Board Certified Entomologists (BCE)
Step 6: Maintaining your certification
For those who are ESA members, the process of renewing their
certification is simple. Simply check off the appropriate box on the ESA
membership renewal form and pay the requisite fees. (click here to go to the ESA
membership renewal page). The form will read your certification status from
the ESA membership database and determine your certification renewal amount
due.
Depending on where you live, your state pest control board
might allow you to meet your certification requirements with that state by maintaining your
certification with BCE. Click here for more information.
For those who are not ESA members, you can use this link to renew your certification online (coming soon), or
merely send in a check, mastercard, visa, or money order payment in the
appropriate amount and reference your desire to pay your certification renewal,
including a copy of the
BCE PMC renewal form. PLEASE be sure to include your identification number and
complete name. You have three options for submitting this form.
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PDF
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MS Word file (You must
right-click the link and choose "save target as", then select a local file
location for your report)
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MS Excel file (You
must right-click the link and choose "save target as", then select a
local file location for your report)
Other Requirements to maintain certification:
- Continued adherence to the BCE Code of Ethics, and
- Every three years BCEs are required to submit a report that
details their Continuing Education Units (CEUs). This report is called the
Professional Maintenance and Certification Report (PMC). Full details of the
PMC report can be found by clicking here.
- If you are now retired and would like to renew
at the BCE-Retired classification, please contact the Certification Coordinator and he will assist you in your application.
Other steps in the process to become a BCE:
Step 1: Determine eligibility
Step 2: Application
Step 3: Study for your
examinations
Step 4: Select a proctor
Step 5: Take your exam(s)
