• About DPR
• Contact Us
• Customer Service Survey
• Join E-Lists

Featured Links

• Community Guide to Recognizing and Reporting Pesticide Problems
• Complaints
• Compliance assistance for employers
• Decisions pending and opportunities for public participation
• Environmental Justice
• How to get a license or product registration
• Information for physicians
• School IPM
• West Nile virus

Reference Links

• Databases
• Laws
• Look up pesticide illnesses
• Look up pesticide products
• Performance and accountability
• Regulations
• Translations
• Useful links

Agricultural Pest Control Adviser (PCA)

Return to License Types and Requirements

New and Amended Applications

Updates to minimum education qualifications (PDF, 59 kb)

• Complete application package (PDF, 378 kb)
  • Overview (PDF, 32 kb)
  • Licensing requirements (PDF, 65 kb)
  • Application & instructions (PR-PML-084) (PDF, 48 kb)
  • Core course requirements for new license applicants
    (PR-PML-085) (PDF, 39 kb)
  • Educational requirements (PDF, 59 kb)
  • Colleges/universities providing core courses
  • Knowledge expectations
  • Study materials (PDF, 46 kb)
  • Exam schedule 2009 (PDF, 83 kb)
• General information (after you’re licensed) (PDF, 36 kb)
• Re-examination or adding new category application (PR-PML-083)
  (PDF, 60 kb)

Renewals

• License renewal application packet (PDF, 396 kb)

Miscellaneous

• Annual county registration requirements (PDF, 49 kb)
• Change of name/address requirement (PR-PML-002) (PDF, 15 kb)
• Customer survey form
• DPR-approved continuing education courses
• List of valid licenses
• Visa/Mastercard transaction (DPR-105) (PDF, 12 kb)

If you have questions about California’s licensing, certification, and training requirements to perform pest control work (new applications, renewals, change of address, qualifications, examinations, study materials, and continuing education), please contact the Licensing Program at licensing-pca&cdpr.ca.gov or by phone at (916) 445-4038