Role: Agricultural Employers
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A Manual for Trainers of Agricultural Workers and Pesticide Handlers
July 14th, 2023
This is a 262-page manual for WPS trainers from PERC. It includes chapters about each WPS requirement, information about diverse training techniques, and several example training exercises.
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Pesticide Safety Training Requirements
July 10th, 2023
This guide addresses training requirements for both agricultural employers and commercial pesticide handler employers (CPHE) under the 2015 revised Worker Protection Standard (WPS). Who needs to be trained? Agricultural workers and pesticide handlers need WPS training annually if they will be working in treated areas on an agricultural establishment, and their activities are directly related to agricultural production. This applies to areas where a […]
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Posting Warning Signs
July 7th, 2023
Agricultural employers must not direct or allow anyone, other than trained and equipped pesticide handlers, to enter a treated area during a pesticide application. The agricultural employer must inform workers about treated area with entry-restrictions on the establishment if they are expected to walk within 1/4 mile while working. If the pesticide label requires verbal warnings and/or posted signs, it overrides any other requirements in the WPS. The label is the law! Requirements […]
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Decontamination Requirements
July 7th, 2023
To prevent, or mitigate pesticide exposures, agricultural employers are required to provide supplies to workers and handlers for routine washing and emergency situations. In the sections below, you'll learn what supplies must be provided, when, where, and for how long. What is a worker, early-entry worker, and a handler? Workers Early-Entry Workers Handlers
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Compliance Schedule
July 7th, 2023
Required as of January 1, 2017: Training Hazard Communication Basic Pesticide Safety Information Notification of Treated Areas Minimum Age Entry Restrictions during Application for Outdoor Production Exemptions and Exceptions Personal Protective Equipment Decontamination Supplies Emergency Assistance Definitions Required beginning January 1, 2018 (or later): Training Handler Suspend Application Basic Pesticide Safety Information This overview of the changes to the WPS regulation […]
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Exceptions and Exemptions
July 5th, 2023
Exceptions/Exemptions to Pesticide Safety Training Exceptions related to PPE Exceptions related to Decontamination Supplies Exceptions related to Immediate Family Exceptions related to Crop Advisors Looking for more exceptions? The WPS requires agricultural employers and commercial pesticide handler employers to provide specific information and protections to workers, handlers, and other persons when WPS-labeled pesticide products are used on agricultural establishments in the production of agricultural plants. Agricultural Activities that […]
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Family Exemption to the Worker Protection Standard
July 5th, 2023
There have been recent changes to the owner and immediate family exemption under the 2015 Worker Protection Standard. They went into effect on January 2, 2017. Is your agricultural establishment eligible for the exemption? If a majority of the establishment (more that 50% of the equity) is owned by one or more members of the same immediate […]
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
July 5th, 2023
Pesticide handlers must wear the personal protective equipment (PPE) required by the pesticide label, and it must be provided by his or her employer (handler employer). In addition, agricultural employers must provide and maintain PPE for use by early entry workers. These items are not considered "PPE." Employers are not required to provide/maintain them, even when they […]