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Pesticide Applicator Certification and Licensing: Updated with 2025 Pesticide Regulations and Competency Standards

By: Wayne Buhler, Esther Morris

To apply restricted-use pesticides to agricultural commodities, you must be certified or be supervised by someone who is certified. Anyone who accepts compensation for applying any pesticide on someone else's property must be licensed. This factsheet covers certification and licensing for private and commercial pesticide applicators in North Carolina.

Commodity Fumigation: A Certification Manual for North Carolina Private Pesticide Applicators

By: Michael Waldvogel, Wayne Buhler, Esther Morris

This manual provides guidance tailored for North Carolina's non-commercial pesticide applicators using fumigants in commodity storage structures. It offers safety measures, preparation tips, and general procedures for fumigating bulk bins and trucks.

Forest Pest Management: A Pesticide Applicator Certification Manual for Participating States in the Southeast

By: Emily Mueller, Ph.D.,, Wayne Buhler, Ph.D.,, Colby Lambert, Kelly Oten, Kim Brown, Lois Connington, Darrell Hensley, Ph.D, Tamara Marcum, Gene Merkl, Katie Moore, Esther Morris, Ples Spradley, Sonja Thomas, Ph.D.

This manual prepares pesticide applicators for Forest Pest Control Certification exams in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. It provides the information pesticide applicators need to understand when applying pesticides in a forested system.