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Pest Control Adviser Certificate

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Total Units: 42.0

Term Effective: Fall 2016

The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.

Term Inactive: Fall 2018

Description:

The Pest Control Adviser (PCA) Certificate of Achievement prepares students to be licensed professional production consultants who serve California agriculture, natural resource and horticulture producers. PCAs specialize in pest and disease management. In addition they are an important resource to growers in matters related to general plant health. This certificate satisfies the core-course requirements specified for “Option 3.b” in preparing for and qualifying to take the PCAs exam(s) with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR).

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:

Qualify to take the PCA licensing exams from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, including Laws and Regulations, and the specific license categories of A) insect, mites, and other invertebrates B) plant pathogens C) nematodes D) vertebrate pests E) weeds F) defoliation and G) plant growth regulators.
Explain and apply basic principles of soils, cation exchange capacity, entomology, epidemiology, and botany to agricultural practices and pesticide modes of action.
Correctly identify the causal agents for pest infestations and disease infections in agricultural settings, and suggest effective control strategies that include biological control, cultural control, mechanical control and chemical control methods, in this order.
Read and interpret any pesticide label, and recommend legal, safe and appropriate application of that chemical.

Program Requirements:

The requirements for the Pest Control Adviser program are:

Complete 42.0 units from
- Pest Control Adviser Requirements
- Pest Control Adviser Electives

Pest Control Adviser Requirements - complete 33.00 units

Course	Description	Units
Complete any combination totaling at least 12.00 units from the following:
AGRI 10	Introduction to Agricultural Sciences	3.00
BIO 10	Introduction to Principles of Biology	4.00
BIO 12	Basic Concepts of Ecology	3.00
BOTANY 10	Plant Biology	4.00
BOTANY 60	Field Botany	4.00
CHEM 1A	General Chemistry	5.00
CHEM 1B	General Chemistry	5.00
CHEM 8	Introductory Organic Chemistry	5.00
CHEM 12A	Organic Chemistry	5.00
CHEM 12B	Organic Chemistry	5.00
CHEM 42	Introductory General Chemistry	4.00
ENVS 12	Introduction to Environmental Science	3.00
MICRO 5	General Microbiology	5.00
MICRO 60	Fundamentals of Microbiology	4.00
NRM 12	Introduction to Environmental Conservation	3.00
NRM 84	Introduction to Fish and Wildlife Conservation	3.00

Course	Description	Units
Complete any combination totaling at least 9.00 units from the following:
AGRI 20	Introduction to Plant Science	3.00
AGRI 60	Soil & Plant Nutrition	3.00
HORT 92.1	Landscape Irrigation	3.00
HORT 92.2	Low Volume Landscape Irrigation	1.50

Course	Description	Units
Complete any combination totaling at least 6.00 units from the following:
AGRI 70	Integrated Pest Management	3.00
GIS 40	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	3.00
HORT 171	Integrated Pest Management in the Horticulture Industry	1.50
VIT 70	Vineyard Pest and Disease Management	3.00
VIT 113	Organic Viticulture	1.50
VIT 114	Sustainable Viticulture	1.50

Course	Description	Units
Complete any combination totaling at least 6.00 units from the following:
ANSCI 20	Basic Animal Science	3.00
ANSCI 28	Sheep Science	3.00
ANSCI 61	Livestock Feeding and Nutrition	3.00
HORT 71	Nursery Production	3.00
VIT 51	Viticulture: Fall Practices	3.00
VIT 52	Viticulture: Spring Practices	3.00
VIT 53	Advanced Vineyard Practices for Quality Production	3.00
VIT 54	Viticulture: Summer Practices	1.00
VIT 55	Basic Wine Grape Viticulture	3.00
VIT 122	Vineyard Canopy Management	1.00
VIT 123	Spring Budding & Grafting	0.50
VIT 130	Grapevine Physiology	1.00
VIT 132	Advances in Vineyard Integrated Pest and Disease Management	0.50
VIT 133	Advances in Viticulture	1.00
WEOC 99	Occupational Work Experience	0.50-8.00

Pest Control Adviser Electives - complete 9.00 units

Course	Description	Units
Complete any combination totaling at least 9.00 units from the following:
AGRI 10	Introduction to Agricultural Sciences	3.00
AGRI 20	Introduction to Plant Science	3.00
AGRI 60	Soil & Plant Nutrition	3.00
AGRI 70	Integrated Pest Management	3.00
ANSCI 20	Basic Animal Science	3.00
ANSCI 28	Sheep Science	3.00
ANSCI 61	Livestock Feeding and Nutrition	3.00
BIO 10	Introduction to Principles of Biology	4.00
BIO 12	Basic Concepts of Ecology	3.00
BOTANY 10	Plant Biology	4.00
BOTANY 60	Field Botany	4.00
CHEM 1A	General Chemistry	5.00
CHEM 1B	General Chemistry	5.00
CHEM 8	Introductory Organic Chemistry	5.00
CHEM 12A	Organic Chemistry	5.00
CHEM 12B	Organic Chemistry	5.00
CHEM 42	Introductory General Chemistry	4.00
ENVS 12	Introduction to Environmental Science	3.00
GIS 40	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	3.00
HORT 71	Nursery Production	3.00
HORT 92.1	Landscape Irrigation	3.00
HORT 92.2	Low Volume Landscape Irrigation	1.50
HORT 171	Integrated Pest Management in the Horticulture Industry	1.50
MICRO 5	General Microbiology	5.00
MICRO 60	Fundamentals of Microbiology	4.00
NRM 12	Introduction to Environmental Conservation	3.00
NRM 84	Introduction to Fish and Wildlife Conservation	3.00
VIT 51	Viticulture: Fall Practices	3.00
VIT 52	Viticulture: Spring Practices	3.00
VIT 53	Advanced Vineyard Practices for Quality Production	3.00
VIT 54	Viticulture: Summer Practices	1.00
VIT 55	Basic Wine Grape Viticulture	3.00
VIT 70	Vineyard Pest and Disease Management	3.00
VIT 113	Organic Viticulture	1.50
VIT 114	Sustainable Viticulture	1.50
VIT 122	Vineyard Canopy Management	1.00
VIT 123	Spring Budding & Grafting	0.50
VIT 130	Grapevine Physiology	1.00
VIT 131	Working with Your Winemaker - Fruit Quality Assurance	1.00
VIT 132	Advances in Vineyard Integrated Pest and Disease Management	0.50
VIT 133	Advances in Viticulture	1.00
WEOC 99	Occupational Work Experience	0.50-8.00

Course Prerequisites and Advisories:

Courses in a program of study may have prerequisites or advisories; that is, courses that must or should be completed before taking that course. Please check for prerequisites or advisories by clicking on the course numbers in the Program Requirements section.

It is important that students who are completing an Associate Degree and desire to transfer to a four-year institution meet with a counselor to plan their lower division coursework. While many majors at SRJC are intended to align with lower division major preparation required by California public universities, specific lower-division major requirements vary among individual campuses. See a counselor, visit the Transfer Center, and check Guides For Transfer in Specific Majors, and ASSIST to review transfer preparation guides for specific schools and majors.

Notes:

Elective units may not be double-counted towards requirements

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