Pesticide Label Changes   Coming From The EPA, New Chemistries On The Horizon, Question And   Answers