Worker Protection Standards have changed as of 1 January 2018

WPS for pesticides rule have changed if you have been to one of my pesticide CEU opportunities you heard about the differences. Under the 2015 Revised Worker Protection Standard, the following requirements must be met: Expanded training concepts will be required starting January 2, 2018. Training must be delivered in a manner that can be understood, in a location relatively free from distractions. When training workers or handlers, the trainer must remain present at all times to be available to answer questions, even when showing a video. Trainers must be qualified, most often by holding a pesticide applicator’s license or by completing an EPA-approved Train-the-Trainer course. Only EPA-approved training materials must be used for training workers and handlers. PERC WPS training materials. Training verification records must be kept for 2 years after training is completed. No specific form is required but a form that meets the requirements is available here: WPS-Verification Pesticide Safety Training form for Employees Here are some EPA approved video you can show your workers. This replaces the CD you may have gotten from NMDA or Extension. If you have one of those you should throw it away. The the information is no longer up to date. The bottom is a link to Arizona Department of Agriculture training documentation form template you can use. Note: it requires you to record the approval number for what you use to train with. If there is interest in Eddy County Extension making available a train the trainer class to teach you as the owner/operator/pesticide license how to train your employee let me know by e-mail, whoughto@nmsu.edu These two videos are available by U-Tube. Gemplers has the new forms that will help you comply with the new record keeping requirement. “Quick-Connect”: EPA-approved Worker Training Videos** (NEW!) Video (English) – Pesticide Safety For Agricultural Workers (MP4) (YouTube). Video for training agricultural workers about pesticides and the Revised Worker Protection Standard (WPS). This video satisfies the pesticide safety training requirement for workers under the revised WPS effective January 1, 2016, and are approved indefinitely. EPA Approval # “EPA Worker PST 00001”. Length: 18 minutes 28 seconds. Video (Spanish)- Seguridad Con Pesticidas Para Trabajadores Agricolas (MP4) (YouTube). Pesticide Safety for Agricultural Workers (Spanish). Aprobado por la EPA (número de aprobación “EPA Trabajador PST 00001”) video de capacitación para el entrenamiento de trabajadores agrícolas sobre pesticidas y la Norma de Protección del Trabajador (WPS). Video for training agricultural workers about pesticides and the Revised Worker Protection Standard (WPS). This video satisfies the pesticide safety training requirement for workers under the revised WPS effective January 1, 2016, and approved indefinitely. EPA Approval # “EPA Worker PST 00001”. Length: 18 minutes 28 seconds. https://vimeo.com/215241678 Training documentation form. https://agriculture.az.gov/sites/default/files/documents/WPS%20Training%20Log%20-%20Sample%20Template%20%28English%20-%2015%20spaces%29.pdf