The General Aerial endorsement is available for those that currently hold a Private Applicator Certification. To add the General Aerial endorsement, complete the Duplicate Applicator License/Certification form and submit to MDA with the $5.00 processing fee. Once MDA processes the form you will be eligible to schedule your exam with one of our testing partners.
No, this is a closed book proctored exam. You will need to schedule the exam with one of the MDA testing partners. A passing score is 70% or higher.
The study manual is sold through the UMN Extension Pesticide Safety and Environmental Education (PSEE) program, at the online bookstore.
You need to apply for a Commercial Pesticide Applicator License with categories A (Core), B (General Aerial), and C (Field Crop Pest Management).
MDA page showing steps how to obtain a commercial pesticide applicator license.
Yes, it will transfer, you will not need to retake the category B exam as long as it is current. Contact the MDA licensing department when you apply for the Commercial Pesticide Applicator License to have that category B exam score transferred.
Your new General Aerial Endorsement recertification cycle will fall within the same cycle as your Private Applicator Certification (i.e., if an applicator is 1-year into the 3-year cycle, the new endorsement will also be 1-year into the 3-year cycle) as long as you have kept your certification and endorsement(s) current by attending a workshop or retest.
A commercial pesticide license requires Category B (General Aerial) to recertify annually (attend a recertification workshop or retest). The Categories A (Core) and C (Field Crop Management) require a 3-year recertification cycle.
Your new General Aerial Endorsement recertification cycle will fall within the same cycle as your Private Applicator Certification (i.e., if an applicator is 1-year into the 3-year cycle, the new endorsement will also be 1-year into the 3-year cycle) as long as you have kept your certification and endorsement(s) current by attending a workshop or retest.
A commercial pesticide license requires Category B (General Aerial) to recertify annually (attend a recertification workshop or retest). The Categories A (Core) and C (Field Crop Management) require a 3-year recertification cycle.
Your new General Aerial Endorsement recertification cycle will fall within the same cycle as your Private Applicator Certification (i.e., if an applicator is 1-year into the 3-year cycle, the new endorsement will also be 1-year into the 3-year cycle) as long as you have kept your certification and endorsement(s) current by attending a workshop or retest.
A commercial pesticide license requires Category B (General Aerial) to recertify annually (attend a recertification workshop or retest). The Categories A (Core) and C (Field Crop Management) require a 3-year recertification cycle.
The MDA held informal and formal comment periods, 17 listening sessions across the state and received more than 800 written comments. The Groundwater Protection Rule became law in June, 2019. Application restrictions are posted on the MDA’s website by January 15 each year and the fall application restrictions begin September 1. See question 11 below for more detail on the fall and frozen soil restrictions.
There are two parts to the rule. Each part contains separate provisions. Depending on where you farm, you may be subject to one part of the rule, both parts, or neither part.
Part 1: You are subject to Part 1 of the rule if you farm in a vulnerable groundwater area or in a Drinking Water Supply Management Area (DWSMA) that has 5.4 mg/L or higher of nitrate. This means you cannot apply nitrogen fertilizer in the fall and on frozen soils in those areas.
Part 2: You are subject to Part 2 of the rule if you farm land in a DWSMA with elevated groundwater nitrate concentrations. These areas will be designated a mitigation level 1, 2, 3 or 4.
There are two parts to the rule. Each part contains separate provisions. Depending on where you farm, you may be subject to one part of the rule, both parts, or neither part.
Part 1: You are subject to Part 1 of the rule if you farm in a vulnerable groundwater area or in a Drinking Water Supply Management Area (DWSMA) that has 5.4 mg/L or higher of nitrate. This means you cannot apply nitrogen fertilizer in the fall and on frozen soils in those areas.
Part 2: You are subject to Part 2 of the rule if you farm land in a DWSMA with elevated groundwater nitrate concentrations. These areas will be designated a mitigation level 1, 2, 3 or 4.
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Yes, employees could attend out-of-state courses. The tuition expenses would be eligible. However, partnership with Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is prioritized in the application process.
