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The California Urban IPM Apprenticeship is Accepting Applications

May 14, 2024

Interested individuals are invited to apply for this two-year Urban IPM Apprenticeship Program. Participants will develop the required skills to evaluate, improve, and implement outdoor and indoor IPM programs and practices across three key regions in California (Los Angeles, Sacramento, and the San Francisco Bay Area).

Apprentices who complete the program will develop skills and knowledge in the following areas:

• Business management in the structural and landscape pest management industry;
• Best management practices for rodents, invertebrates, weeds and plant pathogens;
• State and federal regulations that impact the structural and landscape pest management industry;
• Pesticide selection, mixing, application, storage, and safety strategies that protect human and environmental health and offer additional protections beyond regulatory requirements; and
• How to complete comprehensive inspections to determine optimal IPM strategies for management of structural and landscape pests.

Individuals who participate in the apprenticeship program will receive the following resources, recognition, and support:

• Access to 12 educational webinars between June 2024 and April 2025;
• An opportunity to shadow GSC founder, Thomas Green, during an on-site IPM evaluation for a local facility, structural, or landscape management service provider;
• Attendance to IPM Institute of North America’s IPM Symposium (which includes a one-day structural and landscape IPM workshop) in San Diego from March 3-6, 2025;
• Funding and technical support from GSC staff to conduct one on-site IPM evaluation for a local facility, structural, or landscape management service provider;
• A certificate from GSC and UC IPM recognizing completion of program; and
• Up to 20 hours of continuing education from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and the California Structural Pest Control Board.

For more information, visit the California Urban IPM Apprenticeship website. Apply by May 31, 2024!

Questions? Contact Us:

Please contact the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Grants Program by emailing IPMGrants@cdpr.ca.gov. For additional information about DPR's Grants Program please visit DPR’s website.

Who We Are

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation protects human health and the environment by fostering safer and sustainable pest management practices and operating a robust regulatory system to monitor and manage the sale and use of pesticides across the state. DPR’s work includes registering all pesticides sold or used in California, conducting scientific evaluation of pesticides to assess and mitigate potential harm to human health or the environment, investing in innovative research to encourage the development and adoption of integrated pest management tools and practices, monitoring for pesticides in the air and water, conducting outreach to ensure pesticide workers, farmworkers and local communities have access to safety information, and enforcing pesticide regulations in coordination with 55 County Agricultural Commissioners and their 500 field inspectors.