Past Opportunities:

CLOSED: Request for Applications

Project Coordinator and Lead Writer for WPS Inspectors - Building Bridges: Overcoming Cultural and Language Barriers During WPS Inspections. The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites applications for a Project Coordinator and Lead Writer to recruit a national team of paid and volunteer contributors. The team will create a pair of resources for English-speaking WPS inspectors to assist them while interviewing Spanish-speaking agricultural workers during WPS inspections. An interviewing guide and flipchart are anticipated for release in 2024. The pieces will serve to replace the 2007 EPA Breaking Barriers document (EPA 305-K-07-002) and its accompanying flipchart (EPA 305-E-07-002). For more information and application instructions, click here.

Application Deadline: May 8, 2023

CLOSED: Advisory Board Openings

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) relies on a robust, diverse Advisory Board to make decisions, set priorities, and participate in strategic planning. We are seeking additional members for our Advisory Board. For more information and application instructions, click here.

Application Deadline: March 1, 2023

CLOSED: Agricultural Community-Based Projects

PERC is seeking applications for agricultural community-based projects that will serve farmworkers, agricultural pesticide handlers, their families, and/or their communities by contributing to the safe use of pesticides and/or working safely in areas where pesticides are used.

Application Deadline: April 3, 2023

CLOSED: Request for National Project Ideas and Priorities

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites your ideas for new educational resources/projects to serve stakeholders’ national needs. Your ideas will be considered by the PERC Advisory Board.

Your project ideas are always welcome. Fill out the form here to describe the resource/material you need.

Project Idea Request Deadline: December 12, 2022

CLOSED: Request for Applications: National Project Coordinator & Lead Technical Writer

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites applications for a National Project Coordinator and Lead Technical Writer (one position each) to lead a national team of paid and volunteer contributors. The team will develop an updated manual and exam item bank for pesticide applicator certification in soil fumigation categories, for release in 2024.

Application Deadline: December 2, 2022

CLOSED: Request for Applications: National Project Lead

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites applications for a National Project Lead to serve on a two-year project team charged with creating the 3rd edition of the National Pesticide Applicator Core Manual and accompanying exam item bank for release in 2024-2025.

Application Deadline: July 25, 2022

CLOSED: Request for Applications: Lead Technical Writer

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites applications for a Lead Technical Writer to serve on a two-year project team charged with creating the 3rd edition of the National Pesticide Applicator Core Manual and accompanying exam item bank for release in 2024-2025.

Application Deadline: July 25, 2022

CLOSED: Request for Applications: Agricultural Community Based Projects – Deadline Extended to July 1, 2022!

PERC is seeking applications for agricultural community-based projects that will serve farmworkers, agricultural pesticide handlers, their families, and/or their communities by contributing to the safe use of pesticides and/or working safely in areas where pesticides are used.

Extended Application Deadline: July 1, 2022

CLOSED: Request for Applications: 2022 PERC Advisory Board Members

PERC invites applications to serve on a national Advisory Board to prioritize, create, and improve materials about pesticide risk-reduction in agricultural, commercial, and residential settings.

Application receipt deadline: Wednesday, January 05, 2022. Earliest starting date: January 31, 2022

CLOSED: PERC 2021 Stimulus Offer

As a means to express our appreciation for stakeholder support of PERC's works over the past five years, PERC is organizing a campaign to make available free printed educational materials! We're giving away manuals, DVDs, posters, flip-charts, and more, while supplies last.

Submit your request form by Monday, August 23, 2021.

CLOSED: PERC Requests Applications for a Marketing Professional

PERC is looking for an experienced, organized and motivated marketer to lead strategic efforts, write copy, design ads, and develop marketing campaigns to promote pesticide safety messaging, coordinate with stakeholders, and amplify the distribution of PERC's works. Complete the web-based form available here.

Applications are due by Monday, April 26, 2021.

CLOSED: Request for Project Ideas for 2021

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites your ideas for new educational resources/projects to serve the nation's needs. Your ideas will be considered by the PERC Advisory Board.

Your project ideas are always welcome. Fill out the form here to describe the resource/material you need.

Project idea receipt deadline: Monday, November 02, 2020.

CLOSED: Request for Applications: 2020 PERC Advisory Board Members

PERC invites applications to serve on a national Advisory Board to prioritize, create, and improve materials about pesticide risk-reduction in agricultural, commercial, and residential settings.

EXTENDED application receipt deadline: Wednesday, February 26, 2020. Earliest starting date: April 2,2020

CLOSED:Request for Applications: Subject Matter Experts, Video Production Specialists

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites applications to serve on a national project team to inform and assist in the creation of training materials (e.g., video and other formats) that meet EPA’s certification and training requirements.

Application deadline: Monday, February 17, 2020

CLOSED: Request for Project Ideas for 2020

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites your ideas for new educational resources/projects to serve the nation's needs. Your ideas will be considered by the PERC Advisory Board.

Your project ideas are always welcome. Fill out the form here to describe the resource/material you need.

Project idea receipt deadline: Monday, October 14, 2019.

CLOSED: Request for Applications: 2019 PERC Advisory Board Members

PERC invites applications to serve on a national Advisory Board to prioritize, create, and improve materials about pesticide risk-reduction in agricultural, commercial, and residential settings.

Application receipt deadline: Monday, February 18, 2019. Earliest starting date: April 1, 2019

CLOSED: Request For Applications: National Fumigation Manual and Exam Project Coordinator

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites applications for a Project Coordinator to lead a national team of paid and volunteer contributors. Under this person's leadership, the team will create a manual and exam item bank for commercial pesticide applicator certification in non-soil fumigation categories (e.g., structural, commodity, rodent burrows), for release in 2020.

Application deadline: Monday, October 22, 2018

CLOSED: Request For Applications: National Fumigation Manual and Exam Lead Writer

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites applications for a Lead Writer to serve on a national project charged with creating a manual and exam item bank for commercial pesticide applicator certification in selected non-soil fumigation categories (e.g., structural, commodity, rodent burrows), for release in 2020.

Application deadline: Monday, October 22, 2018

CLOSED: Request for Project Ideas for 2019

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites your ideas for new educational resources/projects to serve the nation's needs. Your ideas will be considered by the PERC Advisory Board.

Your project ideas are always welcome. Fill out the form here to describe the resource/material you need.

Project idea receipt deadline: Friday, November 02, 2018.

CLOSED: Request For Applications: Foreign Language Translators and Bilingual WPS Subject Matter Expert Reviewers

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites applications to serve on a project team to help us translate various pesticide safety resources over the next two years.

Application deadline: Friday, August 31, 2018

CLOSED: Request For Applications: Project Coordinator & Subject Matter Experts
Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Inspector Pocket Guide

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites applications to serve on a project team to create a national Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Inspector Pocket Guide.

Application deadline: Monday, June 18, 2018

CLOSED: Request for Project Ideas for 2018

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites your ideas for new educational resources/projects to serve the nation's needs. Your ideas will be considered by the PERC Advisory Board.

Project idea receipt deadline: Friday, October 13, 2017.

CLOSED: Requestion For Applications: Project Coordinator
Developing a National Exam Item Bank for the Seed Treatment Category of Certified Pesticide Applicators

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites applications to serve as the Coordinator of a national project team charged with creating an exam item bank for commercial pesticide applicators in the "seed treatment" category.

Application deadline: Monday, June 26, 2017

CLOSED: Request for Applications: Subject Matter Experts, Video Production Specialists

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites applications to serve on a national project team to inform and create a training video that meets WPS training requirements for Agricultural Workers and Pesticide Handlers.

Application deadline: Monday, March 27, 2017

CLOSED: Request for Applications: PERC Advisory Board Members (April 2017 - March 2018)

PERC invites applications to serve on a national Advisory Board to prioritize, create, and improve materials about pesticide risk-reduction in agricultural, commercial, and residential settings.

Application deadline: Monday, February 13th, 2017.

CLOSED: Request for Applications: Subject Matter Experts, and Illustrator(s)

National Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Central Posting Materials

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) invites applications to serve on a national project team to inform and create materials that meet WPS requirements for displaying pesticide safety information on agricultural establishments.

Application deadline: Friday, September 23, 2016.

CLOSED: Request for Project Ideas for 2017

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) led by University of California of Davis Extension and Oregon State University invites your ideas for projects in 2017 to serve the nation's needs. Your ideas will be considered by the PERC Advisory Board.

CLOSED: Request for Applications

Project Team Members/Subject Matter Experts -- National Worker Protection Standard Train-the-Trainer Program
Application deadline: Friday May 13, 2016