All Alberta sales outlets selling Domestic Class Lawn and Garden Pesticides must employ a certified dispenser. This certification ensures customers have access to accurate pest control information and that retailers meet provincial regulations and safety requirements.
Certificates are valid for five years and apply to most outdoor lawn and garden pesticides. Products designed for people, pets, or indoor use (such as repellents, flea collars, or shampoos) are not included in this requirement.
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The Lawn and Garden Pesticide Dispenser home study course is available at any time throughout the year allowing you to study the course at a time convenient to you in the comfort of your home and to write the certification exam at a location close to home. Online exam proctoring is available with Olds College.
Registrants have up to one year from the date of registration to complete the exam.
Delivery Methods
Please Note: Online group tutorials also include online exam proctoring following the tutorial.
Tutorials can be facilitated at your corporate office, online with participants at their own computer, or at Olds College. Home Study packages will be mailed to the company representative and must be distributed to participants at least 1 week prior to the tutorial.
Pre-requisite: It is strongly recommended that you study and complete the self checks in the Lawn and Garden Pesticide Dispenser Manual prior to attending a corporate onsite tutorial.
Required Text and Materials: Lawn and Garden Pesticide Dispenser Manual
Registration Deadline: Continuous Registration
As of January 2016, Lawn and Garden Pesticide Dispensers holding a certificate issued prior to January 2012 will be required to recertify. Certifications are valid for five (5) calendar years dated on the applicant's birthday.
The Lawn and Garden Pesticide Dispenser Certification is required for all retail vendors selling Domestic Class (Schedule 3) pesticides must employ a certified Lawn and Garden Pesticide Dispenser. This requirement covers the majority of pesticide products formulated for outdoor residential lawn and garden use. Domestic class pesticides formulated for direct application on people and pets (repellents, flea and tick collars, pet shampoo) or for use inside homes are not regulated by vendor certification requirements.
The objective of Lawn and Garden Pesticide Dispenser certification program is to ensure that consumers have access to appropriate information regarding pest control, and that someone at each retail outlet has knowledge of pesticide sales regulations and safety requirements. Certificate holders will not be pest control experts, but they will be familiar with pesticides, pesticide safety, provincial regulations and provincial reference materials.
The Lawn and Garden Pesticide Dispenser home study course is available at any time throughout the year allowing you to study the course at a time convenient to you in the comfort of your home and to write the certification exam at a location close to home. Printed materials will be mailed to participants. Registrants have up to one year from the date of registration to complete the exam.
This one-day tutorial is designed to augment the Lawn and Garden Pesticide Dispenser home study course and assist participants as they prepare to write the exam. The certification exam is written at the end of the tutorial.
It is strongly recommended that you study and complete the self checks in the Lawn and Garden Pesticide Dispenser Manual prior to attending the tutorial. The manual will be mailed to individuals registering a minimum of two weeks prior to the tutorial. Bring the Manual with you to the tutorial. For registrations received less than two weeks prior to the course, the Lawn and Garden Pesticide Dispenser Manual will be given out at the tutorial.
Let Olds College bring the Lawn and Garden Pesticide Dispenser Tutorial to you. If you have a group of employees in your company or your community requiring Lawn and Garden Pesticide Dispenser Certification, call about on-site custom training.
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