Safe Use of Pesticides Course (PA1)

Course details

This course is designed to teach the following skills in relation to the safe use of pesticides:

• The benefits of safe practice
• Legislation
• Product Labels
• Protective Clothing requirement
• Hygiene
• Storage
• Preparing pesticides for use
• Disposal
• Contamination
• Record Keeping
• The environment
• Glossary of terms

Participants:
6

Safe Use of Pesticides Course - Hand - Held Applicators (PA6A)

Course Objectives

Participants will learn the following skills:

•  Preparing a hand-held pesticide applicator for use
•  Calibrating it by means of an approved procedure and operating it to ensure correct application rate without risk to themselves, others or the environment
•  Performing routine maintenance on a hand held pesticide applicator
•  Carrying out the correct procedure for cleaning personal protective equipment and application equipment that may have been contaminated with pesticide

Ideal number of participants:
6