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UC IPM online courses offer DPR/SPCB approved continuing education units - free

From Cheryl Reynolds, UC Statewide IPM Program

Are you looking for continuing education units (CEUs) to complete your renewal application this year for the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)?  The UC Statewide IPM Program has several online courses available that can help you get those last few needed credits.

 DPR license and certificate holders with last names beginning with M – Z renew this year.  Renewal packets must be submitted to DPR before November 19^th to ensure that licenses are renewed by January 1, 2016.  After that, applications may take up to 45 calendar days to process.

 The online courses available from UC IPM that offer units for DPR license renewal include:

 Providing Integrated Pest Management Services in Schools and Child Care Settings (1 unit Laws and Regulations and 1 unit Other)

• Pesticide Resistance (2 units Other)
• Pesticide Application Equipment and Calibration (1.5 units Other)
• IPM – A Solution for Reducing Pesticides/Water Quality: Pesticide Properties (1 unit Other) 
• The Impact of Pesticides on Water Quality/Mitigating Urban Pesticide Runoff (1 unit Other)
• Water Quality and Mitigation:  Bifenthrin and Fipronil (1 unit Other)
• Herbicides and Water Quality (1 unit Other)

 CEUs from the Structural Pest Control Board are also available for most of these courses. 

 For a list of other approved online or in-person courses, visit the DPR website.  UC IPM plans to add additional online courses for 2016, including those available for Laws and Regulations units.  For more information about the courses UC IPM offers as well as additional training opportunities and pest management information, see the UC IPM web site.

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