The Smith County Extension office will be holding a Private Pesticide Applicator Training and Testing Session on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, beginning at 8:30 AM at our office in the Smith County Cotton Belt Building (1517 W. Front St, Ste 116, Tyler).
If you would like to be able to purchase Restricted Use pesticides (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides or rodenticides) to help you produce an agricultural commodity on property that you own or lease, then you need a Private Applicator’s license.
According to Texas Agriculture Code, you must attend a training class like this one offered by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service before the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) will allow you to take the Private Applicator’s test.
After attending the class and passing the test, you may apply for the license through the TDA which costs $60.00 and is good for 5 years (it normally takes around 4 weeks from the time you send your application in until you get your license).
During the 5 year period, you must participate in 15 hours of Continuing Education classes offered by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service and private companies in order to be able to renew your license.
Cost for the class is $20.00 per person which includes the study guide. It is recommended that you pickup and read the entire study guide before the class. Please call (903) 590 - 2980 by March 24th to reserve a space in the class. Sign up early, our classes are often full before the closing date for registration.
The class is designed to review the material printed in the study book. We especially recommend that you read pages 39 through 76 of the study guide several times, as this information is not covered during the training course.
