Recently i took catorgory 24,and basic handeling. If you are able to to get your hands on the vhs tape on catorgy 24
{county exstn.) and watch all 5 hrs of it twice reveiw the
basic handing of pestidices you'll be half way thier.most of this section is comon sence,once you r exposed to the language you wont forget......cause it will cost you big time.IPM.PPE etc....Part 2 cat#24 ..tuff & ornm...basic id of most common
pest are needed mainly those pest that create a major economic
impact....ei type of beatles,reconiion of alternate causes of problms,common turff promlems id,soluions,cause.Id of common weed in our region,simple calibration problems,how to obtain sqft, and calculate correct ammount to applie.
hope this helps i had 5 days to study i feel i did well.
Also Ga. requires you to show prof of ins.minimum coverage
for this cert.is $65,000.00 not much but a definite start.
so start checking around for rates another cost of doing bussiness.Record keeping of spraying and ammount etc etc etc ....will not only keep you out of uncaused problems ...
thiers a heftty fine$$$$$$$$$cheeze lots of cheeze to hand over....brush up on your knowlege of water shed acts and enviomental acts take pertain to Ga theres about 4-7 of them .about 198 -200 questions and you need to score 70% or better to pass each test. We just had one in columbus 1/12/2001 check with your county extention office you need at least 12 people to take the test for them to show up in your town ....bring a check $25
test fee.and you'll need ten credited hours of class time every 5 years. you can find these for free. good luck one more thing reveiws for the test can be sheduled though your c,exnt,office,and the test is given evey month in the DOT building across fron the state capitol one day every month.
[Edited by BUSHMASTER on 01-22-2001 at 06:08 PM]