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To order training manuals, visit the National Pesticide Safety Education Center.
The printed copies of training manuals can be obtained by visiting the National Pesticide Safety Education Center. Some of the manuals listed on this page and in the navigation bar are available in PDF format for free. Large copies are divided into smaller files for ease of downloading. The links will go to each manual with its table of contents.
Questions? Contact Safa Alzohairy at 517-353-9903 or safa@msu.edu
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(Certification, Recertification and Registered Technician Information)
Manual Requirements by Applicator Type: Dates in parenthesis indicate the earliest date at which the manual can be used as a study guide.
PRIVATE Applicators - Applicators using or supervising the use of restricted-use pesticides for the purpose of producing an agricultural commodity on their own lands or their employer's land, or on land rented to them.
Additional Standards for Private Applicators: If you apply pesticides aerially or for fumigation purposes, you must obtain the appropriate STANDARD. Order study materials listed below (in addition to the core manual) if you are performing aerial or fumigant applications of pesticides:
REGISTERED Technicians: Applicators authorized to apply general-use and restricted-use pesticides for a commercial or private agricultural purpose, or as a scheduled and required work assignment in the course of employment.
Para el Tecnico Registrado de habla Hispana (for the Spanish language Registered Technician):
COMMERCIAL Applicators: Applicators authorized to apply general-use and restricted-use pesticides for a commercial purpose, or as a scheduled and required work assignment in the course of his or her employment.
