This course presents an overview of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Worker Protection Standard requirements for protecting agricultural pesticide handlers. The course includes information about the risks of unsafe pesticide exposure, as well as safety measures to take in pesticide handling activities to minimize health hazards.
Governing regulations.
The EPA Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is aimed at reducing the risk of pesticide poisoning and injury among agricultural workers and pesticide handlers. The WPS offers occupational protections to over two million agricultural workers and pesticide handlers who work at over 600,000 farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses in the United States. The WPS requires that owners and employers on agricultural establishments provide protection to workers and handlers from potential pesticide exposure, train them about pesticide safety, and mitigate the dangers of any pesticide exposures that may occur. Though the WPS covers both workers and handlers, the content of this course focuses on WPS requirements that apply to pesticide handlers and their employers.
Who must take this course?
Anyone who is exposed to pesticides on the job, and their employers, should understand the hazards of unsafe exposure to pesticides and be familiar with safe work practices that minimize the risk of poisoning or injury. Pesticides can sicken people, especially those who work directly with the pesticides. By law, agricultural employers must provide information and the equipment necessary to protect their employees from the harmful effects of pesticides.
It will take a MINIMUM of 2 hours to complete this online course. The student may log on and off as needed. A bookmark will be set so when they log back in they will return to where they left off.
Upon successful completion each student will have immediate access to a printable certificate and wallet card.
We have no restrictions on how long a person takes to complete a course.
Likewise, if you are purchasing for others, we have no time limit on assigning courses. So you can purchase a larger quantity then you currently need and take advantage of volume discounts.
Each student will receive 0.2 CEUs (or 2 CMEs) from Compliance Training Online® for completing this course.
Our Pesticide Handling Training course consists of content, graphics, audio, self-check questions, and a final exam.
This course is instructive for both handlers and their employers. In order that all parties understand how pesticides can be handled safely there will be a discussion of recommended safety guidelines for the activities commonly involved in pesticide jobs. The sections will detail the specific EPA Worker Protection Standard requirements that employers must adopt and enforce in order to remain compliant and provide their employees with effective protection from pesticide hazards.
Specific topics covered in this course include:
Handlers and workers must be trained once at least every five years, counting from the end of the month in which the previous training was completed
Other related Compliance Training Online® courses (see our complete list of courses) include:
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