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Certification exam available online: Pearson Vue offers the pesticide applicator certification exam online. The online exam includes a $45 convenience fee that is paid entirely to Pearson Vue. DATCP will continue to offer a paper exam at no charge.
Current pesticide applicator certifications were extended until December 31, 2021. If your certifications expired between January 31, 2020-November 30, 2021, they were extended to December 31, 2021.
If you have a temporary certification number ending with "T" you will not need to purchase additional training material from the University of Wisconsin Pesticide Applicator Training Program (UW PAT) to test in person; the training material purchased for your temporary certification will be honored for your in-person testing.
The online UW PAT training you took qualifies you for the 50% passing score when testing in-person at a UW-Madison Divison of Extension office. Your county Extension office will determine when they are able to offer an in-person private applicator certification exam based upon current restrictions.
About
Private applicators are individuals who apply restricted-use pesticides to their own or their employer's agricultural crops. In addition to farm crops, this includes Christmas trees, forests, and nursery and greenhouse plants.
Private applicators must be certified, but do not need a license.
Steps to certification
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Buy a training manual at your county University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension office.
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Schedule an exam.
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Pass an open-book exam.
- The UW-PAT Program will be providing online training. You may elect to take the online training or attend a training hosted by your county Extension.
Certification is valid for five years. There are six categories for certification. You may be certified in more than one category.
100.0/101.0 | General Farming |
104.0/105.0 | Greenhouse & Nursery |
112.0/113.0 | Fruit Crop |
107.0 | Fumigation by Private Applicator |
109.0 | Chemigation |
111.0 | Aerial Application |
Applying pesticides in Indian country:
In addition to state certification and licensing, you need federal certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to apply restricted-use pesticides in Indian country. After receiving certification in a Wisconsin category, you must apply to the EPA for certification, which will be based on the Wisconsin category.
EPA information and application form for Indian country certification
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