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

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 Time 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	$26,474	-	-	-
Plant Nursery Operations and Management	34	$29,073	-	-	-
Turf and Turfgrass Management	36	$29,729	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation.

Related Occupations toPesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Soil and Plant Scientists	15,800	$77,080	$37
Agricultural Technicians	13,150	$46,810	$23
Pest Control Workers	93,760	$44,650	$21
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	930K	$39,790	$19
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	50,270	$52,850	$25
Agricultural Equipment Operators	28,910	$41,850	$20
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	259K	$36,140	$17
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	27,900	$49,590	$24
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	36,830	$52,120	$25
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	31,970	$42,550	$20
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	185K	$31,880	$15
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	6,650	$37,570	$18
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	121K	$58,050	$28
Chemical Plant and System Operators	17,980	$79,450	$38
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	53,170	$51,960	$25
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	10,700	$44,050	$21
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	156K	$48,480	$23
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	15,210	$41,500	$20
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	365K	$35,250	$17
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	11,570	$58,650	$28

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

The following 118 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate 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.