Extension Foundation Online Campus
Sobre el curso
Este curso aborda varios métodos de calibración y tipos de equipos utilizados para gestionar malezas herbáceas y lechosas en muchos de los diferentes ecosistemas de California. El curso está disponible de forma gratuita. Contiene videos, por lo que se requiere un dispositivo que pueda reproducir audio y video.
¿Quién debería inscribirse en este curso?
Cualquier persona que trabaje con equipos de aplicación de herbicidas para el control de malezas lechosas y herbáceas en áreas no agrícolas.
Créditos de Educación Contínua
Departamento de Reglamentación de Pesticidas de California (0.5 hour Laws & Regs and 1.5 hours Other).
Período de inscripción
Este curso debe completarse antes del 30 de diciembre del año en curso. Descargue el certificado inmediatamente después de completar el curso. No podrá recuperar su certificado después del 30 de diciembre.
¿Necesita ayuda?
Para obtener ayuda con el inicio de sesión, la inscripción al curso o el pago, comuníquese con campushelp@extension.org. Para obtener ayuda con el progreso del curso o certificado, comuníquese
con UCIPMcourses@ucanr.edu.
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
This course presents information on calibrating application equipment and calculating the amount of pesticide needed for applications, specifically pyrethroids to impervious and porous surfaces. In addition, the steps of pesticide reporting on monthly
pesticide use reports are explained. This course is available for free. The course contains video so it requires a device that can play audio and video.
Who should enroll?
Pest management professionals who work primarily in structural pest control or landscape maintenance.
Continuing Education Units
California Department of Pesticide Regulation (1.0 hour Other) and by the Structural Pest Control Board (1.0 hour towards Rules & Regulations, Technical (Br 2 or 3), or PAU for Applicators, FR, or OPR).
Enrollment period
This course must be completed by December 30 of the current year. Download the certificate immediately when you complete the course. You will not be able to retrieve your certificate after December 30.
Need help?
For assistance with login or course enrollment, contact campushelp@extension.org. For assistance with progress through the course or certificate, contact
UCIPMcourses@ucanr.edu.
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
Course overview
This course presents information on alternatives to pesticides around structures in urban environments. It discusses pest identification and biology, monitoring and thresholds, preventive and nonchemical pest control
methods, and chemical controls in the forms of baits, dusts, or sprays. This course is available for free. The course contains video so it requires a device that can play audio and video.
Who should enroll?
Pest management professionals who work primarily in structural pest control or landscape maintenance.
Continuing Education Units
California Department of Pesticide Regulation (1.0 hour Other) and by the Structural Pest Control Board (1.0 hours towards IPM).
Enrollment period
This course must be completed by December 30 of the current year. Download the certificate immediately when you complete the course. You will not be able to retrieve your certificate after December 30.
Need help?
For assistance with login or course enrollment, contact campushelp@extension.org. For assistance with progress through the course or certificate, contact
UCIPMcourses@ucanr.edu.
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
Course overview
Participants will learn to analyze pesticide labels and extract information relevant to the specific setting and situation in order to safely apply pesticides and avoid illegal residue while complying with all label directions. The course contains video
so it requires a device that can play audio and video. The author of the course is Lisa Blecker, Pesticide Safety Educator, Colorado State University.
Who should enroll?
Pest Control Advisers, pesticide handlers, and growers
Continuing Education Units
It is accredited by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (2.0 hours Laws & Regs), Certified Crop Adviser (2.0 IPM), and Western Chapter International Society of Arboriculture (2.0 for Certified
Arborists and 2.0 Practice for Board Certified Arborists.
To get the Continuing Education Units certificate you will be charged a fee of $80. To encourage taking the course earlier in the year, we offer 50% off the regular price from January through October 31st – use the code ipm50 at checkout. You must download the certificate (PDF file) to receive your CEU credits.
Enrollment period
This course must be completed by December 30 of the current year. Download the certificate immediately when you complete the course. You will not be able to retrieve your certificate after December 30.
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
Course overview
This course won 2023 Gold Award from the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE). The course presents information on the Surface Water Protection Regulations that were put into place to reduce the amount of pyrethroids in surface water runoff.
It discusses the types of applications allowed under the regulations as well as those that are prohibited and those that are exempt. This course is available for free. The course contains video so it requires a device that can play audio and video.
Who should enroll?
Pest management professionals who work primarily in structural pest control or landscape maintenance.
Continuing Education Units
California Department of Pesticide Regulation (1.5 hours Laws & Regulations) and by the Structural Pest Control Board (1.5 hours Rules and Regulations). To
get the Continuing Education Units certificate you will be charged a
fee of $60. To encourage taking the course earlier in the year, we offer
50% off the regular price from January through October 31st – use the code ipm50 at checkout. You must download the certificate (PDF file) to receive your CEU credits.
Enrollment period
This course must be completed by December 30 of the current year. Download the certificate immediately when you complete the course. You will not be able to retrieve your certificate after December 30.
Need help?
For assistance with login or course enrollment, contact campushelp@extension.org. For assistance with progress through the course or certificate, contact
UCIPMcourses@ucanr.edu.
- Technical support: Petr Kosina
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
- Technical support: Cheryl Reynolds
This course is for those who need continuing education units (CEUs) and a certificate. Make the purchase and after the payment, you will be redirected
to the course. Upon course completion, you will be able to download the course certificate.
Course must be completed and certificate downloaded before December 30 of the current year.
To access the free version of this course without a certificate, click on the title below:
Diagnosing Herbicide Injury
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
This course provides a rare opportunity for professionals to gain understanding of how an herbicide injury situation can arise and to efficiently update their background knowledge of herbicide characteristics in relation to different damage patterns. The goal of this course is to provide learners with a basic guide to approach diagnosing and investigating crop injury situations known or suspected to be related to herbicides, while giving them the tools to facilitate the investigation process. This course is available for free for those who do not need Continuing Education Units. The authors of the course are Dr. Brad Hanson, Professor of Cooperative Extension UC Davis and Dr. Kassim Al-Khatib, Professor of Plant Sciences, UC Davis.
Who should enroll?
Growers, pest control advisers, sales representatives for chemical companies, field investigators, and insurance adjusters
Continuing Education Units
California Department of Pesticide Regulation (1.5 hours Other), Certified Crop Adviser (1.5 IPM), and the Arizona Department of Agriculture (1.5 credits).
To get the Continuing Education Units certificate you will be charged a fee of $30. To encourage taking the course earlier in the year, we offer 50% off the regular price from January through October 31st – use the code ipm50 at checkout. You must download the certificate (PDF file) to receive your CEU credits.
Enrollment period
This course must be completed by December 30 of the current year. Download the certificate immediately when you complete the course. You will not be able to retrieve your certificate after December 30.
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
Pest management professionals and growers
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
This course provides information on the basic principles of spray calibration, including application rate calculations, describes the components of a sprayer, and takes a look at how droplet size, nozzle type, and weather conditions influence drift and spray coverage. Also covered are conditions for pesticide applications under the 2018 Pesticide Use Near Schoolsites regulation. This course is available for free. The authors of the course are Lynn Wunderlich, UCCE Farm Advisor Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne Counties and Dr. Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Farm Advisor Colusa County.
Who should enroll?
Anyone who works with air blast sprayers or is involved with ensuring successful pesticide applications in trees and vines. This includes pesticide handlers, pest control advisers, growers, and supervisors.
Continuing education units
California Department of Pesticide Regulation (1.0 hour Laws & Regulations and 1.5 hours Other) and Certified Crop Adviser (2.0 IPM).
Enrollment period
- For assistance with login, course enrollment, or payment, contact campushelp@extension.org.
- For assistance with progress through the course or certificate, contact UCIPMcourses@ucanr.edu.
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
This course is not available to the public at this time
- Teacher: Petr Kosina
- Teacher: UC IPM Online Training Support
- Teacher: Cheryl Reynolds
Continuing Education Units
This course must be completed by December 30 of the current year. Download the certificate immediately when you complete the course. You will not be able to retrieve your certificate after December 30.
- Teacher: Darren Haver
- Teacher: Petr Kosina
- Teacher: Tammy Majcherek
- Teacher: Cheryl Reynolds
Learners will be able to describe why calibration is important and be able to list the materials and tools needed in order to calibrate equipment. They will see various examples of pesticide application equipment for liquid, granular, and soil drenching and soil injection applications. The course includes many examples of calculations needed to calibrate equipment. The course contains video so it requires a device that can play audio and video.
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
This course is for those who need continuing education units (CEUs) and a certificate. Make the purchase and after the payment you will be redirected to the course.
Upon course completion you will be able to download the course certificate.
Course must be completed and certificate downloaded before December 30 of the current year.
To access the free version of this course without a certificate, click on the title below:
Pesticide Application Equipment and Calibration for Non-Agricultural Applications
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
This course is for those who need continuing education units (CEUs) and a certificate. Make the purchase and after the payment you will be redirected to the course. Upon course completion you will be able to download the course certificate.
To access the free version of this course without a certificate, click on the title below:
- Technical support: UC IPM Online Training Support
This course is for those who need continuing education units (CEUs) and a certificate. Make the purchase and after the payment you will be redirected to the course. Upon course completion you will be able to download the course certificate.
To access the free version of this course without a certificate, click on the title below:
Runoff and Surface Water Protection
- Teacher: Petr Kosina
- Teacher: UC IPM Online Training Support
- Teacher: Cheryl Reynolds