LLO Exam Prep Training - August 2024

This program is intended for personnel who maintain parks, greenways, athletic fields, libraries, and other facilities that may need to use pesticides. This program will provide training to prepare attendees for a Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences (FDACS) Limited Lawn and Ornamental (LLO) certification.

Contact:

Mark Tancig, UF/IFAS Leon County Extension

850-606-5200 or [email protected]

Fees:

Training = $10 (does not include lunch) for each attendee payable to UF/IFAS Leon County Extension (companies can combine payment for multiple employees through Eventbrite).

For examinees = $150 testing fee payable to FDACS; payments cannot be combined. Online payment voucher required through FDACS website - see instructions below.

Each examinee must bring:

• Current photo ID (driver’s license, etc.)

• FDACS Voucher

Instructions for FDACS online payment:

Go to the following site - https://pesticideexam.ifas.ufl.edu/ and choose “Apply for Examination”. This takes you to the FDACS License website. If you have not paid online before, you will need to set up a user login account.

Once you’re logged in, choose structural/residential pest control. Then click on Exam sign up.

Make sure to choose the right license/exam – Limited Gov't/Private Lawn and Ornamental Pest Control.

The next step will be time consuming if you have several employees. You can make them enter their personal information and then pay at the right screen.

On the next screen, check that all information is correct. It’s important to make sure names and addresses are correct for recordkeeping in the future – submitting CEUs, etc. Name must match legal name on driver’s license.

Check all of the agreement boxes and hit submit. This takes you to a new screen where you can pay with a card.

After paying you will be able to print out a receipt with a voucher number and DTN – digital tracking number. Please bring this information on the day of exam. This must be submitted with each test to FDACS.

8:00 – 8:30 – Welcome, Introduction (Speakers and IVM/LLO Program), Paperwork

8:30 – 9:20 – Florida Pesticide Applicator Laws and Regulations (1 CORE) - Review Florida Laws & Licensing, Statutes 482 & 487, FDACS, Penalties, Signage, Requirements, Renewal

9:20 – 10:10 – Pesticide Safety and Handling (1 CORE) - Review safety during Transportation & Handling, PPE, Storage, Disposal, Spill Control

10:10 – 10:30 – Break

10:30 – 11:20 – Introduction to IPM – Identification and Control of Insects and Diseases (1 LLO, O&T, ROW, L&O) - Review Pest I.D. & IPM, Mouthparts, Common Insects, Strategies, Control Options

11:20 – 12:10 – Integrated Vegetation Management (1 LLO, O&T, ROW, L&O) - Review W**d Control in Plant Beds, I.D. and Management, Herbicide Terminology

12:10 – 1:10 – Lunch

1:10 – 2:00 – Reading a Label and Calculating Application Rates (1 CORE) - Review Label Reading, Label is Law, Calculations, Exceptions to Label, MSDS Requirements

2:00 – 2:30 – Water Quality Protection – Pesticides and Fertilizers (1 CORE, LUF) - Review Proper Application of Pesticides for Water Protection, Environmental Fate of Pesticides, Non-Point Source Pollution

2:30 – 3:00 – Review/Questions/Break

3:00 – Exam

Host or Publisher UF/IFAS Leon County Extension