Saskatchewan Pesticide Education Program

Your learning materials can be ordered through the Sask Polytech Campus Store.

Select:

• Location: Regina campus
• Campus term: Regina campus – Regina campus pesticide
• Department: Pest-Pesticide
• Then select your course and section

You will need two manuals for your course:

1. the core manual
2. the one for the specific course you are taking

The cost for the manuals is not included in your tuition and must be purchased separately.

To write your exam, you will need:

• A computer
• Webcam with microphone
• Valid photo ID

When you log into our online learning platform Brightspace, you will also need to download the Respondus monitoring software before taking the exam. There will be instructions provided.

Format:

• Online quiz through our online learning platform, Brightspace with the Respondus monitoring software.
  • Respondus records the video and audio of you taking the exam.
  • You can't wear a hat, tinted glasses, or any type of ear bud or headphones.
• Closed-book exam with no resources allowed. For multiple choice questions involving calculations, you will be allowed blank paper, a pen or pencil, and a calculator.
  • You can't use the manual, cheat sheets, notes, a phone, another person, etc.
• Typically, 80-90 questions (mostly multiple choice) which may include questions where you must select more than one answer. There may also be a matching question.

Your exam results:

• The results are not immediate. If you pass your exam with a grade of 75% or higher, your grade will be posted to your mySaskPolytech student account and your statement of achievement will be sent to you by email within ten business days.

If you are unsuccessful (below 75%), you are allowed two rewrites after your initial attempt. 

• You must wait seven days from your last exam date before attempting it a second time.
• If you are unsuccessful on the second attempt, you must wait 21 days before you can write for a third time.
• If the third attempt is unsuccessful, you must re-register and pay for the full course again.

The exam and any rewrites must be completed within nine months of the date of initial registration.

 

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

All courses are continuously available.

A pesticide license from the Ministry of Agriculture is only valid for one year, but you can renew it for five years at a time. The certificate of training from Sask Polytech is valid for five years.

Licensed pesticide applicators from other provinces can apply for reciprocity in Saskatchewan. You need to complete the Saskatchewan Regulations exam at Sask Polytech, but you aren’t required to take the full pesticide applicator course.

The applicator must have completed their pesticide training within the previous five-year period to apply for reciprocity.  

Sask Polytech will send out the statement of achievement for the Saskatchewan Regulations exam, and the application for reciprocity will be administered by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture.

To apply for reciprocity in Saskatchewan, the applicator must send the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture:

• a pesticide license application form
• a copy of their pesticide license from their province
• a copy of the Saskatchewan Regulations - statement of achievement (from Sask Polytech).

In Saskatchewan, pesticide applicators must recertify their pesticide training every five years. 

Applicators can recertify by completing a recertification exam or by using continuing education credits (CECs) in certain categories only:

• aerial
• greenhouse
• industrial vegetation
• landscape
• rat control,
• and structural.

CECs are accumulated by attending education sessions, workshops and presentations.  

The CECs are generally calculated on the basis that one credit is received for one hour of accredited training. In some situations, such as hands-on training, the valuation may be different.  

A minimum of 15 CECs is required for recertification of an applicator in a license category. The 15 CECs must be taken in the five-year period prior to recertification. A maximum of 10 CECs may be taken in any one year. A candidate who did not obtain all the required CECs would not be eligible for re-certification using CECs but may recertify by writing a recertification examination. Upon recertification, CECs obtained up to that time are cancelled, and the candidate enters a new re-certification term.

The 15 CECs required for recertification must include training on specific concepts as follows:

A minimum of two credits in:

• Application technology
• Human health and safety
• Pest management
• Regulations

A minimum of one credit in:

• Environment

Some training must be included in each of these other key concept areas. Less than one CEC may suffice if it is part of a larger presentation:

• Emergency response
• General information
• Labelling
• Professionalism

1. Identify an educational opportunity. Normally, this will be an event or training opportunity provided by a professional, industry, educational organization, consultant, government department or conference organizer.
2. A minimum of four weeks prior to the event, the coordinator of the event must submit an outline to the Industry Certification Committee for approval and assignment of CECs. Request for Credit forms are available from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture or Sask Polytech.
3. The Industry Certification Committee will notify the event coordinator of the decision, and if approved:
   1. indicate the license category for which credit will be granted,
   2. indicate the number of credits and concepts to which credits are assigned, and
   3. provide sign-in sheets to the applicant along with instructions for their use.
4. After the event, the attendance documentation must be submitted for record keeping to Sask Polytech, the accrediting institution in Saskatchewan.
5. When a pesticide applicator applies for recertification using CECs, Sask Polytech will confirm that the applicator has sufficient credits based on the attendance sheets and documentation from approved events. Applicators should keep personal records verifying their accumulated credits. This may consist of certificates received, receipts, etc.
   1. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that they have accumulated the minimum requirements in each concept area as well as the total requirement.