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Signal words, REI and PHI, PPE, IPM, formulations, tank-mix order, sprayer calibration, drift and storage. Every topic gets its own page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. 68 illustrated pages.
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 8 parts and 64 topics.
You're at the kitchen table after a long day, the state manual open to toxicity. LD50, LC50, milligrams per kilogram, four categories. You read the page twice. At breakfast you can't say which number goes with WARNING.
The manual explains it in paragraphs: the dose lethal to 50% of test animals, in mg/kg, where a lower value means greater toxicity. Lower means more dangerous, which feels backwards, and the cutoffs are buried mid-sentence.
In this book, LD50 is one page. A scale from most toxic to least, with the signal word printed on each band: an oral LD50 of 50 mg/kg or less is DANGER, 50 to 500 is WARNING, 500 to 5,000 is CAUTION. The number and the word on the label, seen together.
The rest works the same way: REI and PHI side by side, calibration in 4 steps, tank-mix order, spray drift vs. vapor drift. Each one on its own page.
So when the exam gives you an LD50 of 300 and asks for the signal word, you picture the page and answer, without going back to the manual.
Your license, reading the label, toxicity and PPE, pests and IPM, formulations, calibration math, drift and storage, and a final review: 68 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
Your supervisor rolls out the sprayer and hands you the label: 20 gallons per acre, 30-inch nozzle spacing, 5 mph. He wants to know what each nozzle should put out.
You open the page Calibration in 4 Steps: GPA × mph × nozzle spacing ÷ 5,940. 20 × 5 × 30 ÷ 5,940 = about 0.5 gallons per minute per nozzle, and the worked problems after it do the same with other numbers.
Same with the label, REI and PHI, the jar test, tank-mix order and triple rinse: each one on its own page.
Pesticide Applicator Illustrated is 8 parts and 64 topics, all drawn, and it ends with a final review: the whole label and all the numbers on one page each.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
The pesticide cycle from start to finish, FIFRA, EPA and your state, private vs. commercial, Core + Category 1A, restricted-use pesticides, records and how the exam works.
Read any label in the same 5 steps: signal word, restricted or general use, PPE, REI and PHI, rate and limits. Plus the label as the law, the pollinator box, endangered species, SLN, Section 18 and 2(ee).
LD50 and LC50, hazard = toxicity × exposure, the 4 routes into the body, PPE on and off in the right order, respirators, washing soiled clothes, poisoning signs and heat stress.
IPM in 5 steps, economic threshold vs. injury level, insects, weeds, plant diseases, controls beyond the sprayer, resistance and mode of action, herbicide timing.
Liquid and dry formulations, adjuvants, the mixing and loading site, tank-mix order, the jar test and closed systems.
Work out what each nozzle should put out, without guessing: sprayer parts, nozzles and droplet size, other equipment, calibration in 4 steps and worked problems on ground speed, gallons per acre, the 1/128-acre shortcut, product per tank and ounces per 1,000 sq ft.
Spray vs. vapor drift, wind and inversions, groundwater and runoff, pollinators and sensitive crops, transport, storage, spills, triple rinse and the Worker Protection Standard.
The whole label on one page, all the numbers on one page, look-alike terms, the pre-application checklist and the exam-day checklist.
At the end of the book: A final review with the whole label and all the numbers on one page, plus pre-application and exam-day checklists.
Exam-style questions on labels, calibration, IPM and safety, with every answer explained, so you find your weak spots before test day, not during it.
Each mistake drawn before and after, from mixing up REI and PHI to taking off gloves in the wrong order, so you review the tricky parts in one evening.
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One topic per page, so a short evening session covers a whole subject: the label, the math or the rules, drawn and in order.
The final review puts the whole label and all the numbers on one page each, and the practice questions show your weak spots before test day.
You know the field work. The book shows the exam side of it, and it's printable to keep in the truck.
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Yes. It doesn't treat you like a beginner: it starts from the work you already do and shows the exam side of it. The calibration math comes in 4 numbered steps, then worked problems with real numbers: gallons per acre, ground speed, product per tank, ounces per 1,000 sq ft, one line at a time.
It covers the Core and the agricultural plant category, built from the federal rules every state's exam follows: EPA's certification rule (40 CFR Part 171), the Worker Protection Standard (40 CFR Part 170), FIFRA, the National Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Manual and state Category 1A study manuals. Category names, fees and some rules change by state, so every state-specific figure is marked for you to check in your state's manual.
It covers the national Core material and the agricultural plant category that many states call 1A. Your state may use a different name or number and may add its own laws section, so check your state lead agency's manual. It's an independent study book, not official material. Rates always come from the product label, never from this book.
No. Use it alongside them: it draws what the manual explains in paragraphs, so the manual is easier to review.
No. They're written for this book, on labels, calibration, IPM and safety, with every answer explained. They are not official questions from any exam.
The book and the 2 bonus books come as PDFs by email, to the address you enter at checkout.
No. It's a one-time payment. The PDFs are yours to keep.
Yes. The PDFs are printable, at home or at a print shop, so you can keep a copy in the truck.
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The calibration math, drawn step by step.
You walk into the exam knowing where everything is.
Drawings make studying faster.
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