Government Regulation – It is required by Federal and Provincial governments that ONLY certified pesticide applicator can apply pesticides.
Cost Efficiency – Commercial farms are beneficial from having an in-house fixed-cost certified pesticide applicator instead of hiring seasonal consultants.
Time Efficiency – No more long and unpredictable waiting time in the peak season for external consultant that may affect production.
Advance in Personal Career – Opportunity to expand career horizons as a full or part-time applicator with extra and steady income.
Potentials – According to Canada Government, there are over 180,000 commercial farms of various size and categories require pesticide application to some extent.
The Core examination is mandatory for all candidates and is a pre-requisite to take a Specialty examination.
Candidates who pass the Core examination will receive a Certified Pesticide Applicator Assistant Certificate.
Certified Pesticide Applicator Assistant can assist in pesticide preparation and spray application
Introduction
Memory techniques
Chapter 1. Pesticide names, groups, and formulations
Chapter 2. Integrated Pest Management
Chapter 3. Pesticide labelling
Chapter 4. Legislation regulating pesticides – Part 1
Chapter 4. Legislation regulating pesticides – Part 2
Chapter 5. Protecting human health
Chapter 6. Impact of pesticides on the environment
Chapter 7. Personal protective equipment
Chapter 8. Working with pesticides safely
Chapter 9. Emergency response
Chapter 10. Application technology
Chapter 11. Professionalism
Core review
Upon passing the Core examination, candidate can choose at least ONE of the TEN specialties.
Candidates who pass the specialty examination will receive a Certified Pesticide Applicator Certificate.
Certified Pesticide Applicator is authorized to decide what pesticide and instruction to spray
Candidates must choose one of the ten (10) specialty modules. Each module contains information related to specialized areas of application. In Canada, the 10 most common modules are:
Take Greenhouse Module as an example, the course will cover,
CA$ 999 (GST included)
Conducted by Pesticide Applicator licensed instructor with over 15 years of industrial experience.
Innovative Associative Memory Techniques to assist candidates to memorize large volume of information to improve the probability of passing the close-book examination.
Key Element study helps candidates to understand and interpret the key elements.
Face-to-face Question and Answer session to provide clarity.
Mock-up questions for examination preparation.
Candidates are required to purchase the LATEST course materials from an official government body (e.g. Lakeland College of Alberta) prior to attending the course. The course material is a physical book that will be mailed to you. Digital copies are not available.
The course will be conducted in a fast pace. Candidates are required to review and have a basic understanding of the purchased course materials prior to attending the course.
Candidates must provide their own digital devices like calculator, laptop computers or any devices that can navigate the internet and perform calculations.
Candidates who enroll for Specialty Module must have passed the Core examination.
The course will be conducted in a face-to-face setting at the venue arranged by Katch Kan Agro in Edmonton, Alberta.
The Core and Specialty Module will be arranged in a 5-day week, 8 hours daily which makes up to 40 hours of training.
NO video or audio recording is allowed during the course. Candidates are required to shut off all mobile devices or switch to silence mode.
Katch Kan Agro can tailor the course for corporate clients and be conducted at client’s location. Additional costs may apply.
The course is offered to prepare candidates to take the Certified Pesticide Applicator License of Canada examination.
Katch Kan Agro is not a certification body. Katch Kan Agro only guides candidates to prepare for the examinations.
Katch Kan Agro does not administer official examinations. , Lakeland College in Alberta administers the examinations.
Katch Kan Agro DO NOT guarantee student to pass the examinations.
The tuition fee DOES NOT include course materials.
The tuition fees are non-refundable.
