STATE OF CALIFORNIA
QUALIFIED APPLICATOR CERTIFICATE PACKET
(REV
9/20)
DEPARTMENT
OF
PESTICIDE
REGULATION
LICENSING
AND
CERTIFICATION
PROGRAM
PO BOX 4015
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
95812-4015
(916) 445- 4038
Email: LicenseMail@cdpr.ca.gov
Web site: http://www.cdpr.ca.gov
QUALIFIED APPLICATOR
CERTIFICATE PACKET
Contains
the
following
documents:
Certification Requirements
Application & Instructions
Pest Control Category Descriptions
Study Material Source List
Licensing Visa/Mastercard Transaction Form
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE REGULATION
QUALIFIED APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS (REV. 7/20)
QUALIFIED APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Do you need
this certificate?
You must possess a valid Qualified Applicator Certificate (QAC) if you do any of the following:
Apply or supervise the application of federally restricted use pesticides or state restricted
materials for any purpose or on any property other than that provided by the definition
of a private applicator
1
(Title 3 of California Code of Regulations [3 CCR], section
6000).
Basic licensing
requirements
You may obtain a QAC by submitting the application, appropriate fees, and passing the
required examinations.
Examinations You must pass the Laws, Regulations, and Basic Principles examination and at least one pest
control category examination with a score of 70 percent or higher (3 CCR section 6504). The pest
control categories for this certificate are as follows:
A Residential, Industrial, and Institutional
B Landscape Maintenance
C Right-of-Way
D Plant Agriculture
E Forest
F
Aquatic
G
Regulatory
H Seed Treatment
I
Animal
Agriculture
J Demonstration and Research
K Health Related
L Wood Preservative
M Antifouling Tributyltin
N Sewer Line Root Control
O Field Fumigation
P
Microbial
Pest
Control
Q Maintenance Gardener *
* Applicants for subcat
egory Q only need to take the pest control category Q examination. Laws and
Regulations are included in the examination.
Exam
schedules/
p
rocessing
time
The DPR Exam Schedule is posted on the web site at http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/
exam_sched.pdf. Your application must be postmarked by the final filing date listed in the
examination schedule in order for your requested month, location, and type of examination(s) to
be processed.
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on next
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An individual who uses or supervises the use of a pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity on property owned, leased, or
rented by him/her or his/her employer; OR a householder who uses or supervises the use of a pesticide outside a residential
dwelling
to control
ornamental,
plant or turf pests on property owned, leased, or rented by that householder.
Qualified Applicator Certificate
Certification Requirements
(Rev.
7/20)
Page 2
Preparing for
the examination
To prepare for the examination, you should read the appropriate study materials listed on the
Suggested Study Material Source List included in this packet. Many of the study materials have
practice test questions at the end of each chapter that can help you evaluate whether you know the
material well enough to pass the exam. For some categories, DPR has Knowledge Expectations
available on our web site that outline the type of information you will be expected to know when
you take the examination.
Application
fee
The application fee is $40 f
or this certificate (3 CCR section 6502). This fee allows an applicant a
12 month period to become certified.
Examination fee
The examination fee is $50 (3 CCR section 6505) for each examination requested including:
adding categories; and
rescheduling due to f
ailure to appear or to obtain a passing score.
Second-year fee
notice
If you pass t
he required examinations you
may receive a Second-year Fee Notice. If you receive
this notice, it means that in order to issue your 2 year certificate, an additional $30 is required
.
The 2 year cycles are illustrated in the table below.
If your last name begins with…
Then your certificate will
A through L
Expire on December 31 of even-numbered
years (e.g. 2018, 2020, 2022, etc.)
M through Z
Expire on December 31 of odd numbered
years (e.g. 2017, 2019, 2021, etc.)
Valid
certificates
List of valid lice
nses and certificates may be viewed at www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/currlic.htm.
Certificate
duration
Refer to the table above for expiration date.
Continuing
education
Once you pass the examination(s) and
receive your certificate, you must accumulate a
determined amount of approved continuing education
(CE) hours. DPR will inform
you of the
number of approved CE hours you are required to complete.
2 After your first renewal, you are
required to accumulate at least 20 hours of approved continuing education (CE) every two
years before certificate renewal. Four of the 20 hours must cover the topic of pesticide laws
and regulations (3 CCR section 6511).
QAC holders who have Category M, N, P, or Q are required to complete eight hours of
approved CE after their first renewal. QAC holders who have Category H only are required to
complete four hours of approved CE after their first renewal. Two of the hours must cover
pesticide laws and regulations (3 CCR section 6511). It is your responsibility to ensure that you
complete the number of hours required for your category(ies) prior to renewal of your QAC.
For
information on CE
requirements
and the
list
of
DPR-approved
CE
courses visit
our
web site
at:
CE requi
rements: www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/conted.htm
DPR-approved CE courses: www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/classes.htm
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page.
2
Some
new
certificate
holders may require
fewer
CE hours for their first
renewal
depending on when the
certificate was
issued.
The number of required CE hours
will
be
specified
on your transmittal card when you
receive
your new certificate.
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Qualified Applicator Certificate
Certification Requirements (Rev. 7/20)
Renewal fee The renewal fee is $60 for the 2-year cycle (3 CCR section 6502).
Late renewal
fee
A late fee of
50 percent of the renewal fee will be charged for each license or
certificate renewal postmarked after December 31 of your expiration year.
Miscellaneous
fee
s
The following chart lists possible miscellaneous fees.
Type
Amount
Details
Name
change
$20
You must immediately notify the Licensing and Certification Program
in writing (3 CCR section 6508).
You must submit legal documents certifying the name change.
A new certificate will be automatically issued for all name changes.
The Address Change/Name Change/Replacement Card Form is
available on our web site at:
http://www
.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/forms/pr-pml-002.pdf
Address
change
$20
You must immediately notify the Licensing and Certification Program
in writing (3 CCR section 6508).
This
fee
is
only
required
if
you request
a
new
certificate.
The
Address
Change/Name
Change/Replacement
Card Form
is
available
on our
web site
at:
http://www
.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/forms/pr-pml-002.pdf
Duplicate
$20
This fee applies to requests for a duplicate or replacement certificate.
The Address Change/Name Change/Replacement Card Form is
available on our web site at:
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/forms/pr-pml-002.pdf
Name and/or address change fees are waived when a certificate is reprinted to add a pest
control category or when a certificate is renewed.
Common
mistakes
The most common application errors are:
incorrect fees submitted;
final filing date was missed; and
the preferred month, location and type of examination(s) was not specified.
You can avoid these errors by reading the application instructions carefully and by mailing
your application before the final filing date.
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on next
page.
Qualified Applicator Certificate
Certification Requirements (Rev. 7/20)
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Our mailing
address
Department of Pesticide Regulation
Licensing and Certification Program
P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812-4015
Fo
r
more
information
Please email us at LicenseMail@cdpr.ca.gov.
Note: Your application and materials must be mailed to DPR. We cannot
accept electronic submittals.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
QUALIFIED APPLICATOR CERTIFICATE APPLICATION
DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE REGULATION
PEST MANAGEMENT AND LICENSING BRANCH
LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
P.O. BOX 4015
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95812-4015
(916) 445-4038
E-Mail: LicenseMail@cdpr.ca.gov
Web site: http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/
DPR-PML-001A (REV. 01/18) Page 1
of 2
The mailing address you indicate on this application is y our address of record for your certificate,
therefore it is public information. You may wish to use a post office box in lieu of a physical address.
A. Application Type. Check the appropriate box(es)
.
FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS, SEE PAGE 2.
NEW APPLICATION
(New Application Fee of $40 is required in Section G).
REEXAMINATION - FAIL OR NO SHOW
ON PREVIOUS EXAM
ADDING PEST CONTROL CATEGORY(IES)
B. Applicant Information.
NAME (Last)
(First)
(Middle Initial)
QAC NUMBER(Certificate/Application #)
(if applicable)
HOME PHONE NUMBER
(
)
MAILING ADDRESS (Number and Street or P.O. Box)
WORK PHONE NUMBER
(
)
(City)
(County)
(State)
(ZIP Code)
CELL PHONE NUMBER
( )
CURRENT EMPLOYER
(Check only one box)
City County State Federal Pest Control Business Maintenance Gardener Other or N/A
E-MAIL ADDRESS
EMPLOYER NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS (If Applicable) (Number and Street, P.O. Box, City, State, Zip Code)
C. Examination - Laws, Regulations and Basic Principles.
Law
s, Regulations and Basic Principles $50
This examination must be passed in addition to one or
more categories in Section D below to obtain a QAC.
No fee or examination is required if you:
(1) Have a valid PCA, APC, JPC, OR QAL
OR
License/CertificateNumber:
(2) Have passed this exam within the last 12 months Application #:
D. Examinations - Categories. Indicate the examination(s) you want to take by checking the appropriate boxes. One or more of the following exams must be
passed in a
ddition to the exam in Section C above to obtain a QAC. Only four (4) examinations may be taken at one time (including Laws, Regulations and
Basic
Principles).
(A) Residential, Industrial, and Institutional
$50
(B)
Lands
cape Maintenance
$50
(C)
Right-of-Way
$50
(
D
)
Plant Agriculture
$50
(E)
Forest
$50
(
F
)
Aquatic
$50
(G
) Regulatory
$50
(
H) Seed Treatment
$50
(
I
)
Animal Agriculture $50
(J
)
Demonstration and Research $50
(K) Health Related
$50
(L) Wood Preservation
$50
(M
) A
ntifouling-Tributyltin
$50
(N) Sewer Line Root Control
$50
(O) F
ield Fumigation
$50
(P) M
icrobial
$50
(
Q
)
Maintenance Gar
dener
English $50
Spanis
h $50
Laws, Regulations and Basic Pr
inciples
exam is not required for this category.
E. Examination Schedule. To complete this section,
see DPR Web site for the examination schedule for available months and locations. DPR will assign the
exam date.
SECOND CHOICE - EXAMINATION MONTH & LOCATION
FIRST CHOICE - EXAMINATION MONTH & LOCATION
F. ReasonableAccommodation.
Check if you need reasonable accommodation to take a written exam.
G.
F
ees. All fees are non-transferable and non-refundable.
(Make check payable to "DPR Cashier")
Amount Total Amount
- New Application Fee
(Fee is valid for 12 months)(If required per Section A)
$40
$
-
Law
s, Regulations and Basic Principles Examination Fee
(If required per Section C)
$50
$
- Category(ies) Examination Fee(s)
(If required per Section D)
(E
nter the # of categories)
$50
X
= $
Total Fees Due
$
H.
R
ead
Before
Signing.
During
the
last
three
years
have
you
had
any
administrative,
civil,
or
criminal
action
taken
against
you
for
violation
of
any
State
or
f
ederal
laws
or
regulations
relating
to
the
application
or
use
of
pesticides
that
resulted
in
disciplinary
or
in
which
any
disciplinary
action
is
pendi
ng?
YES (Attach explanation on separate page.) NO
I. I declare under penalty of perjury, under laws of the State of California, that the information submitted is true and correct.
APPLICANT SIGNATURE
DATE SIGNED
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
QUALIFIED APPLICATOR CERTIFICATE APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
DPR-PML-001A (REV. 01/18)
Page 2 of 2
Failure to complete or provide the requested information may delay the processing of your application.
A. Application Type: Check the appropriate box(es).
New Application: If you:
Are applying for a Qualified Applicator Certificate for the first time.
Failed to obtain your certificate within 12 months from the first date you scheduled your examination.
Failed to meet the renewal requirements.
Reexamination: Scheduling an examination on which you failed to obtain a passing score or failed to appear for a
previously scheduled examination.
Add Pest Control Category(ies): Requesting to take pest control category examinations not yet taken. If passed, the
category(ies) will be added to your existing certificate.
B. Applicant Information: Enter your name; Qualified Applicator Certificate or Application Number (if applicable); address; e-mail
address; home; work; and cell phone numbers; employment type; and current employer (if applicable).
C. Examination Laws, Regulations and Basic Principles: This examination is required of all new QAC applicants.
Exemptions: (Check the appropriate box). No fee or examination is required if you: have a current Pest Control Adviser License
(PCA), Qualified Applicator License (QAL), Journeyman Pilot Certificate (JPC), or Apprentice Pilot Certificate (APC). To qualify
for this exemption, you must enter the number from your current license or certificate next to the (1) exemption, OR (2) have
passed the Laws, Regulations and Basic Principles Exam within one (1) year.
D. Examination Category(ies): Indicate the category(ies) you want to take by checking the appropriate box(es). In addition to the
Laws, Regulations and Basic Principles examination, each new applicant must successfully pass at least one of the pest control
categories (A-P) before a Qualified Applicator Certificate is issued. Applicants seeking certification only in subcategory Q do not
need to take the Laws, Regulations and Basic Principles examination. A maximum of four (4) examinations may be scheduled
per location, including the Laws, Regulations and Basic Principles examination, and you may only test once per month. See
Qualified Applicator Certificate category descriptions and suggested study material source list in the Qualified Applicator
Certificate Packet at: <www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/app_packets/qac.pdf>.
E. Examination Schedule: Provide your first and second choice for taking your exam(s). Indicate the exam month and location for
each choice in the appropriate boxes. Exam month and location options may be obtained from DPR’s Web site at:
<www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/exam_sched.pdf>. The exam schedule gives the location, schedule, and final filing dates. Your
application must be postmarked by the final filing date for the earliest choice you provided. DPR will assign your exam date.
F. Reasonable Accommodation: Reasonable accommodation will be provided to applicants who need assistance to take a written
exam. If you checkYes”, you will be contacted via phone, e-mail, or mail.
G. Fees: All fees are non-transferable and non-refundable.
New Application Fee: $40………………………………………………….(See Section A)
Laws, Regulations and Basic Principles Examination Fee: $50………..(See Section C)
Category(ies) Examination Fee(s): $50
per exam …………………………..(See Section D)
H. Read Before Signing: Check appropriate box and provide explanation on separate page, if necessary.
I. Declaration/Signature Block: Sign and date your application.
Mailing Instructions: Enclose a check, money order, or credit card information
payable to “Cashier, DPR” and mail to:
Cashier, Department of Pesticide Regulation
P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, California 95812-4015.
Department of Pesticide Regulation
Pest Control Category Descriptions
(Rev 3/20)
Pest Control Category Descriptions
Qualified Applicator Certificate
Qualified Applicator License
This document provides general information to help applicators identify the most appropriate category
for the type of pest control they will be performing or supervising. Contact the Department of
Pesticide Regulation (DPR) with questions.
Residential, Industrial and Institutional (Category A)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use pesticides,
substances, methods, or devices to control pests in:
Residential areas and around households and immediate environments;
Industrial establishments, such as, packinghouses, food manufacturing and processing plants,
warehouse, grain elevators and factories;
Stored or post-harvest commodity fumigations at facilities or on trucks, vans, or rail cars;
Mining and chemical processes;
Institutions, such as, schools, hospitals, libraries, auditoriums, and office buildings;
Non-landscaped outside areas, such as, walkways, parking lots, storage yards, tank farms, or
electrical substations that are directly related to the operation of buildings or facilities;
Treatment of cooling towers and evaporative condensers;
Sanitizing institutional potable lines, dairy milk lines, and other similar areas; and
Bird control on structures, when birds are damaging ornamental and turf plantings adjacent to
structure.
This category does not cover the use of pesticides for landscape maintenance, nor does it include
structural pest control for hire. Structural pest control involves the control of pests, which may invade
households or other structures. A business that is involved in structural pest control for hire is licensed
by the Structural Pest Control Board. For more information, contact the Structural Pest Control Board,
www.pestboard.ca.gov; or call (916) 561-8704.
Landscape Maintenance (Category B)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use pesticides,
substances, methods, or devices to control pests in the maintenance of preexisting, planted or artificial
ornamental plants and turf. This includes trees, shrubs, flowers and other plantings intended primarily
for aesthetic purposes in and around habitations, buildings and surrounding grounds, including
residences, parks, streets and commercial, industrial and institutional buildings. It also includes
landscaped areas in enclosed shopping malls and indoor plants.
This category does not include direct application to running or standing water.
Note: If you own or work for a licensed Maintenance Gardener Pest Control Business the areas where
you can legally conduct pest control, including use of pesticides, are limited to incidental pest control
on sites included in the scope of the Maintenance Gardener Pest Control Business license. For more
information, see Subcategory Q below or the Maintenance Gardener Pest Control Business License
Packet at http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/app_packets/mgardener.pdf.
Right-of-Way (Category C)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use pesticides,
substances, methods, or devices to control pests in:
Maintenance of roads, highways, power lines, telephone lines, pipelines, canals, railroads or other
similar sites;
Landscaped right-of-way areas.
This category does not include direct application to running or standing water.
Plant Agriculture (Category D)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use pesticides,
substances, methods, or devices to control pests in:
Production of food, feed, fiber, or ornamental crops;
Grasslands and non-crop agricultural areas;
Rice and similar crops grown in wet or flooded fields.
This category does not cover applications to running or standing water or field fumigation
applications.
Forest (Category E)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use pesticides,
substances, methods, or devices to control pests in:
Forest, forest nurseries, and forest seed-producing areas;
Site preparation for tree planting, conifer release brush control projects, and stump treatment in
forestry management.
This category does not include direct applications to running or standing water.
Aquatic (Category F)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use pesticides,
substances, methods, or devices to control pests in or on standing or running water.
This category does not include the use of restricted use pesticides for health related, regulated pests,
demonstration and research, sewer line root pest control purposes or applications to rice and similar
crops grown in wet or flooded fields.
Regulatory (Category G)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use pesticides,
substances, methods, or devices to control pests in official government programs for the control of
regulated pests, such as CDFA quarantine programs for Mediterranean fruit fly, Asian citrus psyllid,
etc.
Seed Treatment (Category H)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use pesticides,
substances, methods, or devices to protect seed for planting.
Animal Agriculture (Category I)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use pesticides,
substances, methods, or devices to control pests on animals and the facilities in which the animals are
confined.
Demonstration and Research (Category J)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use pesticides,
substances, methods, or devices when:
Demonstrating proper application techniques to others if conducting approved field research;
Pesticide Research Authorization form has been submitted and approved by DPR. See website for
form http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/registration/regforms/ra/ramenu.htm.
This category is not required of applicators that demonstrate proper techniques, provided they hold all
specific categories covering the type of pest control being performed.
Health Related (Category K)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use pesticides,
substances, methods, or devices to control pests in official programs for the management and control
of pests having medical and public health importance, such as official government mosquito
abatement programs.
Wood Preservation (Subcategory L)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use pesticides,
substances, methods, or devices to control pests in:
Wood damage;
Wood preservation application within the scope of Residential, Industrial and Institutional, and
Right-of-Way pest control categories.
Antifouling Paints or Coatings Containing Tributyltin (Subcategory M)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of antifouling paints or coatings
containing tributyltin to control the growth of aquatic organisms on aluminum vessel hulls, commercial
or recreational vessel hulls 82 feet or more in length, and/or on outboard motors and lower drive units.
Sewer Line Root Control (Subcategory N)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use pesticides,
substances, methods, or devices to control roots in sewer lines.
Field Fumigation (Subcategory O)
This category allows you to apply or supervise the application of restricted and general use fumigants
to control pests in field soil only.
This category does not include fumigation of potting soil, soil in greenhouses, or tree/vine hole sites. It
also does not include the use of fumigants for rodent and gopher control in fields.
Microbial Pest Control (Subcategory P)
This category allows you to conduct microbial pest control when engaged in activities, which include:
Sulfur dioxide fumigant to treat corks and wooden barrels used in wine production;
Disinfect potable water systems;
Industrial cooling towers and evaporative condensers.
Maintenance Gardener (Subcategory Q) QAC ONLY
This subcategory allows incidental* pest control (including application or supervision of the
application of non- restricted** pesticides and other methods or devices to control pests) for
commercial maintenance gardening activities in ornamental and turf plantings located:
Indoors, such as in malls;
Surrounding structures (such as: buildings, brick walls, fountains, fences, or statues) where the
ornamental or turf planting is near or close to the structure yet distinct and separate from any
planting which may constitute a larger landscaped open space (i.e., park, cemetery lawn, golf
course turf, etc.); or
In commercial parks where several commercial establishments (e.g. stores, offices, restaurants,
warehouses or factories) are located. This includes, but is not limited to business parks, office
parks, and shopping centers or malls.
*Incidental pest control is a result or minor consequence of a Maintenance Gardener Pest Control
Business’s overall ornamental and turf maintenance activities.
**Non-restricted pesticides:
If you have Subcategory Q you cannot apply or supervise application of any pesticide classified as a
California restricted material, this includes all pesticides with the “Restricted Use Pesticide” box on
the front panel. The remaining “general use pesticides” are available for purchase by anyone, provided
they are applied according to labeling instructions on the individual’s own property or with permission
of the property owner.
A person regularly engaged in the business of maintenance gardening who engages in pest control for
hire incidental to the maintenance gardening business must also obtain a Maintenance Gardener Pest
Control Business License. See the Maintenance Gardener Pest Control Business License packet for
more information at http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/app_packets/mgardener.pdf.
This category does not include direct application to running or standing water.
Department of Pesticide Regulation
Suggested Study Material Source List
(Rev 09/20)
Suggested Study Material Source List
Qualified Applicator Certificate (QAC)
Qualified Applicator License (QAL)
Studying the suggested study material can make the difference between passing and failing Department of
Pesticide Regulation (DPR) QAC and QAL examinations. The examinations are based on the study materials
listed below. Options for obtaining the study material include purchasing, viewing or downloading from the
web, and borrowing from public or college libraries.
Laws, Regulations, and Basic Principles of Safe and Effective Pesticide Use (Core Exam)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Laws, Regulations, and Basic
Principles of Safe and Effective Pesticide Use (Core
exam).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_r.pdf
Laws and Regulations Study Guide, Third Edition.
DPR, 2020.
DPR, online:
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/pubs/laws_regs_study_guid
e.pdf
The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third Edition.
University of California Integrated Pest Management
(UC IPM) Program, 2016.
UC ANR:
Order by online catalog: https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/
Order by phone: (800) 994-8849
Residential, Industrial, and Institutional (Category A)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Residential, Industrial, and
Institutional (Category A).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_a.pdf
Residential, Industrial, and Institutional Pest Control,
Second Edition. P.J. O’Connor-Marer, 2006.
UC ANR:
Order by online catalog: https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/
Order by phone: (800) 994-8849
The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third Edition.
UC IPM Program, 2016.
Landscape Maintenance (Category B)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Landscape Maintenance
(Category B).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_b.pdf
Landscape Maintenance Pest Control. P.J. O’Connor-
Marer, 2006.
UC ANR:
Order by online catalog: https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/
Order by phone: (800) 994-8849
The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third Edition.
UC IPM Program, 2016.
Suggested Study Material Source List
Right-of-Way (Category C)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Right-of-Way (Category C).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_c.pdf
Forest and Right-of-Way Pest Control. S.H. Dreistadt,
2013.
UC ANR:
Order by online catalog: https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/
Order by phone: (800) 994-8849
The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third Edition.
UC IPM Program, 2016.
Plant Agriculture (Category D)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Plant Agriculture (Category D).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_d.pdf
The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third Edition.
UC IPM Program, 2016.
UC ANR:
Order by online catalog: https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/
Order by phone: (800) 994-8849
Plant Agriculture Pest Control: A Study Manual for
Applicators. UC IPM Program, 2019.
DPR,
online:
https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/pubs/
plant_agriculture_study_guide.pdf
Forest (Category E)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Forest (Category E).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_e.pdf
Forest and Right-of-Way Pest Control. S.H. Dreistadt,
2013.
UC ANR:
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The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third Edition.
UC IPM Program, 2016.
Aquatic (Category F)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Aquatic (Category F).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_f.pdf
Aquatic Pest Control. P.J. O’Connor-Marer and K.K.
Garvey, 2001.
UC ANR:
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The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third Edition.
UC IPM Program, 2016.
Suggested Study Material Source List
Regulatory (Category G)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Regulatory (Category G).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_g.pdf
The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third Edition.
UC IPM Program, 2016.
UC ANR:
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California Food and Agriculture Code (FAC), Division 6,
Division 7, & Division 13.
DPR, online:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codesTOCSelected.xhtml
?tocCode=FAC&tocTitle=+Food+and+Agricultural+Code+-
+FAC
Plant Quarantine Manual. California Department of Food
and Agriculture (CDFA).
CDFA, online:
http://pi.cdfa.ca.gov/pqm/manual/htm/pqm_index.htm
Seed Treatment (Category H)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Seed Treatment (Category H).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_h.pdf
Seed Treatment A National Pesticide Applicator Study
Manual. Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative
(PERC).
NPSEC online:
https://npsecstore.com/collections/seed-treatment-
manual?sort_by=price-ascending
The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third
Edition. UC IPM Program, 2016.
UC ANR:
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Suggested Study Material Source List
Animal Agriculture (Category I)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Animal Agriculture (Category I).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_i.pdf
The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third Edition.
UC IPM Program, 2016.
UC ANR:
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Order by phone: (800) 994-8849
Animal Pest Control Guide, A Guide for Commercial
Applicators. Ohio Department of Agriculture, 2020
DPR, online:
Animal_Ag_Study_Guide.pdf
(Courtesy of Ohio Department of Agriculture)
Additional website information that may be helpful.
Fly Pests
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/livestock/cattle_grub.
htm
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in979
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/livestock/flies/horn_fl
y.htm
https://extension2.missouri.edu/g7013
https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8258.pdf
Mite and Tick Pests
https://aaep.org/sites/default/files/Guidelines/Mites.pdf
https://www.montereycountymosquito.com/protect-
yourself/ticks/family-argasidae/
https://thepoultrysite.com/articles/northern-fowl-mite-
management
https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8162.pdf
Bird Pests
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?articl
e=1057&context=icwdmhandbook
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?articl
e=1069&context=icwdmhandbook
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?articl
e=1067&context=icwdmhandbook
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?articl
e=1063&context=icwdmhandbook
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?articl
e=1058&context=icwdmhandbook
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?articl
e=1055&context=icwdmhandbook
Control and Treatment Methods
https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef513
https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/423
88/sheep-goats-swine-recom-NYSIPM.pdf
Suggested Study Material Source List
Demonstration and Research (Category J)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Demonstration and
Research (Category J).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_j.pdf
Demonstration and Research Uses of Pesticides. D.
Clarke, 2003.
UC ANR:
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The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third
Edition. UC IPM Program, 2016.
Title 3, California Code of Regulations, Division 6,
Sections 6260, 6261, 6262, 6263, 6264, 6266, 6268,
6270, 6272, 6602, 6618, 6619, 6761.1.
DPR, online:
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/legbills/calcode/chapter_.htm
Health Related (Category K)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Health Related (Category
K).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_k.pdf
Residential, Industrial, and Institutional Pest
Control, Second Edition. P.J. O’Connor-Marer,
2006.
UC ANR:
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The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third
Edition. UC IPM Program, 2016.
Additional website information that may be helpful.
www.ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/mosquitofarm12.html
www.ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/r7600211.html
www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/
www.epa.gov/mosquitocontrol
www.epa.gov/reducing-pesticide-drift/introduction-pesticide- drift
www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/Module05.pdf
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Docum
ent%20Library/CatB-BiologyandControlofMosquitoesinCA.pdf
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Imm
unization/Hepatitis-A.aspx
https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hav/index.htm
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-a
https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hav/afaq.htm#A2
https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hav/afaq.htm#B1
https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hav/afaq.htm#D1
https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hav/afaq.htm#B6
https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hav/havfaq.htm#general
https://www.cdc.gov/typhus/murine/index.html
https://www.who.int/docstore/water_sanitation_health/vectcontrol/
ch24.htm
http://westnile.ca.gov/pdfs/CatA-
PestApplSafetyTrainingforApplofPHPesticides.pdf
http://westnile.ca.gov/pdfs/CatC-
ArthropodsofPublicHealthSignificanceinCA.pdf
http://westnile.ca.gov/pdfs/CatD-
VertebratesofPublicHealthImportanceinCA.pdf
Suggested Study Material Source List
Wood Preservation (Category L)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Wood Preservation
(Category L).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_l.pdf
Wood Preservation. P.J. O’Connor-Marer and M.
Grimes, 1992.
UC ANR:
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The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third
Edition. UC IPM Program, 2016.
Sewer Line Root Control (Category N)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Sewer Line Root Control
(Category N).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_cat_n.pdf
Sewer Line Root Control. P.J. Marer, 1996.
DPR, online:
https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/pubs/sewerline.pdf
The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third
Edition. UC IPM Program, 2016.
UC ANR:
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Field Fumigation (Category O)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Field Fumigation
(Category O).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_subcat_o.pdf
Addendum to the Field Fumigation Study Guide. DPR,
2011.
DPR, online:
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/pubs/fieldfum_studyguide_ad
dendum.pdf
Field Fumigation Study Guide. S. Cohen and T.A.
Martin, 2009.
UC ANR:
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The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third
Edition. UC IPM Program, 2016.
Microbial Pest Control (Category P)
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Microbial Pest
Control (Subcategory P).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_subcat_p.pdf
Microbial Pest Control Study Guide. P.J. O’Connor-
Marer, 2011.
DPR, online:
https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/pubs/microbial_pest_control
_study_guide.pdf
The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, Third
Edition. UC IPM Program, 2016.
UC ANR:
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Suggested Study Material Source List
Maintenance Gardener (Category Q) QAC ONLY
Study Material
Source
Knowledge Expectations: Maintenance Gardener
(Subcategory Q).
DPR, online:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/knowledge_su
bcat_q.pdf
University of California IPM Maintenance Gardener Exam
Preparation Help Page
UC, online: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/categoryq
Lawn and Residential Landscape Pest Control: A Guide
for Maintenance Gardeners. S. Cohen, M.L. Flint, and N.
Hine, 2009.
UC ANR:
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Jardinero de Mantenimiento (Subcategoría Q) PARA QAC SOLAMENTE
Material de Estudio
Fuente
Lista de Expectativas de Conocimientos para la licencia
de certificado de aplicador de pesticidas para jardineros de
mantenimiento (Subcategory Q).
DPR, en línea:
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/license/studymat/spanish/knowl
edge_subcat_q_sp.pdf
Página de ayuda de preparación de exámen de control de
plagas de jardinero de mantenimiento.
UC, en línea:
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/categoryq/indexsp.html
Control de plagas para cesped y jardines residenciales:
Una guia para jardeneros de mantenimiento. S. Cohen, M.L.
Flint, and N. Hine, 2009.
UC ANR:
Órdene en linea al: https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/
Órdene por teléfono: (800) 994-8849
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