College education credits in a related field to your pest management category can be combined with field experience in order to qualify for licensing as a QS. If education is used in lieu of a portion of the required field experience, submit an official transcript from your educational institution along with the application.
The requirements are detailed here. CDA may verify the education and experience documented on your application at any time. It is a violation of C. Yes, all QS and CO licensees are required to notify the Commissioner within 15 days when they begin, end, or change employment with a licensed commercial, registered limited commercial or registered public applicator.
All new licensees must complete and submit this form to the Department within 15 days of licensure. Either the applicator or the entity can submit this request to the Department on the same form used to link an applicator to an entity.
Processing normally takes up to five business days after receipt by CDA, although an expedited process is available for urgent business needs. Before mailing, contact our office at to request expedited handling. Yes, CDA issues a credit card style card that lists the licensure categories an applicator is certified in. Upon acceptance of your application, required documentation and all necessary fees are paid, a license card will be issued to you. Although not mandatory at this time, generally your photograph will be on your license.
Photos are taken at testing locations, at the CDA office and by CDA employees at annual continuing education credit workshops. As a courtesy, CDA generally mails a renewal application to the applicator a few months before expiration, but if this is not received, contact the Department at Continuing education credits CECs are required to renew. In order to meet the goals of the program, the Department conducts exams, issues licenses, and requires technician training and continuing education.
In addition, the Department enforces the federal Worker Protection Standard; conducts pesticide use inspections checking for proper maintenance of equipment, proper application, storage, and disposal of pesticides; and investigates complaints about the misapplication of pesticides. To read HB in its entirety. On October 13th, , EPA issued a press release announcing that the agency had come to an agreement with Monsanto, Dupont and BASF to allow the continued use of certain dicamba herbicides for post-emergent weed control in genetically engineered, dicamba-resistant soybeans and cotton.
EPA worked with dicamba registrants to craft label changes that will be in force in for post-emergent uses of Dicamba. Registrants have voluntarily agreed to label changes that impose additional requirements for "over the top" applications to growing plants use of these products including:.
Users must follow the label including the requirement to complete dicamba or auxin-specific training prior to making applications for the season and each growing season thereafter. The pesticide sensitive registry is for people who have or can obtain documentation of sensitivity to pesticide products from a licensed Colorado physician.
To be placed on the registry a certificate must be signed, by a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state of Colorado, stating that you have a medical condition that makes you sensitive to pesticides.
The registry does not prevent an application of pesticides but only requires that commercial applicators like lawn care companies make at least two attempts to notify people on the registry at least 24 hours before an application is made to an abutting property property that touches yours so that you can leave for a period of time or make other preparations.
If notification attempts are unsuccessful, the applicator must make a final attempt immediately prior to the application and place a notice on your door. The law that outlines the requirements of the Pesticide Sensitive Registry can be found under of the Pesticide Applicators' Act and in Part 12 of its associated Rules.
Both can be accessed through the Home tab above under the Laws, Regulations and Rule hearings link. Sign up for the Pesticide Sensitive Registry. Mosquito spraying is a "public health pest control" application performed by city, county or other local authorities or by companies they hire under their local authority to protect the health of the people in the community.
The notification requirements of the Pesticide Sensitive Registry do not apply to mosquito or other public health or wide-scale pest control applications. If you don't want your property included in the spraying you must contact the entity conducting these applications and ask them to exclude your property from the program, if they are able to do that. There is no grace period for obtaining CECs. This information is available on our continued credits education Web Page.
A private applicator license is only intended to be used to apply or supervise the use of a restricted use pesticide for the purpose of producing an agricultural commodity. Under CRS An "agricultural commodity" is defined in regulation as " Cannabis, which is grown and used as a component in many forms of edible food products, thus qualifies as a raw agricultural commodity under the CFDA. Although not all cannabis is used in edibles "food" under the CFDA cannabis can be used for any purpose after harvest, including food use, thus warranting treatment of all cannabis crops as a food for pesticide regulation purposes.
What is the licensure fee? What if I don't have a Colorado driver's license? A government issued photo ID may be used e. How long does it take to process my application? Is my license a card?
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