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Private Applicator License

Licensing authority: Texas Department of Agriculture

Add aerial application certification
Aerial Application Exam (practice unavailable)
Existing qualification
Hold private qualification in an appropriate agricultural use category and pass the aerial category test. Additional aerial continuing education applies.
Convert a pre 1989 private certificate to a license
Texas Pesticide Private Applicator Exam
Historical certificate
Hold a certificate issued before January 10, 1989. Complete Extension private training, pass the private test and obtain a private license; this satisfies certificate recertification one time.
Initial private licensure
Texas Pesticide Private Applicator Exam
Agricultural production
Meet Agriculture Code §76.112 private-applicator property, agricultural-commodity and employment conditions.
Application
Apply and pay the prescribed private-license fee; a license revoked within two years bars issuance under §76.112(g).
Training
Complete Extension or department-approved private-applicator training. Pass within one year of training; if licensing is incomplete five years after passing, repeat training and testing.
New private licensure after expiration exceeding one year
Texas Pesticide Private Applicator Exam
Agricultural production
Meet Agriculture Code §76.112 private-applicator property, agricultural-commodity and employment conditions.
Application
Apply and pay the prescribed private-license fee; a license revoked within two years bars issuance under §76.112(g).
Lapse
Meet all new private-license requirements. Previously held special categories require corresponding retraining and examinations under §7.24(w); they are covered by the separate special-category routes.
Training
Complete Extension or department-approved private-applicator training. Pass within one year of training; if licensing is incomplete five years after passing, repeat training and testing.
Alternative military full licensure: current foreign license
Texas Pesticide Private Applicator Exam
Expedited processing
Chapter 55 requires prompt provisional issuance during processing or full issuance, followed by the §55.005 expedited full-license process.
Military status
Military service member, veteran or spouse under Occupations Code Chapter 55.
Prerequisite waiver
Section 55.004(b) permits the executive director to waive any prerequisite after reviewing credentials. Retained examination leaves show currently offered examinations implicated by ordinary requirements; an individual waiver determines what this applicant must sit.
Qualification
Hold a current, good-standing other-state license similar in scope under §55.004(a)(1). Its examination is prior applicant evidence, not a Texas leaf.
Recognition without texas license
Section 55.0041 separately authorizes qualifying military members or spouses to practice on an officially recognized current out-of-state licence without obtaining a Texas license, after the required application, orders, spouse marriage evidence and affidavit. This is an applicant alternative, not a newly invented Texas credential.
Alternative military full licensure: recent texas license
Texas Pesticide Private Applicator Exam
Expedited processing
Chapter 55 requires prompt provisional issuance during processing or full issuance, followed by the §55.005 expedited full-license process.
Military status
Military service member, veteran or spouse under Occupations Code Chapter 55.
Prerequisite waiver
Section 55.004(b) permits the executive director to waive any prerequisite after reviewing credentials. Retained examination leaves show currently offered examinations implicated by ordinary requirements; an individual waiver determines what this applicant must sit.
Qualification
Held the corresponding Texas license within five years preceding application under §55.004(a)(2).
Recognition without texas license
Section 55.0041 separately authorizes qualifying military members or spouses to practice on an officially recognized current out-of-state licence without obtaining a Texas license, after the required application, orders, spouse marriage evidence and affidavit. This is an applicant alternative, not a newly invented Texas credential.
Private licensure with military training credit
Texas Pesticide Private Applicator Exam
Agricultural production
Meet Agriculture Code §76.112 private-applicator property, agricultural-commodity and employment conditions.
Application
Apply and pay the prescribed private-license fee; a license revoked within two years bars issuance under §76.112(g).
Military credit
Military service-member or veteran experience is credited as equivalent to the training in §7.21(b)(4)(A)–(F); the private examination remains required.
Training
Complete Extension or department-approved private-applicator training. Pass within one year of training; if licensing is incomplete five years after passing, repeat training and testing.
Add Livestock Protection Collar certification
Livestock Protection Collar Exam (practice unavailable)
Held credential
Hold a private applicator license or existing certified-private applicator certificate.
Training
Complete the corresponding TDA specialized predator-management training and pass the corresponding examination with at least 70%.
Add M 44 certification
M-44 Exam (practice unavailable)
Held credential
Hold a private applicator license or existing certified-private applicator certificate.
Training
Complete the corresponding TDA specialized predator-management training and pass the corresponding examination with at least 70%.
Five year private recertification
Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification Exam (practice unavailable)
Certificate or license
Certified private holders who do not convert must satisfy the same recertification requirements. Licensed private holders also renew their five-year license by application and fee. Certificates issued before January 10, 1989 remain historical credentials, not current initial-issuance licenses.
Dual licensing
A private applicant also licensed commercial or noncommercial may satisfy private recertification by meeting that license’s recertification requirements under §7.24(z).
Exam or education
The examination is an optional alternative to 15 CEUs per five-year recertification cycle, including two in laws and regulations and two in IPM. A passing recertification examination earns all 15 CEUs; CEUs can be used instead if examination attempts fail.
Obtain optional soil fumigation category certification
Soil Fumigation Exam (practice unavailable)
Option
Category 11 is available to every pesticide license type. A private applicator may instead apply soil fumigants without adding this category if the label’s EPA-approved training requirement is met.

Soil Fumigation Exam

Examination outline
  • Soil Fumigation
Examination sources

Livestock Protection Collar Exam

Examination outline
  • Livestock Protection Collar
Examination sources

M-44 Exam

Examination outline
  • M-44
Examination sources

Aerial Application Exam

Examination outline
  • Aerial Application
Examination sources

Texas Pesticide Private Applicator Exam

Provider
Metro Institute
Format
Computer-based written examination
Exam questions
100 questions
Time limit
Two hours
Passing score
70% or greater
Practice scope

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

  • Laws and Regulations
  • Photo Identification
  • Sample Label Interpretation
  • Calibration
  • Labels and Labeling
  • Groundwater
  • Endangered Species
  • Pesticide Safety
  • Environmental Considerations
  • Application Equipment
  • Pests and Pest Damage
Examination sources
  • private

    Testing procedures—Private Applicator Exam

  • private-scope

    Private Applicator License—study reference

  • teacher

    New Private Applicator Exam Summary, items 1–6

  • metro

    Texas Department of Agriculture computer-based testing

  • metro

    Exam durations and question count—Agricultural

  • metro

    Passing score for all examinations

  • rule-7-21.html

    4 TAC §7.21(b)(1)

Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification Exam

Provider
Metro Institute
Format
Computer-based written examination
Exam questions
125 questions
Time limit
Up to three hours
Passing score
70% or greater
Examination outline
  • label and labeling comprehension
  • safety factors
  • environmental consequences
  • pest features
  • integrated pest management strategies/pest management practices
  • pesticide factors
  • equipment characteristics
  • application techniques/drift minimization
  • laws and regulations
  • biotechnology/transgenic crops
  • business ethics
Examination sources
  • rule-7-24.html

    4 TAC §7.24(v)(4)(A)

  • rule-7-24.html

    4 TAC §7.24(e)(4)(A)–(K)

  • metro

    Texas Department of Agriculture computer-based testing

  • metro

    Exam durations and question count—Agricultural

  • metro

    Passing score for all examinations

  • private

    Recertification Exam