Reciprocal Credit Agreement between WSDA and Private EntitiesReciprocal Credit Agreement • January 21st, 2016
Contract Type FiledJanuary 21st, 2016As of Aug 31, 2015 Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) Organization had 179 individuals that held CCA certification and that also hold pesticide licenses through the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA). Both the pesticide license and CCA certification require recertification every few years to remain valid. Many licensees accomplish this through continuing education credits. Sponsors of these courses are required to submit a request to both WSDA and CCA for their credits to be approved for each organization. As this doubled the sponsors’ workload, they often only request credits from one entity or the other. This created difficulty for WSDA/CCA certification holders to keep up their credits for both, even though most were attending more than enough hours of pesticide specific education to satisfy each organization’s requirements. In 2014, a student in an Ag Forestry program who was a dual license holder saw a need for better accommodation of private entities that have continuing