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Commercial Recertification

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Upcoming Commercial Applicator Pesticide Recertification Opportunities


Ohio Pesticide Commercial Applicator Recertification 


2025 Commercial Recertification Opportunities

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In-Person Meetings

Paying with a PO? Click here

January 16, 2025 - Akron (John S. Knight Center) 
January 29, 2025 - Findlay (Hancock Hotel)
February 13, 2025 - Cincinnati Area (Oasis Conference Center)
February 19, 2025- Columbus (NEW LOCATON - Fawcett Center)

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Online Webinars
Feb 25, 2025   - Ag. and Horticultural Field Crop
Feb 27, 2025   - Landscape, Turf and Ornamental
March 4, 2025 - Industrial Veg, Natural Areas and Aquatic
March 6, 2025 - Structural and Vertebrate Pests

Februrary 26, 2025 - Agricultural Fertilizer Recertification


Other Opportunities

Click here to visit the Ohio Department of Agriculture webpage to search for additional recertification opportunities. 

Ohio Pest Management Association training, September 19, 2024 8am-4pm, Columbus, OH. Registration info here.

Ohio Pest Management Association Winter Meeting, December 11-13, 2024
Columbus, OH. Registration info here.


Commercial Pesticide License Requirements

To keep a commercial pesticide applicator license current, applicators must take 5 hours of recertification credit every 3 years. The specific requirements are:

1 hour of Core required

+ 1/2 hour in each category on applicator license required

+ additional time in any category (after completing 1 hour of core and each category requirement)

= 5 hours of time for recertification

Click here to check your recertification status


Request Recertification Credits for Your Meeting
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Questions?

E-mail your program-related questions to the the Pesticide Safety Education Program, Ohio State University Extension, at: pested@osu.edu or call (614) 292-4070. For registration questions, call Valerie at Recertification Specialist at 740-624-2405