Certification and Training Assessment Group

• October 2020 CTAG Update

  Published on November 27, 2020
  This has certainly been a year of challenges! Covid-19 has impacted us all in so many ways, including how we work and the challenges we are currently facing, which did not exist this time last year.

• 2021 CTAG Member Solicitation

  Published on November 27, 2020
  To All Pesticide State Lead Agencies, Pesticide Safety Education Programs, and Tribal Pesticide Programs: CTAG (the Certification and Training Assessment Group) invites your nomination(s) for three-year membership beginning February 1, 2021.

• Continuing Competency Workgroup: Survey

  Published on April 17, 2020
  Federal law requires that applicators of restricted-use pesticides demonstrate a minimum standard of competency through a process called certification.

• Recertification: Examples of Including Both Core and Category Topics

  Published on April 17, 2020
  The question, “What makes a good recertification offering?” is a many-facetted question. The answer in large part depends on the responder.

• Requiring Written Exams for Approval of State Certification Plans

  Published on April 17, 2020
  The program is undergoing an assessment through the cooperative effort of the Cooperative Extension Service, State Lead Agencies, and the EPA to determine what changes should be considered to improve professionalism of certified applicators.

• Recertification: Auditing Recertification Courses

  Published on April 17, 2020
  The question, “What makes a good recertification offering?” is a many-facetted question. The answer in large part depends on the responder.

• Copyright and C&T

  Published on April 17, 2020
  The Certification and Training Advisory Group (CTAG) encourages the sharing of pesticide education materials, certification exams…

• Federal Agency Certification Plans

  Published on April 17, 2020
  The Certification and Training Assessment Group (CTAG) strives to facilitate improvement in the national pesticide applicator certification and training (C&T) program…

• Recertification: Online Training – Course Design & Structure

  Published on April 17, 2020
  The question, “What makes a good recertification offering?” is a many-facetted question. The answer in large part depends on the responder.

• Conventional Reciprocity for Issuing Cross-Jurisdictional Pesticide Certifications: Definitions, Concerns and Strategies

  Published on April 17, 2020
  Reciprocity means very different things to different people. Therefore, any discussion of reciprocity, as it pertains to pesticide certification, has to begin with definitions.