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Worker Protection Standard (WPS) training is required by an EPA regulation. The training is designed to protect agricultural workers and pesticide handlers from the risks of exposure to pesticide residues. An agricultural worker is anyone who does tasks, such as harvesting, weeding, or watering, related to the production of agricultural plants on farms, forests, nurseries, and in greenhouses. A pesticide handler is anyone who does tasks such as mixing, loading, transferring or applying pesticides, handling open pesticide containers, acting as a flagger or crop advisor, assisting with a pesticide application, cleaning or repairing application equipment, etc.
All College employees, including students, and students who handle agricultural plant materials as part of a research project must attend a training session 1) if those plant materials are treated with any type of pesticide, and 2) if the work with the plant material occurs within 30 days of the expiration of the restricted entry interval of the pesticide. Handlers and early entry workers must attend WPS before doing any handler or early-entry task. All workers must attend WPS training within five days of beginning to work with pesticide-treated plant materials. Certified pesticide applicators do not need to attend. Every training session is valid for either field or greenhouse work.
You will be given an EPA Identification Card for full-session attendance. This card should be presented to the manager of the appropriate facility so that your name can be added to the facility roster of trained persons. The cards are valid in any field or greenhouse in the United States for five years. Anyone who attended more than 5 years ago and who continues to work with pesticide-treated plants must attend training again.
The training time is considered work time, and departments will reimburse employees for the time.
These programs contain legally required information. Therefore, the doors to the training room will be closed at the start of each session. Please be prompt. Latecomers should attend the next available session.
Note: If you are unable to attend any of these sessions, please call me to make other arrangements.
Training will last approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes
No pre-registration is necessary!
Any Questions? Contact Eric Harrington @ 5-0485