Commercial Applicator
A Commercial Applicator is a certified applicator who applies restricted-use pesticides for-hire or during their employment. All commercial applicators must pass the commercial core exam and at least one category exam depending on the type of applications being completed. See the Commercial Pesticide Application Certification Categories List to decide which categories to include on your application.
Manual Requirements by Applicator Type: Dates in parenthesis indicate the earliest date at which the manual can be used as a study guide.
Commercial Core Manual
Commercial Pesticide Application Certification Categories List and Manuals:
Category Number |
Title/date |
Order Link |
| Category 2A | Wood Preservation of Timber Products (1/2003) |
Order E2046 PDF |
| Category 3A | Turfgrass Pest Management (04/2011) | Order E2327 |
| Category 3B | Ornamental Pest Management (6/2012) | Order E2291 |
| Category 4 | Seed Treatment (6/2010)-Iowa manual | Order E3159 |
| Category 5B | Microbial Pest Management (5/2010) | Order E-2435 |
| Category 5C | Sewer Line Root Control (9/2006) | Order E2609 |
| Category 6 | Right-of-Way Pest Management (6/2010) | Order E2043 |
| Category 7E | Interiorscape Pest Management (4/1996) |
Order E2308 PDF |
| Category 7F | Mosquito Control (8/2011) | Order E2180 |
| Category 8 | Public Health Pest Management (Government employees, 1/1988) | Free PDF |
| Category 9 | Regulatory Pest Management (1/2006) | |
| Category 7D | Vertebrate Pest Management (10/1999) | Order E2050 |
| Category 7B | Management of Wood-destroying Pests (12/2000) | Order E2047 |
| Category 7G | Small Animals Pest Management (6/1994) | Order E2492 |
| Category 7A | General Pest Management (10/1998) | Order E2048 |
| Category 5A | Swimming Pool Pest Management (9/1997) | Order E2621 |
| Category 2 | Forest Pest Management (9/2000) | Order E2045 |
| Category 1D | Livestock Pest Management (2/1996) | Order E2601 |
| Category 1C | Fruit Crop Pest Management (10/2003) | Order E2891 |
| Category 1B | Vegetable Crop Pest Management (3/2002) | Order E2160 |
| Category 1A | Field Crop Pest Management (12/2016) | Order E2034 |
| Category 5 | Aquatic Pest Management Guide for Commercial Applicators (10/2021) |
Order E2437 |
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