Private pesticide and certified chemigator training offered in area counties

Private pesticide safety training and chemigation training has been set for Perkins, Chase and Dundy Counties. 

Training will be offered Feb. 6 and Feb. 26 at the Henry J. Stumpf International Wheat Center in Grant; Feb. 12 at Crossroads Wesleyan Church, March 1 at the Imperial Public Library, and April 11 at the Chase County Extension Office, all in Imperial; and Feb. 8 at the Dundy County Fairgrounds in Benkelman.

Pesticide training will take place at 9:30 a.m. at all dates and locations and chemigation training will take place at 1 p.m.

Pesticide training

There is a training cost for initial or renewal pesticide certification. Checks are preferred, made out to Nebraska Extension, due to new accounting regulations. 

Attendees should bring a copy of the letter sent by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture if renewing their certification. If no letter was received, forms will be available to renew or certify for the first time.

Following the certification meeting or the completion of the self-study course, the information is sent to the Nebraska Department of Agriculture that pesticide training was completed. 

To become licensed, attendees will receive a billing statement from the Nebraska Department of Agriculture for their license fee. After the NDA receives a three-year private applicator license payment a license will be issued. 

Chemigation training

Those whose chemigation certificate expired on Dec. 31, 2017 and are planning to chemigate during 2018 will need to attend a training session and pass a written exam to become recertified. Requirements for initial and recertification are the same.

Registration for chemigation training is encouraged, but not required. Those who preregister can request a copy of the training manual and calibration workbook to review prior to the training session. 

On the day of the training session, attendees should bring the Chemigation Training Manual, Calibration Workbook, No. 2 pencil and a calculator to use during the training. 

Those who do not preregister will receive a new copy of the training materials the day of the training. Review of the material in the training manual prior to the training session will be very helpful when taking the exam. 

Training and testing will take approximately 2.5-3.5 hours. 

There is no charge for the chemigation training or the manuals.

A list of training dates and locations in counties throughout Nebraska can be found at the NDEQ chemigation page at: http://water.unl.edu/cropswater/chemigation.

If inclement weather forces postponement of a training session, another date will be publicized. 

For more information or to register, call Extension Offices in Perkins 308-352-4340, Chase 308-882-4731, or Dundy County 308-423-2021.