ALBION, Ill. – If you hold an Illinois license to apply pesticides, now is the time to check your expiration date. The Illinois Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) collaborates with Extension offices and the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) to offer annual pesticide applicator/operator testing. Local in-person testing will be available in Edwards, Richland, and Wayne counties. To register online, visit the IDOA website at agr.illinois.gov/pesticides/in-person-testing.html or contact your local Extension office.
Testing locations and dates:
Albion, IL
Edwards County Farm Bureau community room
15 S. Fifth St., Albion, IL 62806
Dec. 6, 2024, Jan. 13, 2025, Feb. 7, 2025
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
To contact the Edwards County Extension office, call: 618-445-2934
Olney, IL
Richland County Extension office meeting room
306 S. Fair St., Olney, IL 62450
Dec. 20, 2024, Jan. 20, 2025, Feb. 21, 2025
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
To contact the Richland County Extension office, call: 618-395-2191
Fairfield, IL
Wayne County Extension office meeting room
2B Frontier Drive, Fairfield, IL 62837
Dec. 13, 2024, Jan. 24, 2025, March 7, 2025
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
To contact the Wayne County Extension office, call: 618-842-3702
For more information regarding licensing requirements, study materials, resources, and additional testing and training opportunities, visit the Illinois Extension PSEP website at extension.illinois.edu/psep. You may also contact your local Extension office to see what study materials may be available to purchase. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact Dana Hart at dbhart@illinois.edu. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet access needs.
University of Illinois Extension develops educational programs, extends knowledge, and builds partnerships to support people, communities, and their environments as part of the state's land-grant institution. Extension serves as the leading public outreach effort for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences in all 102 Illinois counties through a network of 27 multi-county units and over 700 staff statewide. Extension’s mission is responsive to eight strategic priorities — community, economy, environment, food and agriculture, health, partnerships, technology and discovery, and workforce excellence — that are served through six program areas — 4-H youth development, agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, family and consumer science, integrated health disparities, and natural resources, environment, and energy.