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| Pest Control Adviser Certificate |
Agriculture & Natural Resources |
Total Units: 42 |
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Term Effective:
Summer 2025
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).
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 Certificate program are:
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Complete 42 units from
- Pest Control Adviser Requirements
| Pest Control Adviser Requirements - complete 42.00 units |
Complete any combination totaling at least 12.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| Physical & Biological Sciences |
| BIO 2.1 | Fundamentals of Biology (Cell and Molecular) | 5.00 |
| BIO 2.3 | Fundamentals of Biology (Botany and Ecology) | 5.00 |
| BIO 10 | Introduction to Principles of Biology | 4.00 |
| BIO 12 | Basic Concepts of Ecology | 3.00 |
| BTNY 10 | Plant Biology | 4.00 |
| BTNY 60 | Field Botany | 4.00 |
| CHEM 3A | General Chemistry Part 1: Lecture | 3.00 |
| CHEM 3AL | General Chemistry Part 1: Lab | 2.00 |
| CHEM 3B | General Chemistry Part 2 | 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 |
| MICR 5 | General Microbiology | 5.00 |
| MICR 60 | Fundamentals of Microbiology | 4.00 |
| NRM 12 | Introduction to Environmental Conservation | 3.00 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 9.00 units from the following:
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| Crop Health |
| AGRI 20 | Introduction to Plant Science | 4.00 |
| AGRI 60 | Soil & Plant Nutrition | 3.00 |
| HORT 144 | Landscape Irrigation | 3.00 |
| SUAG 64 | Warm Season Crop Production | 2.00 |
| SUAG 65 | Cool Season Vegetable Production | 2.00 |
| SUAG 103 | Composting for Organic Farming and Gardening | 1.00 |
| VIT 124 | Vineyard Irrigation and Fertilization | 1.00 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 6.00 units from the following:
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| Pest Management Systems & Methods |
| AGRI 70 | Integrated Pest Management | 3.00 |
| SUAG 50 | Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture | 3.00 |
| VIT 70 | Vineyard Pest and Disease Management | 3.00 |
| VIT 132 | Advances in Vineyard Integrated Pest and Disease Management | 0.50 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 6.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| Production Systems |
| ANSC 20 | Basic Animal Science | 3.00 |
| ANSC 27 | Beef Cattle Science | 3.00 |
| ANSC 29 | Dairy Cattle Industry/Dairy Cattle Science | 3.00 |
| ANSC 61 | Livestock Feeding and Nutrition | 3.00 |
| ANSC 91 | Rangeland Management | 3.00 |
| ANSC 153 | Sustainable Agriculture Production Systems with Animals | 3.00 |
| ANSC 171 | Livestock Behavior and Humane Management | 1.00 |
| EQSC 25 | Equine Science | 3.00 |
| HORT 8 | Landscape Plants: Summer/Fall | 3.00 |
| HORT 12 | Landscape Plants: Winter/Spring | 3.00 |
| HORT 70 | Plant Propagation | 3.00 |
| HORT 71 | Nursery Production | 3.00 |
| HORT 72 | Greenhouse Production | 3.00 |
| HORT 80 | Sustainable Landscape Management | 3.00 |
| NRM 70 | Forest Management and Assessment | 4.00 |
| SUAG 109 | Organic Crop Planning and Production | 4.00 |
| SUAG 116 | Organic Apple Production | 1.00 |
| SUAG 117 | Organic Fruit Tree and Berry Production | 1.50 |
| SUAG 119 | Specialty Crop Production | 2.00 |
| 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 60 | Vineyard Management | 3.00 |
| VIT 113 | Organic Viticulture | 1.50 |
| VIT 114 | Sustainable Viticulture | 1.50 |
| VIT 122 | Vineyard Canopy Management | 1.00 |
| VIT 123 | Budding & Grafting | 0.25 |
| 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 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 9.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| Pest Control Adviser Electives |
| AGRI 20 | Introduction to Plant Science | 4.00 |
| AGRI 60 | Soil & Plant Nutrition | 3.00 |
| AGRI 70 | Integrated Pest Management | 3.00 |
| ANSC 20 | Basic Animal Science | 3.00 |
| ANSC 27 | Beef Cattle Science | 3.00 |
| ANSC 29 | Dairy Cattle Industry/Dairy Cattle Science | 3.00 |
| ANSC 61 | Livestock Feeding and Nutrition | 3.00 |
| ANSC 91 | Rangeland Management | 3.00 |
| ANSC 153 | Sustainable Agriculture Production Systems with Animals | 3.00 |
| ANSC 171 | Livestock Behavior and Humane Management | 1.00 |
| EQSC 25 | Equine Science | 3.00 |
| HORT 8 | Landscape Plants: Summer/Fall | 3.00 |
| HORT 12 | Landscape Plants: Winter/Spring | 3.00 |
| HORT 70 | Plant Propagation | 3.00 |
| HORT 71 | Nursery Production | 3.00 |
| HORT 72 | Greenhouse Production | 3.00 |
| HORT 80 | Sustainable Landscape Management | 3.00 |
| HORT 144 | Landscape Irrigation | 3.00 |
| SUAG 50 | Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture | 3.00 |
| SUAG 109 | Organic Crop Planning and Production | 4.00 |
| SUAG 116 | Organic Apple Production | 1.00 |
| SUAG 117 | Organic Fruit Tree and Berry Production | 1.50 |
| SUAG 119 | Specialty Crop Production | 2.00 |
| 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 60 | Vineyard Management | 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 | Budding & Grafting | 0.25 |
| 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 |
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Term Effective:
Summer 2025
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.
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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.
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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.
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Notes:
Elective units may not be double-counted towards requirements
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