This manual is intended to provide the information necessary to meet EPA standards for demonstration and research pest control and prepare for the written examination required for certification. Emphasis is placed on the principles of safe pesticide use. Chapters are included on pesticide applicator certification in Virginia, basics of pest management, EPA regulations, guidelines for minimizing pesticide pollution, agricultural spray adjuvants, variables affecting the efficacy of pesticides, soil application, basics of insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides, avicides, and nematicides. (BB)