• UK Greenhouse Worker Training Program
• Spray Notification Form
• Fumigation Notification Form
• Storage Room Rules
• Inventory Form Landscape version
• Inventory Form Portrait version
• Example Worker Training Form
• Pesticide Exposure Information for Greenhouse Workers
• Approved Pesticide Training Meetings
Follow this link then click on Ag CEU Training Schedule in right panel of the page. Also, there are links to Kentucky Pesticide Laws and Regulations. You can check on your licensing and certification status and the number of CEUs you have earned by clicking on the Status of Individual Licensing & Certification

• Pesticide Exposure This chapter gives basic information about pesticide exposure and general first aid for workers and handlers.
• WPS Quick Reference Guide outlines what is necessary to comply with Worker Protection Standards.
• How to comply with the Worker Protection Standards - What employers need to know. provides detailed information on how to comply with Worker Protection Standards.
• CDMS Label & MSDS database provides full text labels and MSDS sheets for products many registered for agricultural and horticultural uses.
• Managing the greenhouse environment to control plant diseases. PPFS-GH-01

Definitions

Agricultural workers are people involved in the production of agricultural plants.

Pesticide handlers are people who mix, load, or apply pesticides or do other tasks involving direct contact with pesticides.

Demonstration and Research Pest Control Certification (Category 10) Individuals who demonstrate the proper use and techniques of application of pesticides or supervise such demonstration. Included in this group are such persons as extension specialists and county agents, commercial representatives demonstrating pesticide products, and those individuals demonstrating methods used in public programs; and persons conducting field research with pesticides, who in so doing use or supervise the use of pesticides. This group includes state, federal, commercial, and other persons conducting field research on or utilizing restricted-use pesticides.

Pesticide Recordkeeping All private applicators, noncommercial applicators, pesticide operators, and pesticide applicators who apply pesticides shall maintain the following records:

Retention. All persons required to maintain records under [this] subsection of this section shall retain the records for a period of three (3) years from the date of use or application. Availability. Records required under this section shall be made available to the department upon request or for dealers and branch offices, as prescribed in KRS 217B.105(7).

• Emergency preparedness - Emergency contact numbers posted; staff have basic training in cleaning up small pesticide spills; emergency response plan on file.
• Pest Exclusion - Containment- Entry ways, air blasts, and screens can be used to keep flying insects out of greenhouses. Doors to greenhouse rooms are kept shut; screens installed over vents whenever possible, integrity checked monthly; door seal checked regularly; cracks in structure between houses sealed to prevent movement of pests; foot bath or pad kept in place to clean shoes before entering. Pests can be carried on clothing of workers.
• Pesticide selection - After pest identification, an appropriate recommended legal product for the crop and pest is used, applied only as needed and according to the label; development of pest resistance to products is mitigated through consideration of alternate modes of action; reduced risk pesticides, such as insect growth regulators, are selected whenever possible.
• Pesticide Application Safety - two people always present during pesticide applications
• Pesticide Application Technique - calendar-based applications are avoided; spot sprays used when pesticide's mode of action is physical (soaps and oils); applications based on scouting results and timed to the susceptible stage of the pest or disease; application method (hydraulic, ULV, aerosol, etc.) is chosen to ensure good coverage of the target pest.
• Sanitation - Bench top, floors, pots & equipment are disinfected and plants are disease- and insect-free at beginning of project; debris and infected plant material removed weekly during project; a routine is planned for disinfecting tools.
• Pruning and rouging - Infected or infested plant tissue is pruned and discarded weekly; dead plants are discarded daily; compost is removed from greenhouse immediately. Sometimes, it is better to discard infested plants rather than attempting chemical control. Weeds can harbor mites, insects, and dieases, they should be removed regularly.
• Signage weatherproof warning sign(s) posted in view of entrances; emergency contact information posted.
• Security all entries locked at all times; windows prohibit access; access restricted to trained personnel; procedure implemented to track keys to storage area or facility; may be fenced; no holes or entrances for rodents and other pests; cracks and crevices sealed regular inspection of pesticide storage, mixing/loading and facility areas performed; problems noted and addressed.
• Chemical Compatibility and Segregation - pesticides stored according to class, flammable and combustible liquids stored in separate area; storage area NEVER contains: food, drink, tobacco products, personal protective equipment, livestock feed, living plants, and/or seeds.
• Spill preparedness - Spill clean-up materials (e.g., cat litter, sand, etc.); all staff trained in the proper use clean-up practices; designated shovel, dust pan, broom and empty bags and/or buckets available for clean-up.
• Application equipment storage - All application equipment is stored in the chemical storage area or in another dedicated storage area; all items used for handling pesticides are labeled "contaminated with pesticides" or otherwise clearly labeled to trained users.
• PPE equipment storage - PPE, including gloves, aprons and respirators, is located in the general vicinity of the storage area; all PPE stored away from pesticides; all those with access to storage know location of PPE and are familiar with proper donning, doffing, inspection and maintenance of PPE
• Pesticide disposal sufficient planning is done to eliminate the need for disposal of excess pesticides; triple-rinsed empty pesticide containers are discarded according to current disposal regulations.

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