Governing regulations

The EPA Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) has been formulated to reduce the risk of pesticide poisoning and health impacts among pesticide handlers and agricultural workers. The WPS is aimed at protecting over two million agricultural workers, farmers and pesticide handlers who are associated with more than 600,000 farms, greenhouses, nurseries and forests in the United States. The WPS necessitates that employers and owners of agricultural establishments ensure protection to employees, workers and hazard chemical handlers from potential exposure, training to safe handling of pesticide and protection mechanism and corrective measures  in case of pesticide exposure. Though the WPS is applicable to both handlers and workers, the course content is based on WPS requirements relevant to employers and pesticide users.

Course Overview

This course offers information to both agricultural employers and pesticide handlers. To ensure that everyone understands that how pesticides can be safely handled, students learn about the recommended safety parameters for the activities precisely involved in pesticide jobs in agriculture industry. The training also focuses majorly on EPA Worker Protection Standard guidelines for employers who are expected to follow and enforce safety standards and best work practices among workers for the effective protection from pesticide hazards.

Who Must Take this Course?

Anyone who is exposed to pesticide contamination, spillage or associated with harmful chemicals for agriculture directly or indirectly should take this course to understand the nuances of safety procedures and practices. Not only workers, even employers should know the compliance procedures, health impacts of pesticide exposure, preventive measures and hazard management system. Pesticides can be dangerous and can sicken workers, especially people who handle pesticides directly. Mandatory regulations stipulate that employers of agriculture industry must provide information and necessary safety equipment to protect their workers from the harmful chemicals such as pesticides.

Course Format

Our Pesticide Handling Training course has been packed with expert made content for easy to understand, informative graphics and audio explanations, self-practice questions for better preparation for the final exam.

Continuing education credits?

Each student will receive 0.2 CEUs (or 2 CMEs) for completing this course.

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