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CCH Approval

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Download the Request for Continuing Certification Hour (CCH) Approval Worksheet.

Procedures for In-Person Event Submissions

Step 1: Complete the Request for Continuing Certification Hour (CCH) Approval Worksheet. Please read all of the instructions before submitting the worksheet.

This worksheet is available as a fillable PDF form. This form has been enabled so that the user can fill it out, save it with the data intact and then e-mail it to Cassie Davis as an attachment. Refer to the instructions below.

  • The training must be open to the public;
  • Any registration fees must be the same for all participants. (An exception can be made for professional educational organizations claiming IRS 501(c) status or governmental organizations).
  • The trainers must be from outside the immediate organization of the trainees.
  • The meeting space must be large enough to accommodate a reasonable number of participants outside the immediate organization providing the training.
  • Must have an effective mechanism for the person responsible for the training to verify participation of the certified applicator or registered technician from the start to the conclusion of the CCH event.

Step 2: Submit the completed worksheet to OISC at least three (3) weeks prior to the program date.

Step 3: Contact OISC after two (2) weeks if you have not been contacted regarding the approval or denial of your request.

Send program requests to Cassie Davis.

 

Procedures for Online Training Submissions

Online training providers must submit the request for Continuing Certification Hour (CCH) approval and program content to the Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC) prior to any consideration of OISC awarding CCH credit for participation. Training will be evaluated for appropriate content using the same criteria used for face-to-face training, as established in 355 IAC 4-7-4.

Approved on-line CCH programs will be posted to the CCH section of the OISC web site with all other approved CCH offerings, for a period of one year from the date of acceptance.

After one year, the previously approved on-line CCH program will be reevaluated to determine if continued CCH approval is warranted.

If at any time during the one year CCH approval and posting period, it is determined by OISC that the training is not being delivered or accounted for as intended and approved, OISC may cancel the approval for cause without prior notice to the training provider or potential CCH participants. The CCH program posting will be removed immediately from the OISC web site.

The online training provider, not the CCH participant, must provide CCH participation documentation to OISC. CCHs will be awarded by OISC only to those individuals for whom documentation is provided verifying that the participant spent the minimum required amount of time completing the training.

Required CCH participant documentation submitted to OISC must include:

    1. Complete name of the participant;
    2. Indiana pesticide applicator or registered technician license number;
    3. Date of completion of the training event; and
    4. Pre-assigned OISC CCH conference number.

 

Worksheet Instructions

  1. Enter the title of your program as it will be advertised to the public. List site location - street address, city, state, zip code. Include definitions of any acronyms used in your presentation descriptions.
  2. All programs approved for CCHs must be open to the public. These programs, including the program sponsor contact's name and phone number will be posted to the Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC) website when approved.
  3. Enter the dates for the conference/program. Enter the link to your on-line registration form to this program if available.
  4. Use additional worksheets, as needed, for multiple days. If submitting additional worksheets via e-mail, please indicate how many pages you will be sending. Do not list on this worksheet any presentations that you believe do not have any pesticide or fertilizer applicator/technician competency content in them.

    Subject matter and content must include, but may not be limited to, at least one (1) of the following:

    PESTICIDES
    1. Pest identification
    2. Pest biology
    3. Pesticide chemistry
    4. Pesticide equipment calibration and maintenance
    5. Pesticide use
    6. Pest management by cultural, mechanical or other non-pesticide means, including, but not limited to the following:
      1. Sanitation;
      2. Exclusion;
      3. Fertilization;
      4. Irrigation;
      5. Soil compaction; and
      6. Pest monitoring
    7. Pesticide label interpretation
    8. Pesticide label safety measures
    9. Public and customer safety
    10. Consumer and customer complaints
    11. Applicator safety
    12. Environmental safety
    13. Associated state and federal laws or regulations affecting pesticides or pesticide users

    FERTILIZERS
    1. Fertilizer material storage
    2. Fertilizer material chemistry
    3. Fertilizer material equipment calibration and maintenance
    4. Fertilizer material use
    5. Fertilizer material transportation
    6. Fertilizer material application development and implementation
    7. Spill response procedures
    8. Public and customer safety
    9. Public and customer concerns
    10. Applicator safety
    11. Environmental safety
    12. Environmental issues
    13. Employee training
    14. Associated state and federal laws or regulations affecting fertilizer applicators

    Subject matter and content may not include any of the following:

    1. Product or service sales or promotions
    2. Employee hiring or retention
    3. General business practices

    List for each presentation all of the categories for which you feel the presentation material is appropriate. The categories you list should be based on specific presentation content and your anticipated target audience. The category descriptions are as follows:

    • 1 - Agricultural Pest Management
    • 2 - Forest Pest Management
    • 3a - Ornamental Pest Management
    • 3b - Turf Management
    • 4 - Seed Treatment
    • 5 - Aquatic Pest Management
    • 6 - Industrial Weed Management
    • 7a - Industrial, Institutional, Structural & Health-Related Pest Management
    • 7b - Termite Control
    • 7d - Fumigation
    • 8 - Mosquito Management (Community-Wide)
    • 11 - Aerial Application
    • 12 - Wood Destroying Pest Inspection
    • 14 - Agricultural Fertilizer Application


  5. Completed CCH approval worksheet requests must be submitted to OISC at least three (3) weeks in advance of the program date. If you suspect that there may be a problem with timely submission of the request, contact Leo Reed at (765) 494-1588 for guidance.

    Completed worksheets may be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to:

    Cassie Davis
    Office of Indiana State Chemist
    175 S. University Street
    West Lafayette, IN 47907-2063
    Telephone: 765-494-9563
    Fax: 765-494-4331
    E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

    CCHs will be awarded as whole numbers for each applicable category on a per-day basis. One (1) CCH will be awarded for one (1) hour of appropriate presentation time. Questions or discrepancies about the number of CCHs awarded should be directed immediately upon your notification of approval/denial from OISC. Inquiries should be directed to Nathan Davis.