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  • Use of pesticides in home gardens and landscapes
    Avoid Pesticide Misuse
    Learn More about Avoid Pesticide Misuse
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    Integrated Pest Management Guides
    Learn More about Integrated Pest Management Guides
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    Pesticide Safety: Always Read the Label
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    Respirator Review
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  • Commercial Pesticide Applicator Training - Shorter 6/26
    • Jun 26, 2025
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  • backpack sprayer being used in a garden

    Handgun Sprayer Calibration

    Sprayer calibration is an important step when applying pesticides and should not be overlooked. A lot of different sprayers can be used in a...
    Read More about Handgun Sprayer Calibration
  • A boomless tank sprayer used on a farm.

    Boomless Sprayer Calibration

    Sprayer calibration is an important step when applying pesticides and should not be overlooked. A lot of different sprayers can be used in a...
    Read More about Boomless Sprayer Calibration
  • A boom sprayer being used on a farm.

    Boom Sprayer Calibration

    Sprayer calibration is an important step when applying pesticides and should not be overlooked. A lot of different sprayers can be used in a...
    Read More about Boom Sprayer Calibration
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    2025 Alabama Private Applicator Training Events

    The following is the current list of private applicator training events across Alabama. This list is updated as county Extension offices rep...
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  • Crop sprayer spraying pesticides on crops in field

    Integrated Pest Management Guides

    The Alabama Cooperative Extension System creates integrated pest management guides for major row crops; small and stored grains; pastures a...
    Read More about Integrated Pest Management Guides
  • A house being fumigated.

    Fumigation Pest Control Commercial Applicator Permit Information (FC/FB)

    This commercial category is for pesticide applicators using fumigants in one or more rooms in a structure or in the entire structure to cont...
    Read More about Fumigation Pest Control Commercial Applicator Permit Information (FC/FB)
  • Trees, shrubs, and flowers in an urban landscape.

    Landscape Planter and Setting of Landscape Permit Information (SLP)

    Horticulture professional services licenses are issued to businesses that engage in Setting of Landscape Plants (SLP) and have a certified o...
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    Regulatory Commercial Applicator Permit Information (REG)

    Exam Information General Standards Test  50 Questions Cost of Exam is $75 Regulatory Test  50 Questions Cost of Exam ...
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  • yellow fever (Aedes aegypti) mosquito

    Mosquito Control Services Commercial Applicator Permit Information

    This commercial category is for pesticide applicators making arthropod control applications to individual person's properties (misting devic...
    Read More about Mosquito Control Services Commercial Applicator Permit Information
  • A crop duster flying over a field

    Aerial Mode of Application (AIR)

    The Aerial Mode of Application permit is required as part of other commercial pesticide categories. This is a stand-alone permit. Exam Info...
    Read More about Aerial Mode of Application (AIR)
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