How to Find a Crop Dusting School

Finding a licensed crop dusting school isn't all that difficult, but finding a school that is both in your area and has a selection of good experienced teachers is more difficult. Your investment in a good crop dusting school can set you on a constructive career path or hold your career back.

Instructions

1. Make sure the course is accredited by the local state and federal authorities. Crop dusters must be licensed in most states and federal organizations. Any good crop dusting school should prepare you, if not test you, for your final licensing exams.

2. Check to ensure that they teach on multiple types and styles of planes and equipment. You need to be comfortable on as many types of planes and with as many types of spraying equipment as possible to become a successful crop duster pilot.

3. Investigate their ground school. All crop duster pilots have duties upon the ground as well as in the air. Ground school is an important part of a fully trained crop duster.

4. Ensure that the course covers such practices as flagging and full GPS location. As a crop duster, you will have to spend hours in the air with nothing more capable of locating a specific field than your GPS unit.

5. Evaluate their ability and licensing to train proper chemical mixing and handling techniques. Compare their licensing and training courses against those required by the state of your residence.

6. Talk to past students. Get a list of students from each school that has interested you. Talk to these people and get their true impressions of the school and their current career growth.

Tips & Warnings

• Possible choices of aviation schools to research include Ag Flight Incorporated, Sam Riggs Pilot Training Center and Flying Tigers Aviation School (see Resources).

Resources

• Ag Flight Incorporated
• Sam Riggs Pilot Training Center
• Flying Tiger Aviation School