Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Grundy County office will host an Aquatic, Forest, and Right-of-Way Continuing Instructional Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. The program can be seen at office locations across Iowa through the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) team.

The local attendance site for the Oct. 21 CIC is 703 F Avenue, Suite 1, Grundy Center. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. followed by sessions from 9 to 11:30 a.m. There is registration fee. To register or to obtain additional information about the CIC, contact Loretta Arends at the ISU Extension and Outreach Grundy County office at 319-824-6979.

The course will provide continuing instruction credits for commercial and public pesticide applicators certified in categories 2 (Forest Pest Control), 5 (Aquatic Pest Control), 6 (Right-of-Way Pest Control), and 10 (Research and Demonstration). Topics to be covered are equipment calibration, safe application techniques, phytotoxicity, pesticide drift reduction, principles of limited area application, control of aquatic, right-of-way, and forest weeds, use of rotenone, and a forest health update.