30 Hour Course January 6 - 10, 13 - 15, 2025
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30 Hour Certification Program for Categories
3A January 6, 7, 13 -15, 2025 7A January 8, 9, 13 -15, 2025 7G January 9, 10, 13 - 15, 2025
NOTE NEW LOCATION Comfort Suites Cicero Room 5875 Carmenica Drive Cicero, NY 13039
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
2, 3a, 3b, 6a, 7a, 7f, 7g, 8, 25
Registration Fee for those signing up at the door $190.00
Sign In - 8:00am - 8:30am
Class - 8:30am - 4:45pm (except Wednesday 1/15 class ends at 12:00pm)
Wednesday, 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 January 13,2025.
Checks for exam MUST be made out to "NYSDEC".
______________________________________________________________ Day 1 - January 6,2025 Monday
Session 1 - 8:30am - 12:00pm
Kathy Roberts
Recertification Credits -2, 6a - .75 credits each 3a, 3b - 3.25 credits each 25 - 2.50 credits
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
Weed Identification and Control Identification of Broadleaf and Grassy Weeds Broadleaf Weeds versus Grassy Weeds Life Cycles, Annual Bluegrass, Black Medic, Broadleaf Plaintain, Chickweed, Dandelion, Field Bindweed, Ground Ivy, Smoth Crabgrass, Large Crabgrass, Poison Ivy, Yellow Foxtail, Nutsedges, Silver Crabgrass, Nimblewill, Creeping Bentgrass, Orchardgrass, Quackgrass, Tall Fescue _____________________________________________________________
Session 2 - 1:00pm - 4:45pm
Kathy Roberts
Recertification Credits -2, 6a - 1.00 credit each 3a, 3b - 3.50 credits each 3b - 5.75 credits 25 - 2.25 credits
Turfgrass Diseases Diagnosis, Control Anthracnose Foliar Blight, Brown Patch, Damping-off Disease, 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
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, EarthwormsJumping Worms
Ticks Identification, Diseases, Protection, Control Blacklegged Tick, American Dog Tick
__________________________________________________________________ Day 2 - January 7,2025 Tuesday
Session 3 - 8:30am - 12:00pm
Kathy Roberts
Recertification Credits- 3a, 25 - 3.25 credits each
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 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 _____________________________________________________________ Session 4 - 1:00pm - 4:45pm
Kathy Roberts
Recertification Credits- 3a, 25 - 3.50 credits each 3b - 2.00 credits 2, 6a - 1.25 credits each
Invasive Insects Identification, Life Cycle & Control
Spotted Lanternfly, Box Tree Moth, Elm Zigzag Sawfly, Beech Leaf Disease, European Gypsy Moth
Ornamental Pest Diseases Identification, Life Cycle, Control Apple Scab, Gymnosporangium Rust, Cedar Rust Diseases, Powdery Mildews, Sooty Molds, Anthracnose Diseases, Tar Spot, Vascular Wilts, Dutch Elm Disease, Bacterial Leaf Scorch, Ash Yellows, Root Rot of Rhododendron, Boxwood Blight Environmental actors Favoring Disease
Moles & Voles Identification - Damage - Range - Control
Eastern, Hairy-tailed, Star-nosed Moles, Pine and Meadow Voles
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Day 3 - January 8,2025 Wednesday
Session 5 - 8:30am - 12:00pm Kathy RobertsRecertification Credits - 7a, 8 - 3.25 credits each 7f - 3.00 credits
Bedbugs Biology, Behavior, Control and Prevention _____________________________________________________________
Session 6 - 1:00pm - 4:45pm Kathy RobertsRecertification Credits - 7a - 3.50 credits 7f - 3.00 credits 8 - 2.00 credits
Fleas Facts, Life Cycle & Control IPM: Management Tactics - Inspection - Sanitation
Rodent Control Rats & Mice
Biology & Habits
Identification
Control Methods
Stinging Insects Identification, Habitat, Life Cycles & Control Eastern Yellowjacket, Paper Wasp, Baldfaced Hornet, European Hornet, Digger Bees, Honey Bees
Spiders Identification, Life Cycle & Control Black Widow, Brown Recluse, Common House Spider, Longbodied Cellar Spider, Harvestmen, Nocturnal Orb Weaving Spider, Joro Spider
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Day 4 - January 9,2025 Thursday
Session 7 - 8:30am - 12:00pm
Kathy Roberts
Recertification Credits - 7a, 7f - 3.25 credits each
Stored Food Pest
Identification, Life Cycles & Control
Indian Meal Moth, Sawtoothed Grain Beetle, Cigarette and Drugstore
Beetles, Red Flour and Confused Flour Beetles, Angoumois Grain Moth
Granary and Rice Weevils, Spider Beetles, Dermestid Beetles
IPM: Management Tactics - Inspection - Sanitation - Non-Chemical
Chemical - Fumigation
Cockroaches Identification, Life Cycles & Control
American, Brownbanded, German, Oriental, Smokey Brown, Asian
IPM for Cockroaches - Inspection - Monitoring - Habitat Modification _________________________________________________________________
Session 8 - 1:00pm - 4:45pm
Kathy Roberts
Recertification Credits - 7a, 7f - 3.50 credits each
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 Structural Ants
Facts, Identification & Control
Acrobat Ant, Ordorous Ant, Pavemant Ant, Pharaoh Ant,
Citronella Ant, Little Black Ant, Thief Ant
Occasional Invaders
Identification, Life Cycles, Control
Lady Beetles, Western Conifer Seed Bug, Boxelder Bug
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Pest Birds In Buildings Identification, Habitat, Damage, Life Cycles & IPM Control Sparrows, Starlings, Pigeons, Other Birds
_________________________________________________________________ Day 5 - January 10,2025 Friday
Session 9 - 8:30am - 4:45pm Kathy Roberts Recertification Credits - 7g - 6.75 credits
Cooling Water Systems Cooling Water Organisms Cooling Towers IPM Prevention and Control Selection and Application of Pesticides Evaluation of Results and Treatment Control Microbial Growth Management in Paper Mills Water Treatment Legionella Awareness
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Session 10 - 8:30am - 4:45pm
Kathy Roberts
Recertification Credits - Core 6.75
Some Basics
Don Nelson DEC
Pests
Pesticides
Formulations
Pesticide Exposure and Risks
The Toxicity of Pesticides
Protecting Yourself
Responding to a Pesticide Exposure
__________________________________________________________________ Day 2 - January 14,2025 Tuesday
Session 11 - 8:30am - 4:45pm
Kathy Roberts
Recertification Credits- Core 6.75
Heat Stress Fate of Pesticides in the Environment Pesticides and Water 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 __________________________________________________________________
Session 12 - 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 3 - January 15,2025 Wednesday
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 Monday, January 13, 2025
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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
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