Vocational Programs for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
24K	$21.38	$44,480

The role of Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation is to mix or apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides through sprays, dusts, vapors, soil incorporation, or chemical application on trees, shrubs, lawns, or crops The average annual wage of the occupations is $44,480 and $21 per hour. 3 vocational programs could be taken for the Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation career. Based on BLS data, a total of 23,520 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Career

The following 3 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	94	-	-	-	-
Plant Nursery Operations and Management	34	-	-	-	-
Turf and Turfgrass Management	36	-	-	-	-

Schools offering voational programs for Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

The following 119 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.