Pesticide License Continuing Education Classes

ODA continuing education credits pending approval for all classes.

Private Pesticide License Test Preparation

All classes are 2 days, 8:30am-12:30pm, 8 total hours, cost $150

October 21 & 28, Salem Registration Link

November 6 & 13, Salem Registration Link

December 4 & 11, Yamhill Valley Campus, McMinnville Registration Link

License Credit Class

October 24, Salem, 8:30am-12:30pm, 4 total hours, cost $79

Topics for this refresher course and license credit include How Nozzles Work, PPE and All About the AEZ (Application Exclusion Zone) Registration Link

You can find study materials and licensing information directly on the ODA website (click here).

Farm Finance Basics

Saturdays, January 10- February 21 

Developed for people who are actively involved in a farm business or planning to be, this series of classes will tackle and untangle the financial side of farming. Seven classes include: Intro to Farm Finance, Accounting Principles, The Financial Statements, The Financial Ratios, Drafting your Business Plan, Business Plan Review, and What are Lenders Looking For?

Classes meet in person on the Salem Campus from 9 am-Noon. 

Cost: FREE! Thanks to grant funding. 

Registration Form Link 

Undertanding Farm Contracts

January 28 | 9 am-10:30am

Join local attourney, Matt Sturzen, as he walks through what he wished people knew about farm contracts. This workshop will focus on easements, leases and other person-to-person contracts.

Cost: FREE!

Regisration Link

Forklift Safety Upcoming Courses

Forklift Safety

June 11, 2025

All classes are 4 hours safety and instructional training and 4 hours operations and testing. This class reviews OR-OSHA safety regulations that relate to the operation of forklifts. Orients students to the safe operation of forklifts including daily inspection and maintenance. Participants must successfully demonstrate safe operation skills to obtain certificate of completion.

Participants must be at least 18 years old or older and have a driver's license.

Cost: $199

Classes will be 8:00am- 5:00pm on the Chemeketa Brooks Campus.

Link to Register & Pay

Tractor Safety Classes

Youth Tractor & Machinery Safety Certification Classes

Classes are full for this spring. We'll be setting dates for next year in early 2026.

Introducing a new series of classes designed to expand your knowledge of exporting seed. Developed in collaboration with producers and seed industry professionals in the Willamette Valley, workshops will cover 7 topics over 4 days: International Shipping, Markets & Marketing, Contracts, Seed Testing, Export Logistics and Documents, Industry Resources.

Registration for the series: $299
Email ag@chemeketa.edu for registration or questions.

Classes will start January 2024.

WOMEN IN HORTICULTURE

March 15, 2025, 8:30am-2pm

Our annual event celebrates the contributions of women to the horticulture industry. All our successful women this year had their educational paths go through community college and technical institutes. Lunch is provided and a full panel of speakers will provide inspiration and plant knowledge. 

Cost $5 to help offset costs. 

To register email: ag@chemeketa.edu

Continuing Students

You are a continuing student if you have ever taken classes at Chemeketa before

• Log in to My Chemeketa 
  • If you don't know your username and password, look it up here
• Click on "Registration" in the box on right
• Register for class using the CRN or the "Class Search" tool
• Pay for class by clicking on "Account" in the box on right

New Students

• Email and request a registration form or download the PDF.
  • Confirmation email and payment instructions will be sent upon receiving the completed registration form

Payment

Once you've registered you have 10 working days to make financial arrangements for payment of your class fees or you will be charged a $25 fee. Additional $25 late fees will be applied to accounts 30 days or more overdue (maximum late fees of $75 per term will be charged).

Registration In Person

Subject to available space. Stop by Ag Complex, Building 60 to register during business hours or 30 minutes prior to the start of class.

Registration questions? Email