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Commercial Pesticide Applicator
Initial certification must be accomplished by examination. If you are out of state and have a current certification in your home state and we have a reciprocity agreement with your state, then you won't need to take the examination for the associated categories but you will have to pay the certification fee for each category (Commercial Applicator Certification Categories).
For the current pesticide commercial applicator examination schedule, go to the Pesticide Certification Exam Schedule.
Renewal of a current certification category may be accomplished by examination or training (Commercial Applicator Recertification Information). The examination for renewal is the same as above. For the current schedule of recertification training go to Commercial Pesticide Applicator Recertification Programs and Training.
NOTE: Do not confuse your Commercial Applicator Certification with a Pesticide Business License. In some states, commercial certification is all that is needed to make commercial applications but that is not the case in Kansas. For you to use your commercial certification to perform pesticide application work for compensation, you need to do one of the following:
- Work as an employee of a business that is properly licensed to perform pesticide application work in the categories of your certification; or
- Obtain your own Pesticide Business License (Pesticide Business) to perform pesticide application work.
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