12/6/2022 Green Industries Best Management Practices

Florida law states that all commercial fertilizer applicators must have a Limited Certification from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) (s. 482.1562, F.S.). To get this certification, each commercial applicator must be trained in the GI-BMPs and receive a certificate of completion from UF/IFAS and FDEP. Local ordinances may require that non-commercial fertilizer applicators also be trained.

Who benefits from GI-BMP training?

•Supervisors and employees in the lawn care, pest control, or landscape industries

•Municipal parks and recreation facility supervisors and employees

•Irrigation industry workers

•Commercial property managers

•City and county planning department staff

•City and county environmental department or water quality staff

•City and county commission staff

•Builders and developers

•Landscape designers and architects

•Golf course employees

•Anyone working in the areas of water quality, urban development, or environmental issues

Host or Publisher UF/IFAS Pasco County Cooperative Extension