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Private Pesticide Applicator Certification

Restricted-use pesticide application on agricultural property owned or leased by the applicator.

Licensing authority: Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry · Application information

Initial certification by approved training
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Agricultural Use
Restricted-use pesticides on owned or leased land for agricultural production.
Approved Course
Satisfactorily complete a commissioner-approved course meeting or exceeding 40 CFR 171.105; submit the training certificate and card fee to LDAF. LSU describes its program as videos with section quizzes.
Course Page Access
The linked LSU store course page returned HTTP 400 from all three local fetch backends; the same server-side endpoint returned 404. The rule and LDAF instructions establish the training alternative; course-specific scoring is undetermined.
Minimum Age
At least 18 years of age.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Initial certification by examination
Louisiana Private Pesticide Applicator exam
Agricultural Use
Use or supervise restricted-use pesticides to produce agricultural commodities on land owned or leased by the applicant; the private examination is separate from Commercial General Standards.
Application
Submit the prescribed signed application and applicable fee; passing score is at least 70 percent.
Examination Integrity
Unauthorized materials or cheating result in a zero score, appeal rights, and the rule's three-year disqualification unless commission approval is obtained.
Minimum Age
At least 18 years of age (LAC 7:XXIII.701.I).
Retesting
After failure, submit an application for retesting (LAC 7:XXIII.701.G).
Fumigation authorization after private certification
Soil Fumigation exam (practice unavailable)
Application
Submit the prescribed signed application and applicable fee; passing score is at least 70 percent.
Basis
The basic private credential was obtained through approved-training.
Examination Integrity
Unauthorized materials or cheating result in a zero score, appeal rights, and the rule's three-year disqualification unless commission approval is obtained.
Existing Private Qualification
Private certification must be obtained by the examination pathway or by the approved-course pathway, as indicated here.
Fumigation
Pass the Soil Fumigation Exam before using fumigants. These are the current fumigation assessments named by LAC 7:XXIII.709.C and 711.B.2.l; the application form omits their checkboxes, so consult LDAF for scheduling.
Minimum Age
At least 18 years of age (LAC 7:XXIII.701.I).
Retesting
After failure, submit an application for retesting (LAC 7:XXIII.701.G).
Fumigation authorization after private certification

All of the following:

Application
Submit the prescribed signed application and applicable fee; passing score is at least 70 percent.
Basis
The basic private credential was obtained through examination.
Examination Integrity
Unauthorized materials or cheating result in a zero score, appeal rights, and the rule's three-year disqualification unless commission approval is obtained.
Existing Private Qualification
Private certification must be obtained by the examination pathway or by the approved-course pathway, as indicated here.
Fumigation
Pass the Soil Fumigation Exam before using fumigants. These are the current fumigation assessments named by LAC 7:XXIII.709.C and 711.B.2.l; the application form omits their checkboxes, so consult LDAF for scheduling.
Minimum Age
At least 18 years of age (LAC 7:XXIII.701.I).
Retesting
After failure, submit an application for retesting (LAC 7:XXIII.701.G).
Fumigation authorization after private certification
Non-Soil Fumigation exam (practice unavailable)
Application
Submit the prescribed signed application and applicable fee; passing score is at least 70 percent.
Basis
The basic private credential was obtained through approved-training.
Examination Integrity
Unauthorized materials or cheating result in a zero score, appeal rights, and the rule's three-year disqualification unless commission approval is obtained.
Existing Private Qualification
Private certification must be obtained by the examination pathway or by the approved-course pathway, as indicated here.
Fumigation
Pass the Non-Soil Fumigation Exam before using fumigants. These are the current fumigation assessments named by LAC 7:XXIII.709.C and 711.B.2.l; the application form omits their checkboxes, so consult LDAF for scheduling.
Minimum Age
At least 18 years of age (LAC 7:XXIII.701.I).
Retesting
After failure, submit an application for retesting (LAC 7:XXIII.701.G).
Fumigation authorization after private certification

All of the following:

Application
Submit the prescribed signed application and applicable fee; passing score is at least 70 percent.
Basis
The basic private credential was obtained through examination.
Examination Integrity
Unauthorized materials or cheating result in a zero score, appeal rights, and the rule's three-year disqualification unless commission approval is obtained.
Existing Private Qualification
Private certification must be obtained by the examination pathway or by the approved-course pathway, as indicated here.
Fumigation
Pass the Non-Soil Fumigation Exam before using fumigants. These are the current fumigation assessments named by LAC 7:XXIII.709.C and 711.B.2.l; the application form omits their checkboxes, so consult LDAF for scheduling.
Minimum Age
At least 18 years of age (LAC 7:XXIII.701.I).
Retesting
After failure, submit an application for retesting (LAC 7:XXIII.701.G).
Recertification by examination
Louisiana Private Pesticide Applicator exam
Eligibility
Existing private certification has not been revoked, suspended or expired.
Renewal
Pass a commissioner-approved private-applicator examination instead of attending a recertification meeting.
Recertification by approved meeting
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Eligibility
Existing private certification has not been revoked, suspended or expired.
Meeting
Attend a commissioner-approved recertification meeting.
Period
Private certification is valid for three years; LDAF lists a $25 three-year card fee.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Soil Fumigation exam

Passing score
70%
Examination outline
  • Soil Fumigation
Examination sources

Non-Soil Fumigation exam

Passing score
70%
Examination outline
  • Non-Soil Fumigation
Examination sources

Louisiana Private Pesticide Applicator exam

Format
In-person or online proctored certification examination
Passing score
70%
Practice scope

The authority has not published an examination outline; the practice questions follow the scope of the existing question bank.

  • Label and Labeling Comprehension
    • Label format, terminology, directions, warnings, and classifications
  • Safety
    • Toxicity, exposure, poisoning, first aid, and heat stress
    • PPE, transport, storage, mixing, disposal, and incident response
  • Environment
    • Weather, terrain, water movement, and nontarget organisms
  • Pests
    • Pest identification, monitoring, thresholds, and integrated management
  • Pesticides
    • Pesticide types, formulations, compatibility, residues, and resistance
  • Equipment
    • Equipment selection, maintenance, calibration, and output
  • Application Methods
    • Application methods, site fit, effectiveness, and drift prevention
  • Laws and Regulations
    • FIFRA, restricted-use classification, labeling law, and Worker Protection Standard
    • Louisiana certification scope, eligibility, renewal, and specialized examinations
    • Louisiana application records, rinsate, spill reporting, and enforcement
  • Responsibilities for Supervisors of Noncertified Applicators
    • Qualifications, instructions, equipment, communication, and presence
  • Stewardship
    • Chemical security, emergency planning, and risk communication
  • Agricultural Pest Control
    • Commodity pests, water protection, entry intervals, harvest intervals, and animal uses
Examination sources