Certification and Training Assessment Group

• October 2020 CTAG Update

  Published on November 27, 2020
  This has certainly been a year of challenges! Covid-19 has impacted us all in so many ways, including how we work and the challenges we are currently facing, which did not exist this time last year.

• 2021 CTAG Member Solicitation

  Published on November 27, 2020
  To All Pesticide State Lead Agencies, Pesticide Safety Education Programs, and Tribal Pesticide Programs: CTAG (the Certification and Training Assessment Group) invites your nomination(s) for three-year membership beginning February 1, 2021.

• Minimum-Age Requirements for Certification to Use RUPs

  Published on April 17, 2020
  Currently, 76% of the states have no age minimums for issuing private applicator certifications and 39% of the states have no age minimums for commercial applicator certifications.

• Positive Identification Requirement for Pesticide Applicator Certification Exams

  Published on April 17, 2020
  People who are candidates for pesticide certification exams should be positively identified before the exam is issued and before any credentials are issued.

• Recertification: Examples of Including Both Core and Category Topics

  Published on April 17, 2020
  The question, “What makes a good recertification offering?” is a many-facetted question. The answer in large part depends on the responder.

• Conventional Reciprocity for Issuing Cross-Jurisdictional Pesticide Certifications: Definitions, Concerns and Strategies

  Published on April 17, 2020
  Reciprocity means very different things to different people. Therefore, any discussion of reciprocity, as it pertains to pesticide certification, has to begin with definitions.

• Direct Supervision: Summary of Survey Results

  Published on April 17, 2020
  Excerpt: There are no criteria or provisions set forth in FIFRA defining the practice of a non-certified person engaged in the application of pesticides while under the direct supervision of a certified pesticide applicator.

• Recertification: Addressing Both Core and Category Topics in Training

  Published on April 17, 2020
  The question, “What makes a good recertification offering?” is a many-facetted question. The answer in large part depends on the responder

• Copyright and C&T

  Published on April 17, 2020
  The Certification and Training Advisory Group (CTAG) encourages the sharing of pesticide education materials, certification exams…

• Federal Agency Certification Plans

  Published on April 17, 2020
  The Certification and Training Assessment Group (CTAG) strives to facilitate improvement in the national pesticide applicator certification and training (C&T) program…