A Flexible Process for Developing Effective, Integrated Licensure Tests and Pesticide Training Manuals

Title: A Flexible Process for Developing Effective, Integrated Licensure Tests and Pesticide Training Manuals
Category: Certification
Resources: Paper
Date: 2007
Addressed By Revised 40 CFR Party 171: No

Excerpt: Why this Tool? Content-relevant licensure tests (also called certification exams) and training manuals are central to Certification and Training (C&T) programs nationwide in assuring that a person has the required knowledge and skills to perform the job of a pesticide applicator. The responsibility of creating exams and manuals to assure competency is certainly not new because EPA has long expected states to follow some type of coherent process as described in the Guidance Document when states develop their annual cooperative agreements. The importance of this responsibility has again surfaced as one of the proposed federal C&T regulation changes which would require states to implement a development process that measures competency for the most important and relevant aspects of an occupation. Thus, CTAG is taking a pro-active approach by creating this resource document to help states deal with the potential reality…