West Virginia

West Virginia Department of Agriculture Pesticide License Training, Recertification, and Online Pest Control Courses

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**Each Credit Requires 30 Minutes of Training within the Course (2 Credits = 1 Hour) - Take Breaks as Needed

Aedes aegypti Mosquito - 4 Credits - Categories 9,11,12,13D

Topics include life cycle, habitat, control, vector management, distribution, vaccinations, history, description, research, videos, and medical importance.

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Aquatic Floating Weeds - 4 Credits - Categories - 6,11,12,Private

This course includes discussion in regard to various aquatic floating weeds, invasive species, control methods, habitat, management, identification, and helpful hints.

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Aquatic Submerged Weeds - 4 Credits - Category 6,11,12, Private

Topics include submerged aquatic weeds, descriptions, ecological effects, control measures, timing of treatments, products, and invasive species.

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Bed Bugs - 4 Credits - Categories - 8A, 8E

Topics include history, background, description, life cycle, habit, feeding, reproduction, origin, management, treatment, society and culture, mechanical, biological, and chemical control, videos, and feeding.

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Bird Control & Techniques - 4 Credits - Category - 8A

Topics include bird control and techniques, spiking, chemical options, trapping, netting, methods, scarers, reducing attractiveness, reducing reproduction, non-lethal control, and exclusion.

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Carpenter Ants - 2 Credits - Category - 8A,8B,8E,11,12

Topics include history, life cycle, control, prevention, detection, videos, and description.

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Cockroaches - 4 Credits - Categories - 8A, 8E

Topics include life cycle, history, control, videos, parasitic wasps, behavior, and management.

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Commercial Fumigation - 4 Credits - Categories - 8C, Private

Topics include what is a fumigant, how they work, safety, types, aeration, and videos.

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Commercial Fumigation II - 4 Credits - Categories - 8C, Private

This program discusses topics associated with fumigants, treatments, needs assessments, quarantine compliance, advantages, disadvantages, chemical and physical characteristics, volatility, types, pests, target organisms, and chemicals.

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Darkling Beetles - 2 Credits - Categories 2, 11, 12, Private

Topics include description, life cycle, biology, ecology, control, management, larvae, mouth parts, and videos.

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Equipment Calibration - 4 Credits - Categories - 1, 3, 4A, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13C, Private

Course topics include improper calibration, drop and rotary spreaders, boom sprayers, nozzles, videos, agitation, amount of product and solution.

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Fungicides - 6 Credits - Categories 1, 3, 4A, 4B, 11, 12, Private

Topics include systemic, contact, transliminar, videos, FRAC Code, uses, crops, description, and history.

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Imported Fire Ant - 4 Credits - Category 8A, 8E

Topics include foraging, tunneling, habitat, videos, physiology, socialization, and feeding.

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Insecticides - 4 Credits - Category 8A, 8B, 8E, 9, 13D, 13E

Course topics include formulations, aerosols, sprays, dusts, baits, concentrates, foggers, and videos.

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Insects - 4 Credits - Categories - 8A, 8E, 8B, 9, 13D, 13E

Course topics include insects, spiders, and videos.

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Invasive Species - 4 Credits - Categories - 3, 4A, 7, 10, 11

Topics include environmental considerations, various species, problems, solutions, government role, environments, examples, and videos.

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Landscape Ornamentals- 2 Credits - Categories - 4A, 11, 12

Topics include ornamentals, care, fertilizing, pruning, videos, and planting.

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Lice - 2 Credits - Category 8A, 8E, 9

Topics include control, species, description, biology, videos, and prevention.

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Managing Household Pests - 2 Credits - Category 8A, 8E

Course topics include exclusion, identification, sanitation, pest biology, treatment, and videos.

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Mosquitoes & Diseases - 6 Credits - Category 9, 13D

Topics include videos, prevention, eradication, history, background, control, symptoms, vaccinations, medicines, and parasites.

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Mosquitoes - 4 Credits - Categories 9, 13D

Topics include breeding, habitat, life cycle, saliva, videos, and prevention.

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Nematodes - 6 Credits - Categories 1, 3, 4A, 4B, 10, 11, 12

Topics include description, biology, habitat, life cycle, beneficial nematodes, videos, anatomy, digestive system, types, bacteria, feeding, and modes of action.

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Pesticide Laws - 2 Credits - Categories - All except 5 & 14

Course topics include regulations, classification, labeling, formulation, transportation, storage, mixing, application, equipment, videos, and maintenance.

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Pesticide Record Keeping - 2 Credits - Cat - All except 5 & 14

Course topics include requirements, records, total amount, size, site, timing, name of applicator, civil penalties, benefits, WPS, and videos.

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Pesticide Safety - 2 Credits - Categories - All except 5 & 14

Topics include safe handling, labels, equipment maintenance, transportation, videos, and toxicity.

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Pesticides & Bees - 4 Credits - Category 1, 11, 12, Private

Topics include Colony Collapse Disease, apiary location, drift, environmental effects, signs, symptoms, videos, recovery, and malnutrition.

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Pesticides in the Environment - 2 Credits - All except 5 & 14

Topics include environmental issues, videos, EPA, FDA, licensing, stewardship, and safety.

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Poultry Integrated Pest Management - 2 Credits - 2, 11, 12, Private

Topics include restricted use pesticides, rinsing containers, controlling flies, fly biology, cultural control, dry manure, water management, sanitation, durashield, baits, rodent control, sprays, foggers, and building atomizers.

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Powderpost Beetles - 4 Credits - Category - 8B

Topics include life history, life cycle, management, control, habits and types, heat treatments, and insecticides.

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Private Bundle - 10 Credits - Category - Private

This program provides full recertification in the private category and is 10 credits. Courses include Calibration, Pesticide Safety, Pesticides in the Environment, and Respirators.

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Public Health Pest Management - 6 Credits - Categories - 8A, 9, 13D

Topics include arthropods, rodents, snakes, mosquitoes, history, videos, endangered species, and groundwater protection.

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Rats - 4 Credits - Category 8A, 8E, 9

Topics include species, habitat, biology, videos, food, diseases, and control.

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Respirators - 2 Credits - Categories - All except 5 & 14

Topics include color coding, donning, doffing, types, safety precautions, and videos.

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Right-of-Way Applications - 4 Credits - Category - 7, 11, 12

Topics include weed characteristics, control methods, types of control, herbicides and their characteristics, and Integrated Vegetation Management.

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Right-of-Way Weed Control - 4 Credits - Categories 7, 11, 12, 13C

Topics include road shoulders, ditches, drains, road crossings, herbicide injections, basal and foliar treatment, storage yards, railroads, chemical side trimming, and selective and non-selective vegetation management.

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Seed Treatment - 4 Credits - Categories - 5, 11, 12

Topics include description, growth regulators, fungicidal, anti-microbial, chemical, insecticides, agriculture, benefits and risks, advantages and disadvantages, IPM, protection, purpose, videos, neonicotinoids, and plant health.

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Sewer Root Control - 4 Credits - Category - 13B

Topics include foaming techniques, effectiveness, sewer treatment, root control, treatment plants, environmental concerns, building laterals, dilution, flow, slope and grade, metam-sodium, dichlobenil, chemical and mechanical control, factors, and methods.

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Soils, Nutrients, & IPM - 2 Credits - Categories - 1, 4A, 11, 12, Private

Course topics include composition, properties, make-up, nutrient analysis, IPM, and videos.

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Spiders - 4 Credits - Category 8A, 8E

Course topics include webs, biology, feeding, videos, body structure, circulation and respiratory, feeding, digestion & excretion, CNS, locomotion, ecology, prey, family tree, and humans.

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Structural Fumigation - 4 Credits - 8C

This program discusses topics associated with fumigants, treatments, needs assessments, quarantine compliance, advantages, disadvantages, chemical and physical characteristics, volatility, types, pests, target organisms, and chemicals.

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Termites - 4 Credits - Category 8B

Topics include habitat, tunnels, mounds, social behavior, videos, types, cultures, energy, and temperature control.

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Turf grass Culture - 2 Credits - Category 4A

Course topics include mowing, frequency, directional, vertical recycling, irrigation, thatch, aeration, liming, and videos.

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Turf grass Identification - 2 Credits - Categories - 4A, 11, 12

Course topics include description, reference chart, parts of a grass plant, classification, and videos.

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Turf grass Insects - 4 Credits - Category 4A

Course topics include beneficial organisms, mouthparts, species, seasonality, and videos .

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Turf grass Problems - 2 Credits - Categories - 4A, 11, 12

Course topics include scalping, drought, pet issues, salt damage, fuel spills, compaction, videos, diagnosis, and resolution.

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Turf grass Species - 4 Credits - Category 4A

Course topics include warm and cool season turf grasses, use, adaptation, culture, physiology, and videos.

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Turfgrass Diseases - 4 Credits - 4A, 11, 12

Topics include diseases, control, management, fertilizer, watering, videos, and preventative measures.

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Using Insecticides in Buildings - 2 Credits - Categories 8A, 8E, 11

Topics include proper usage, products, videos, selection, list, application, and safety.

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Vertebrate Pests - 2 Credits - Category - 8A

Topic include Rodents, Rats, exclusion, sanitation, trapping, bait stations, glue-stations, safety, labels, videos, control, management, rodenticides, and monitoring.

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Weed ID & Herbicides - 2 Credits - Categories - 4A, 7, 11, 12

Course topics include weed ID, herbicides, systemic, contact, pre-emergence, post-emergence, and videos.

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West Nile Virus - 4 Credits - Categories - 9, 13D

Topics include history, signs, symptoms, virology, epidemiology, monitoring, control, treatment, risk, prevention, and videos.

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Wood Destroying Organisms - 4 Credits - Categories - 8B, 11, 12

Topics include termites, borers, videos, equipment, drywood, dampwood, inspection, types, and control.

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Wood Preservative Chemicals - 4 Credits - Category - 8D

Topics include borates, pentachlorophenol, CCA, copper azole, napthalene, new technology, water-borne, oil-borne, methods, and environmental concerns.

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Wood Treatment - 4 Credits - Category - 8D

Topics include introduction, history, hazards, chemical preservatives, AWPA, videos, types, and methods.

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Worker Protection Standard - 2 Credits - Categories - 1, 2, 4A, 4B, 11, 12, Private

This course covers safety, re-entry intervals, regulations, wps, PPE, and EPA.

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Zika Virus - 4 Credits - Categories 9, 11, 13D

Topics include transmission, history, treatment, prevention, virology, symptoms, signs, biology, and risks.

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