Students are also required to submit the certificate of completion with the renewal.
This Texas Licensed Technician 8-Hour CEU Renewal Course is approved by the Texas Department of Agriculture for 8 CEUS for Technicians.
Course Content:
- Economic Thresholds, Treatment Guidelines & Pest Monitoring – 992645
- Emergency Procedures, Cleanups, and immediate reporting – 992643
- Understanding Pesticide Labels – 992642
- PPE, Safe Handling & Storage or Pesticides & Chemical Security – 978253
- Wood-Destroying Inspections and Treatments – 977534
- Integrated Pest Management – 978249
- Pesticide Labels & Label comprehension – 978255
- Biological Pest Control – 978156
All licensees must obtain the appropriate number of verifiable training hours in the preceding 12-month calendar year period. Changing employers or moving to an inactive status does not alleviate this responsibility or add time to the continuing education requirements.
The eight (8) hours of verifiable training must be selected from the following subject areas:
- Federal and state laws regulating structural pest control and pesticide application
- Recognition of pest and pest damage
- Pesticide labels and label comprehension
- Pesticide safety
- Environmental protection
- Application equipment and techniques
- Pesticide formulations and actions
- Emergency procedures and pesticide cleanup, and procedures for the immediate reporting of spills and misapplications
- Basic principles of mathematics, chemistry, toxicology, and entomology
- Non-chemical pest control techniques including biological, mechanical and integrated pest management techniques.

