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2024 30-HOUR PESTICIDE CERTIFICATION COURSE AND EXAM

• Monday, January 22, 2024, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• Friday, January 26, 2024, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• Monday, January 29, 2024, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• Thursday, February 1, 2024, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

All classes will meet in person with some presenters over Zoom.

JANUARY 22, 2023 ^- 9am to 12:15pm
Updates on Rules and Regulations with DEC representative

1:15pm to 2:45pm
Personal Protective Equipment and Reading Labels
with Hillary Jufer, Horticulture Program Manager with Cornell Cooperative Extension Westchester County

3pm to 4:30pm
Intro to Turfgrass
with David Chinery, Horticulture Turf Management Sr. Resource Educator at Cornell Cooperative Extension Rensselaer County

JANUARY 24, 2023 - 9am to 12:15pm and 1:15pm to 4:30pm
Pesticide Core Competency 1&2
with Mike Helms, Extension Support Specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program

JANUARY 26, 2023 - 9am to 10:00am
Principles of IPM
with Kathleen Strahan,Horticulture Educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension Westchester County

10:15am to 12:15pm
Vertebrate Pests
with Paul Curtis, PhD, Professor and Department Extension Leader, Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

1:15pm to 4:30pm
Basic Entomology for Ornamental Plants
with Hillary Jufer, Horticulture Program Manager with Cornell Cooperative Extension Westchester County

January 29^{th -} 9am to 12:15pm
Turfgrass Insects
with Kyle Wickings, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Entomology Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

1:15pm to 4:30pm
Weeds of the Landscape
with Randall Prostak, PhD, Extension Weed Specialist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

January 31^{st -} 9am to 12:15pm
Ornamental Plant Pathology
with Brian Eshenaur, Sr. Extension Associate for Ornamental Crops at the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program

1:15pm to 3:00pm
Pesticides and Water
with Sara Powell, LISS Sustainable & Resilient Communities Extension Professional from NY Sea Grant

3:00pm to 4:30pm
Optional study session.

February 1^st - 10am to 1pm
Core and Category 3a exam in CCE building.
Lunch will not be provided, no break during testing

Cost for course: $615*

*Includes all required manuals.

*Lunch and refreshments also included

Cost for DEC exam: $100**

**Exam can be paid at time of registration to CCE Westchester or bring a check or money order made payable to the Department of Environmental Conservation on the day of the exam.

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Fee

$615

Learn More

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Register

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Location

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County
3 West Main Street, Suite 112
Elmsford, NY 10523

Last updated December 8, 2023