Soil Fumigant Training for Certified Applicators
As required by updated soil fumigant product labels, certified applicators must successfully complete an EPA-approved training program covering the new soil fumigant provisions. This page includes information about:
- the soil fumigant training programs developed by pesticide registrants and approved by EPA, and
- EPA-approved alternatives to the registrant training programs that are available for specific states.
Note: If you are an applicator who is already certified in a soil fumigation category or subcategory, your certification is current and the state where you are certified is listed under States with Additional Certified Applicator Training Options and Requirements below, you do not have to complete the registrant training program.
- Soil Fumigation Manual (A National Pesticide Applicator Certification Study Guide) (PDF)(128 pp, 16.1 MB , About PDF) Exit
Training Materials for Certified Applicators Developed by Registrants
EPA required registrants to develop and implement training programs for certified applicators supervising soil fumigant applications. This training must be completed every three years.
- EPA-approved training program for certified applicators using methyl bromide, chloropicrin, chloropicrin and 1,3-dichloropropene, dazomet and metam sodium and potassium Exit
- EPA-approved training program for certified applicators using dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) Exit
State Options for Complying with the Certified Applicator Training Requirement on Soil Fumigant Labels
Depending on where the soil fumigant application is taking place, there may be:
- additional options and/or
- further requirements
for satisfying the training requirement found on soil fumigant labels for certified applicators supervising soil fumigant applications.
If the state where you intend to apply a soil fumigant is not listed below, then the EPA-approved registrant training programs will satisfy the certified applicator training label requirement.
States with Additional Certified Applicator Training Options and Requirements
| State Where Soil Fumigant Will be Applied |
Option to Satisfy the Certified Applicator Training Requirement |
How Often Training has to be Completed |
Contact for Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1) Commercial applicators: State certification & licensing in Category O meets label requirement for applicator training. | 1) Meeting state certification and renewal requirements will fulfill the label-required training. |
Licensing and Certification Program Department and Pesticide Regulation |
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2) Private applicators: must successfully complete a registrant-developed training program |
2) Must successfully complete registrant training every 36 months. | ||
| Florida | Commercial and private applicators who first attempted and did not pass the Registrant training exam: Successful completion of state administered challenge exam meets label requirement for applicator training for methyl bromide, chloropicrin, chloropicrin and 1,3-dichloropropene, dazomet, and metam sodium and potassium | Must successfully complete challenge exam every 36 months. |
Tamara James, Environmental Manager |
| Idaho | Professional (commercial) and Private applicators: State certification & licensing in soil fumigation category meets label requirement for applicator training | Meeting state certification and renewal requirements will fulfill the label-required training. | Sherman Takatori Program Manager Pesticide Applicator Licensing and Training Idaho State Department of Agriculture Phone: 208-332-8609 sherman.takatori@agri.idaho.gov |
| Minnesota | Commercial, Non-commercial and Private applicators: State certification & licensing in soil fumigation category meets label requirement for applicator training | Meeting state certification and renewal requirements will fulfill the label-required training. | Alice Waller, Licensing Consultant Licensing & Certification Unit Pesticide & Fertilizer Management Division MN Department of Agriculture 625 Robert Street North St. Paul, MN 55155-2538 Phone: 651-201-6284 Fax: 651-201-6105 alice.waller@state.mn.us |
| Nevada | 1) Private applicators: State certification & licensing in soil fumigation category meets label requirement for applicator training. | 1) Meeting state certification and renewal requirements will fulfill the label-required training. |
Bret Allen Nevada Department of AgriculturePhone: 775-353-3715 bret.allen@agri.nv.gov |
| 2) Commercial applicators: must successfully complete a registrant-developed training program | 2) Must successfully complete registrant training every 36 months. | ||
| North Carolina | Certified private, commercial, and public applicators: Completion of state soil fumigation training program and passing state administered exam meets label requirement for applicator training. |
Must successfully complete training and exam every 36 months. |
John Feagans North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services |
| Oregon | 1) Public and commercial applicators: State certification & licensing in Soil Fumigation II Category meets the label requirement for applicator training if the applicator completes the exam after December 25, 2012 | 1) Meeting state certification and renewal requirements will fulfill the label-required training. | Laurie Gordon Certification/Registration Specialist Oregon Department of Agriculture 475 NE Bellevue Drive, Suite 110 Bend, OR 97701-7415 Phone: 541-617-6097 Fax: 541-389-1329 lgordon@oda.state.or.us or Oregon Department of Agriculture |
| 2) Private applicators: must successfully complete a registrant-developed training program | 2) Must successfully complete registrant training every 36 months. | ||
| Washington | Commercial and Private applicators: State certification & licensing in Soil Fumigation RMM category meets label requirement for applicator training |
Meeting state certification and renewal requirements will fulfill the label-required training. |
Christina Zimmerman |
| Wisconsin | Commercial and Private applicators: State certification & licensing in soil fumigation category meets label requirement for applicator training | Meeting state certification and renewal requirements will fulfill the label-required training |
Michael Murray, DATCP Pesticide Program Manager Phone:608-224-4551 https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Licenses_Permits/PrivateApplicator.aspx |