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CTAG is a collaborative organization focused on maintaining and improving the quality of pesticide training and certification programs in the U.S.  Members include representatives from state pesticide regulatory agencies, pesticide educators from land grant universities, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency personnel, and representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For more information about the mission & membership of CTAG, follow these links.

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Current Activities

• CTAG is recruiting new members!  If you are interested, send an email to Michelle Arling with a brief description of your experience and why you would like to join by Friday, February 8.

• An updated National Core Exam item bank and blueprint are available.

• The National Soil Fumigation Manual is available is available in a low-resolution PDF.  A soil fumigation exam item bank is available to certifying agencies.  The framework document for the manual and exam is also available.

• CTAG has recently released a new paper: Pesticide Applicator Recertification: Addressing Both Core and Category Topics in Training.

• CTAG is developing a series of papers on pesticide applicator recertification:

  • Pesticide Applicator Recertification: Auditing Recertification Programs

  • Pesticide Applicator Recertification: Content Criteria

  • Pesticide Applicator Recertification: Online Training – Course Design and Structure

• CTAG has issued a fact sheet on Federal Agency Certification Plans.

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The Pesticide Certification & Training Assessment Group (CTAG), was established in 1996 to assess the current status of, and provide direction for, the future of the national pesticide applicator certification and training program. Pesticide certification and trainings are primarily handled by state governments and state land grant universities. CTAG’s mission is to develop and implement proposals that will strengthen federal, state, territory, and tribal pesticide certification and training programs which ultimately enhances the knowledge, skills and attitudes of pesticide users to ensure safe and effective pest management.