So, You Need to Find Recertification Credits? We Can Help

Read more to find out where to find recertification credits!

Penn State Extension (pestcredits) has a dedicated web page for recertification credits. This new web page can also be searched by education format (such as online courses, webinars, guides/publications (workbooks), conferences, and workshops) and also by category--look along the left-hand side to select the options you want. Penn State Extension is now offering quite a few recertification credits in various categories as well as Core and Private Category. Another thing to note on this page, if a price is not shown under the title, then it is not available at this time. However, you may be able to provide your email for those courses, and when it becomes available again, you will be sent an email.

PaPlants (www.paplants.pa.gov) is managed by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) and is the complete database of all approved recertification courses. Select the Meeting Type, the Category you need, and for State, select Pennsylvania Only (especially to find the onsite courses). Then an option appears to select the PDA region and/or county you live in to find the meetings closest to you. The search automatically searches for the next 3 months, but that can be customized too. Then hit the Search button for a listing of meetings. The option for Correspondence is described next.

When you find a meeting title that interests you, click on the word "Details" in the first column to find more information about that particular recertification meeting.

Correspondence Courses (including Workbooks) is another way that applicators can earn some recertification credits. Be sure to read the description; some correspondence courses are actual college courses and may be quite expensive. Other correspondence courses are workbooks that are mailed to you to read and complete the activities and/or review questions. Then you take a quiz on the material and mail the quiz back to Penn State for grading. If you pass, you will receive a completion certificate in the mail and we will notify the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture that you passed. If you fail, you will be sent a different quiz; a quiz can be taken a total of three times.

Remember, though, online and correspondence courses (including workbooks) can only be taken once for credit in the lifetime of the applicator.