PSEE provides recertification, pre-certification, and professional development workshops for commercial and non-commercial pesticide applicators. If you need licensing information, please visit the MDA website.
Recertification for commercial or noncommercial applicators is required to maintain your license. The recertification cycle depends on your categories.
- Categories B, S and SPCS recertify every year.
- Categories A with E, F, J, L, O, P, Q, R recertify every 2 years.
- Categories A with C or H recertify every 3 years.
If you’re not sure if you need to recertify this year, look at your applicator license card for “Attend a Workshop By” dates or look up your license on the
2026 Recertification
- Categories F and P recertification are ONLY available online.
- You may need to register for a mix of in-person and online options to satisfy your requirements.
- You may need to register in separate transactions for some combinations.
- Additional workshops or courses may be added during the year. Subscribe to our email notification to receive these notices.
This page includes registration options for categories A, C, H, K, N, and O. In-person workshops are listed at the bottom.
See 2026 options for Pesticide safety recertification for Categories A, B (drone), E, F, I, J, L, and P on a separate page.
To recertify this year:
- Complete an approved continuing education workshop or online course anytime they are available this year, or
- Retest with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
Recertification options:
- In-person classroom workshop for categories A, B (Drone only), C, E, H, J, L, or O
- Field Day workshops for categories A, B (Drone only), C, E, H, and L
- Self-paced online courses for categories A, B (Drone only), C, E, F, H, J, L, P
PSEE offers self-paced online recertification courses through Canvas.
Technology requirements
- Courses must be completed on a desktop or laptop with a functioning camera. The course cannot be completed on a cell phone or tablet.
- The user must have Google Chrome installed, a working camera and speakers, a screen, and a stable internet connection.
- Users must download the Honorlock software (instructions provided in the course) and be able to take and upload a photo ID and pesticide applicator license card multiple times throughout the course.
- Downloading documents, using multiple web tabs, watching videos, and completing quizzes may be required.
- Users should have moderate computer skills or have access to technical assistance. Limited technical assistance is available through PSEE.
- Users must complete ALL tasks assigned, have valid ID uploads, and be present in all recorded sessions. Failure to meet these requirements will result in no credit for the course.
Course deadlines
- Each course has a start and end date. Users cannot start until the course begins and must finish by the course end date.
- Refunds, credits, and transfers are not available once the course begins and are not issued due to technical issues on the user’s end.
- Upon completion of the course, PSEE staff will review and audit all course completions, then send the attendance record to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) for processing. Allow 30 days for this process and for your license to be updated.
- New license cards are NOT issued following completion of a course. You must submit a license renewal form and fee to the MDA to receive a new license card.
- Should a user fail to meet or complete all course requirements, no recertification credit or re-enrollment in another course will be granted.
2026 self-paced, online course
You can combine in-person and online workshops to satisfy all of your category requirements.
Cost
$70 for each category
October 19 to November 16, 2026
You will have access to the online course beginning October 19, 2026. You will have until November 16, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. to complete the course. Registration closes October 11, 2026. You must register for each category separately.
- Category A (ag)
- Category C (Field Crops)
- Category C (Fruit & Vegetable Crops)
- Category B (Aerial-Drone only)
- Categories E, F, J, L and P are also available
2026 in-person recertification workshops
Categories A, C (Field Crops), and H (Seed Treatment)
Cost
- A + 1 additional category: $145
- A + 2 additional categories: $190
All in-person workshops include lunch and refreshments.
Register for any in-person A/C/H workshop
Select any event link below for details about a specific workshop, including event agendas when available.