Pesticide Exam Study Manuals

This exam prepares you for general pesticide applications on property other than your own. It does not permit you to apply RESTRICTED USE PESTICIDES unless under the direct supervision of a commercial applicator.

Pesticide Applicator License

These exams prepare you for applying restricted use pesticides on your own property. (This license is usually obtained by farmers.)

• Livestock/Dairy (category 24)
• Tree Fruit (category 25)
• Greenhouse (category 26)
• Small Fruit (category 27)
• Poultry (category 28) (North Carolina Extension)
• Nursery (category 29)
• Cranberries (category 30)
• Vegetables (category 31)
• Sod Production (category 32) call Pesticide Education office at 413-545-1044

This exam is intended for individuals that will be selling pesticides.

• Dealer License

These exams prepare you for RESTRICTED USE PESTICIDE applications on property other than your own. Note: You usually need to have held an applicators license for two years before you are eligible to sit for this exam.

• Custom Agriculture (category 33)
• Aerial Application (category 34)
• Forest Pest Control (category 35)
• Shade Trees & Ornamentals (category 36)
• Turf (category 37)
• Seed Treatment (category 38)
  The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources will no longer conduct a Seed Treatment Exam. For further information on this decision please contact the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Pesticide Licensing and Certification Coordinator, Steven Antunes-Kenyon at (617)626-1784.
• Aquatic Weed Control (category 39)
• Rights of Way (category 40)
• General Pest Control (category 41)
• Fumigation (category 42)
• Termite (category 43)
• Vertebrate Pest Control (category 44)
• Site Sanitation (category 45)
  The Massachusetts Deaprtment of Agricultural Resources will no longer conduct a Site Sanitation Exam. For further information on this decision please contact the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Pesticide Licensing and Certification Coordinator, Steven Antunes-Kenyon at (617) 626-1784.
• General Public Health (category 46)
• Mosquito Pest Control (category 47)
• Demonstration & Research (category 49)
• Food Processing (category 50)
• Wood Preservation (category 52)
• Tributylin (TBT) (category 54)
• Sewer Root Control (category 55)