Private Pesticide Applicators:

In-Person Private Pesticide Recertification

Private Applicator Recertification events are typically offered in early December before the December 31 license expiration. More information will be posted as we near those dates. You can also recertify at many of the locally-offered production meetings in January through March. Find out more about these meetings here.

If you do not recertify by December 31, there is a 60-day grace period in which you can still attend a recertification and renew your license. Otherwise, you will have to retest to obtain a valid applicator license. Testing can be done in your local VCE Office by appointment or through DMV, online, or with a VDACS investigator. More information can be found on the VDACS site.


Online Private Pesticide Recertification

Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs has put together an online option to recertify categories 90 and 91.  Click here to learn more.

 

Commercial Pesticide Applicators:

In-Person Commercial Pesticide Recertification

  • November 8, 2023 - 9:00am-1:30pm at Portsmouth Moose Lodge, 1400 George Washington Hwy N., Chesapeake, VA 23323

Categories 3a, 3b, 10, 60

Registration is CLOSED

  • February 14, 2024 - 9:00am-3:00pm at Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 6321 Holland Rd., Suffolk, VA 23437

Categories 3a, 3b, 5a, 10, 60

Registration is CLOSED.

  • May 15, 2024 - 9:00am-2:30pm at Northampton Community Center, 1435 Todds Ln., Hampton, VA 23666

Categories 3a, 3b, 6, 8, 60

Registration online - click here.

  • June 12, 2024 - 9:00am-3:00pm at Portsmouth Moose Lodge, 1400 George Washington Hwy. N., Chesapeake, VA 23323

Categories 3a, 3b, 6, 10, 60

Registration form available here.

 

Online Commercial Pesticide Recertification

Options for online training can be found at VDACS Recertification Courses.