Are your employees up to date on WPS training?
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Under the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) as revised in 2015, agricultural workers and pesticide handlers must be trained annually in pesticide safety.
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New Web-based WPS Train the Trainer Course Now Available
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A web-based national Worker Protection Standard (WPS) course to qualify trainers to train both workers and handlers is now available from the Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC).
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New Resource Explains the Revised Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
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A collection of educational resources to help people on farms, orchards, forests, and other agricultural establishments comply with EPA’s revised Worker Protection Standard (WPS) regulation is now available online at http://pesticideresources.org/wps. The WPS Compliance Assistance Library provides a decision tree to help people determine their responsibilities, if any, under the WPS regulation.
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Worker Protection Standard Training Video for Workers and Handlers Now Available
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The Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) at Iowa State University and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS), Pesticide Bureau announce a new EPA-approved PowerPoint and narrated video to train workers and handlers under the 2015 revised Worker Protection Standard (WPS).
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