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Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of Pesticides - Foundation Unit PA1

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Subject

Agriculture

Level

Short Course

Study Mode

Weekday

Duration

1 day

Start Date

Various

The course

Are you a spray operator or pest control technician? If so, this course has been designed for you, providing you with a certificate of competence for pesticide spraying.

Passing this unit is required before any other pesticide course can be taken.

Course Information

  • Provide you with an understanding of the four most commonly used pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and plant growth regulators.
  • Enable you to identify key aspects of legislation that apply to the use of pesticides.
  • Enable you to identify the precautions necessary to use a product safely, using product label information
  • Enable you to identify, select and understand the maintenance and storage of the correct personal protective equipment for use with a particular product as determined by a label and/or COSHH risk assessment.
  • Ensure that you follow appropriate personal hygiene procedures to prevent personal contamination.
  • Ensure that you follow the appropriate procedures for dealing with accidental personal contamination
  • Understand the correct procedures for the storage of pesticides
  • Provide you with an understanding of the correct procedures for the disposal of empty pesticide containers, surplus pesticide and washings
  • Help you to understand the records that must be kept.
  • Develop your understanding of the situations where pesticide application may pose a risk to people or the environment.

You will need to be a minimum of 16 years old. There are no other formal entry requirements.

You will be required to be on campus for one day to complete the course.

This course costs £234 per person.

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