Pesticide Applicator CORE Exam

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After passing the Indiana pesticide CORE exam, I am now able to purchase and use restricted use pesticides on my property. Aspects of covered by the exam are discussed along with the training material used to study for the exam. National Pesticide Application CORE Manual: http://www.nasda.org/workersafety/ Michigan Pesticide Applicator Manual: http://www.stewartfarm.org/phragmites/pdf/coremanual.pdf

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Anyone have an updated link on the National Pesticide Application manual? The link in your description just gives a 404 error (webpage not found error).

Organic can be just as or more posines as chemical pesticides. Spray smart.

I purchased the 3bt and Core exam study guides from Purdue for $78-80. Very helpful!

Anyone can do it, but not everyone can make 40,000 dollars a month as a profession. Based on you background, you could'nt do it.

Just gives you a license to get cancer without liability to the company!

Any help on the 3a and 3b

hi, do you have to have some credit in Entomology or years of experience in the area to be able to take the government text ? or any person can apply for the government text if the person field acknowledgeable to do so ? i am very interested to get the pest control license but i have no experience can i just with the government course get it done ? thanks

I am sure that you are a nice person. That said, restricted use pesticides are too dangerous to use, period. You, your family, your workers and neighbors(who have no say) are very likely going to suffer very serious long term consequences, including cancer, neurological damage, I could go on for years. Many of the restricted use pesticides(such as chloropicrin) were originally created as weapons of mass destruction. You may now be able to legally apply restricted use pesticides but do not fool yourself into thinking that you and the people downwind from your farm are going to be safe.

You can only apply restricted use pesticides if you have a certified applicator on site with you. You are the equivalent of a registered technician and can mix and apply common pesticides. (Unless it has changed in the last couple of years,) I've had my applicator's license since 1986. Couldn't purchase RUP's with an RT either.

We could certainly use some of that water right about now as we're going through the worst drought in 20 years.

The test wasn't too hard and I I believe I got the results within two or three weeks. The test probably would have been a bit easier if I had shelled out the $30 to get the study for the stuff for the state of Indiana instead of just using the free Michigan study guide. I basically just guessed on most of the questions dealing with state regulations.

Im abojt tostudy to take the test for a new job, how hard was the test and how,long did it take to get the results

p.s. get up to at 600 ft above sea level at least when the rain comes and does not stop. k.

the water is coming. not going to be a good year for growing farm land. contained gardening a great idea. j5

@troutfishholland Disease resistant trees are a good idea, but I'm trying to maximize diversity and am hoping to have 160+ varieties of apricots, plums, pears, and paw paws by Spring 2013. So far I haven't had much problem with diseases, but with that much diversity it's not like I have a huge block of highly susceptible trees right next to each other. I spray the trees with Bordeaux Mixture while dormant and so far that seems to nip any disease problems in the bud.

Good thoughts on the spraying end of things. Did you give any consideration to disease resistant trees? Nothing protects from the nasty winged and slinking buggers though. Kill them. Kill them all. I look forward to seeing things progress for you.

with you on this, my wife recently took a simuilar course and exam in England. Bottom line, organic is a nice ideal to aim for, but 'mother nature' doesn't know or care whether we live or die, some pests need to be controlled, but it must be done safely.