The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality will conduct a tutorial for \u201ccommercial agricultural\u201d pesticide applicators and certification examination on Oct. 12 and 13, 2016, at 8:30am at the Northern Marianas College \u2013 Rota campus.<\/p>\n
Individuals wanting to become certified pesticide applicators must pass a written examination. Each exam is a written, closed-book examination consisting of 60 multiple-choice questions. Each candidate has up to two hours to complete the exam. The minimum passing score is 70 percent.<\/p>\n
Examination includes but is not limited to labeling; safety factors; environmental consequences; pest identification and characteristics; pesticide types, formulations and dilutions; equipment maintenance and calibration; proper storage, use, and disposal of pesticides and containers; pesticide application techniques; pesticide laws and regulations; recordkeeping; worker protection standards; and other relevant information as deemed necessary, including but not limited to new developments and other pertinent matters.<\/p>\n
Pesticide safety education classes will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the NMC-Rota campus. This tutorial will help the applicator prepare for the exam. The exam shall be on Thursday, Oct. 13, also at the NMC, room A-1. <\/p>\n
Who should register for the exam? Any person who uses insect or pest control products on plants, vegetables, fruits, or flowers; applies a weed-and-feed product to a client\u2019s lawn or spray for insects; uses insect or pest control products for the maintenance of resort grounds, golf courses, or greenhouses; applies pesticides to someone else\u2019 property; applies, purchases or distributes restricted use pesticides; or applies pesticides in residences, schools, or public places must obtain certification to apply pesticides.<\/p>\n
To register, contact Cheryl Reyes at the Office of the Mayor of Rota, at 532-9451\/2. <\/p>\n
There is no fee for the tutorial; however, there is a non-refundable fee of $50 for the processing of the commercial certifications. <\/p>\n
Pesticide applicator certifications instills buyer confidence and serves as of pesticide safety competency\u2014how to use pesticides safely\u2014as well as proves compliance with pesticide regulations. <\/p>\n
For Saipan residents, exams are held on the second Monday of each month. For more information about the certification and exam requirements, contact Shirley Ann L. Taitano at 664-8500\/11 or send an email to shirleytaitano@becq.gov.mp. (BECQ)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality will conduct a tutorial for \u201ccommercial agricultural\u201d pesticide…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[37,69],"class_list":["post-237995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-education-2","tag-nmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}