Certified Crop Advisor Tutorial
32 Hours
Advance your career – become a Certified Crop Advisor! Take advantage of this intensive 4-day tutorial training session and prepare to write the Certified Crop Advisor Prairie Province and International exams. This course is an overview only and will highlight the regional and international objectives required to pass the exams.
Tentative Competencies Covered
- Study Skills / Successful Exam Writing Strategies
- Soil Fertility
- Professional Conduct
- Integrated Pest Management
- Weed Biology
- Non-Chemical Control
- Herbicide Resistance
- Diseases Management
- Fungicide Symptoms
- Management Strategies
- Control Methods
- Pests, Beneficial Insects and Mites
- Crop Production Management
- Pesticide Management
- Soil & Water Management
- Practice Exam (Optional - Answers posted)
- Review Quizzes (Optional - Answers posted)
- Debriefing Quizzes
Required Material
All participants must acquire and review the following material before attending the tutorial. The most current edition is recommended.
- Prairie Provinces Certified Crop Advisor Study Guide
- International Certified Crop Advisor Study Guide
- Prairie Provinces Certified Crop Advisor Performance Objectives
- International Certified Crop Advisor Performance Objectives
The International Study Guide can be purchased from the International Plant Nutrition Institute.
Circulation Department, IPNI
655 Engineering Drive, Suite 110
Norcross, GA 30092-2837 USA
Phone: (770) 825-8082 or 825-8084
Fax: (770) 448-0439
E-mail: circulation@ipni.net
www.store.yahoo.com/ppi-store/ccamanual.html
The Prairie Provinces Study Guide can be purchased from the Assiniboine Community College bookstore; 1-800-862-6307 ext. 7007 or (204) 725-8721.
Registration Information
Location: Olds College
Check-in Time: January 4, 2010 - 12:45 p.m.
Date: January 4, 2010; 1:00 p.m. – January 8, 2010; 12:00 noon
Fee: $599 + GST
CCA Exam Information
Exam Date: February 5, 2010
Exam Location: Olds College
Registration Period: October 1 - December 11, 2009
Registrations faxed or postmarked after December 11, 2009 will not be processed.
Registration for the exam must be through the CCA Office at:
677 South Segoe Road, Madison WI, 53711, USA
Phone: (608) 273-8085 or www.certifiedcropadvisor.org
