How to get started
- Sign up to receive your customer account with Metro Online Services.
- Apply for your New Mexico pesticide license You’ll need the password you got when you opened your Metro account.
- NMDA will review your application and email your Approval or a request for more information. Your Approval will include your Pesticide Application ID number.
- Schedule and pay for your exam(s) with Metro. You’ll use your Pesticide Application ID number here too. If you prefer the paper exams at NMDA sessions, call NMDA for procedures to schedule a paper exam.
Once NMDA has approved your license application you will be able to schedule your exam(s). You may schedule through Metro at one of the computer-based testing centers. These are in Albuquerque, Farmington, Hobbs, Las Cruces, Portales, Los Lunas and Santa Fe.
Remember! You must wait 48 hours after you have been approved before scheduling your test.
Metro will charge $55 per exam, payable when you schedule. Individuals at the testing site will verify your identity, take your picture, and set up and proctor your exam. You will get your score and a detailed results print-out as soon as you complete the exam.
IMPORTANT: You must pass all exams and complete all licensing steps before your application expires (60 days from the approval date) or you will have to re-apply and take all your exams again.
You can get more information on Private Applicators on our Pesticides Private Applicators page.
Transfer to a Different Business or Agency
If you are changing jobs and want your license issued with your new business or agency download and complete the Transfer NMDA Pesticide Applicator License Application.
Pesticide Dealer Licenses
To apply for a license to sell restricted-use pesticides in New Mexico download and complete the Application for New Mexico Pesticide Dealer License.
You can get more information from our Dealers, Distributors and Manufacturers of Pesticides page.
Brad Lewis, AES Division Director
ddaes@nmda.nmsu.edu
575-646-3207