Spanish-Language Training Materials About Pesticide Safety

This manual includes details to help you determine if the WPS requirements apply to you and information on how to comply with the WPS requirements, including exemptions, exceptions, restrictions, options, and examples.
La Guía de Referencia Rápida de Cómo Cumplir con el WPS

This two-pager summarizes all of the requirements under the revised WPS. This is what employers need to know! To learn more about compliance with the WPS, refer to the "How to Comply manual" or the regulations indicated in the guide for complete details.

This manual is a reference guide for WPS trainers. It contains basic information about the WPS and includes lists of training topics, answers to difficult training questions, training preparation tips and ideas for effective teaching techniques.

This is a 17-page handbook in Spanish for agricultural employers. The small booklet answers frequently-asked questions, serving as a summary of WPS requirements on farms, nurseries, orchards, vineyards, and other agricultural settings (575 KB, 17 pp).

This guide explains the new requirements for agricultural employers and pesticide handlers when pesticide labels require the use of a respirator.

This is an EPA-approved presentation for training workers in 2017, 2018, and beyond, from PERC (EPA Worker PST 00017). Trainers must be qualified, most often by holding a pesticide applicator's license or by completing an EPA-approved Train-the-Trainer course. (.pptx - 19.5 MB)

This is an EPA-approved presentation for training handlers in 2017, 2018, and beyond, from PERC (EPA Handler PST 00018). Trainers must be qualified, most often by holding a pesticide applicator's license or by completing an EPA-approved Train-the-Trainer course. (.pptx - 45.6 MB)

This is an EPA-approved presentation for training WPS trainers (of workers and handlers) in 2017, 2018, and beyond, from PERC (EPA WPS TTT W/H 00026). There are no required qualifications to deliver this course and a manual for trainers is available. (.pptx - 53 MB)

Developed by the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs in 2018, this is a bilingual (English/Spanish) flipchart used for training agricultural workers (EPA Worker PST 0009). The EPA has approved this material for training agricultural workers on pesticide safety in accordance with the 2015 WPS (40 CR 170). The 44-page laminated flipchart can be used indoors or outdoors in small groups. The hard copies are only available from NPSEC at this time.