Red Palm Weevil & Landscape Pest Management Certification
A field-focused certification track for technicians and landscape supervisors working across turf, ornamental plantings, date palms and urban landscapes in the Gulf. Built around GCC plant pest biology, palm pest programmes, irrigation factors and abiotic disorder diagnosis, not generic horticultural theory.
Part of the PVS Academy certification ladder, led by a Board Certified Entomologist with 18 years of GCC field experience.
Three teaching modules
Palm pest management
- Red palm weevil: detection, biology, pheromone trapping and trunk injection
- Dubas bug and lesser date moth management programmes
- GCC regulatory requirements and approved products for palms
- Acoustic detection technology and monitoring frequency
Landscape ant species
- Samsum ant: mound location, colony structure and treatment
- Carpenter ants in irrigated trees and wooden garden structures
- Pharaoh ant in greenhouse and nursery environments
- Bait versus spray decision-making for landscape species
Irrigation & abiotic disorders
- How over- and under-irrigation creates pest vulnerability in the GCC
- Field diagnosis of heat scorch, salt burn and drought stress
- Distinguishing abiotic disorders from pest and disease damage
- Plant health reporting for FM and municipal landscape contracts
Pests addressed in this track
Red palm weevil receives the deepest treatment in this track. It remains one of the most economically damaging pests of date palm across the Gulf, and effective control depends on early detection and correctly executed trunk injection. Reactive spraying does not achieve it.
Read the full guide: red palm weevil detection and treatment programmes →
What you earn
Certified Landscape Pest Technician
Awarded on successful completion of the written examination and a supervised field practicum. Renews every three years and carries 3 CEU toward the wider PVS certification ladder.
Delivery
On-site across the GCC, or live remote sessions.
Languages
English or Arabic.
Register your interest
Enrolment for this track is not yet open. Register your interest to receive priority notification and placement when it opens, along with the full curriculum outline.
Register interest in the Landscape track
Registration of interest is open for this track. Tell us how many technicians or supervisors you would enrol and we will notify you first, and prioritise you, when enrolment opens. You can also ask about running it as a closed group session on your own sites.
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- We reply within one business day
- You are notified first when enrolment opens
- Group and on-site delivery can be quoted
- No payment or commitment at this stage
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