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Credit meeting calendar

DATE
PROGRAM
SUITABLE FOR
May 29, 2012 - Upland Invasive Plant Species Identification and Control Workshops.

Location: Yarmouth Town Hall, 200 Main Streeet, Yarmouth, Maine. For more information, contact: Ken Canfield, 207-441-3712, ken.canfield@maine.gov. 3 credits

Workshop announcement and agenda [PDF]

Forestry, Right-of-Way, Nursery, and Outdoor Ornamental
May 30, 2012 - Upland Invasive Plant Species Identification and Control Workshops.

Location: Hollis Town Hall, 34 Town Farm Road, Hollis, Maine. For more information, contact: Ken Canfield, 207-441-3712, ken.canfield@maine.gov. 3 credits

Workshop announcement and agenda [PDF]

Forestry, Right-of-Way, Nursery, and Outdoor Ornamental
July 19, 2012 - 2012 Maine State Pomological Society Summer Meeting & Tour.

Location: PieTree Orchard, Sweden, Maine. For more information, contact: Renae Moran, rmoran@maine.edu, 207-933-2100. 3 credits for whole day; 2 credits without orchard tour

Meeting Agenda [PDF]

Orchard Fruit and Agricultural Plant
August 14, 2012 - The Invasive Plant Issue and Invasive Plant Identification.

Location: Campus Center, UMass Amherst. For more information, contact: Ellen Weeks, 413-545-0895. Register online or print out a registration form. 5 credits



Forestry, Right-of-Way, and Outdoor Ornamental
September 8, 2012 - Maine Christmas Tree Association & NECTA Summer/Fall Meeting.

Location: Piper Mountain Christmas Trees, Newburgh, Maine. For more information, contact: Gaye Richards, richards.treefarm@ainop.com. 1 credit

Complete program [PDF]

Forestry and Christmas Tree Growers
September 12, 2012 - Developing an Invasive Plant Management Program.

Location: Campus Center, UMass Amherst. For more information, contact: Ellen Weeks, 413-545-0895. Register online or print out a registration form. 5 credits



Forestry, Right-of-Way, and Outdoor Ornamental

Throughout the Year

Food Industry Sanitation Auditors Seminars. Locations all over the US. Information and registration details at: Food Industry Sanitation Auditors or contact Paul Laughlin at 913-782-6399 or info@fisaconsulting.com. Many credits

Food Processing & Fumigation

Throughout the Year

U-Mass Green School, Conferences and Workshop Calendar

Turf, Outdoor & Indoor Ornamental

OTHER CREDIT SOURCES

Home Study

Online & Correspondence Courses approved for recertification

Links to Meetings Approved in Other New England States (Also automatically approved for Maine credits)

New Hampshire
http://nh.gov/agric/divisions/pesticide_control/documents/FLIPPINGFILE_019.pdf
Massachusetts
http://www.mass.gov/agr/pesticides/licensing/pace/pace_courses.htm
Vermont
http://www.vermontagriculture.com/ARMES/pestcreditsschedule.htm
Connecticut
http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2710&q=324294
http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2710&q=324272
Rhode Island
http://www.uri.edu/cels/ceoc/ceoc_programs_pat.html

Videotapes

If you cannot attend any of above programs, you can earn up to two credits per recertification period for Private and Commercial Operator Applicators and up to three for Commercial Masters by renting and viewing videotapes.

Approved tapes are available from the Penobscot County Soil and Water Conservation District office in Bangor. To earn credit you must request the quiz for recertification when renting the tape; complete the quiz and return it to the Board of Pesticides Control, 28 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0028.

You must score at least 80% on the quiz to receive credit. The quizzes are multiple choice and true/false questions. If you watch the entire video, the quiz should be easy to complete. One credit is given for each hour of video tape viewed.

To rent the tapes contact the Farm Video Center at Penobscot County SWCD at 207-990-3676 (press #3 after the initial recording to get the SWCD). You can also get more information on their Web site.

For information on recertification meetings and credits, contact Gary Fish at 207-287-2731 or gary.fish@maine.gov.

For information on recertification meetings and credits for potato growers in the Aroostook County, contact UMCE-Presque Isle at 207-760-9IPM or 207-760-9476.

 

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