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

Updated on 08 November, 2015
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