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Pesticides
2008 Schedule for Initial Commerical/Non-Commericial Pesticide Applicator Training

(For Individuals Who Have Never Taken the Exams)
These Meetings Have Nothing to do With Re-Certification

These training sessions are for persons who never been tested by the Arkansas State Plant Board and have never had a license for using or purchasing restricted-use pesticides. Persons planning to attend these meetings must fill out the attached preregistration form (PDF) and FAX it to Ples Spradley at 501-671-2252 or e-mail the information to pspradley@uaex.edu. There will be a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) charge for each person attending a training session. The payment must be by check and made out to the "Agri. Development Council". Checks will be collected on the day of the training at the training location.

Date City Location with phone number for directions) Time Category
March 13, 2008 Jonesboro ASU Convocation Center
ASU, Jonesboro
Ph: 501-671-2234
9:00 am-5:00 pm All Categories*
March 17, 2008 Fayetteville Plant Science Building Auditorium (PS 009)
U of A Campus
Ph: 501-671-2234
9:00 am-5:00 pm All Categories*
March 25, 2008 Monticello Fine Arts Center
UAM, Monticello
Ph: 501-671-2234
9:00 am-5:00 pm All Categories*
April 1, 2008 Little Rock Extension Service State Office 2301 S. University
Little Rock
Ph: 501-671-2234
9:00 am-5:00 pm All Categories*

*These meetings are intended to train University and Extension personnel (including graduate students), chemical company employees, employees of state and federal government agencies, custom applicators, aerial applicators, etc. The training covers the following categories: Agricultural Plants (Ground and Aerial), Right-of-Way, Demonstration & Research, Forest Pest Control, Wood Treatment, Aquatic Pest Control, Public Health, Agricultural Animals, and Regulatory.

If you have questions concerning the training, please call Ples Spradley at 501-671-2234 (e-mail: pspradley@uaex.edu ) . If you have questions concerning testing, licensing, or categories, please call Nate Cowden at the State Plant Board (501-225-1598,
e-mail: nathan.cowden@aspb.ar.gov ).

 

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