The University of Rhode Island Outreach Center’s pesticide program is a comprehensive training program that provides environmentally safe pest management information to individuals engaging in private business, farming enterprises, municipalities and state government. The program provides current research based pest management information and also offers classes with CEU credits to maintain certification. The program also focuses on occupational safety for the pesticide applicator.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margaret Siligato at URI
(401) 874-5997 | siligato@uri.edu

Robin Mooney at DEM
(401) 222-2781 x4513 | robin.mooney@dem.ri.gov

Continuing Education University offers online courses for pesticide certification. You can log on and off as needed to complete the training, and the courses are available 24 hours per day by accessing your account from anywhere with an internet connection. Courses include videos, text, interactive materials, brain games, and images, and there are questions at the end of each module. CEU’s are based on 1 hour of training (Example: 2 CEU’s = 2 Hours of training time spent).

Please visit CEU at https://www.ceuschool.org or contact Aaron Mackie at 251-583-5972 or by email at amackie@ceuschool.org with any questions.