Worker Protection Standard (WPS) In-person Workshop
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For farm owners, managers, their employees and contract workers who work in the field, handle, and/or apply (organic or non-organic) pesticides
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Friday, August 27, 2021
9:00 am to 10:15 am MAUI - Kula Agriculture Park Lot #16 (757-797 Pulehu Rd, Kula, HI 96790 Register (required) below or by calling Matt at 808-322-0164 at least two days prior to the event. Everyone is required to wear a mask and practice social distancing. Did you know that a farm worker who enters a field (within 30 days of last pesticide application), who handles, and/or applies pesticides, must be WPS trained annually? Many, if not all farms regardless of organic or non-organic farming methods, use pesticides if applying a product to kill a beetle, bug, fungus, mite, rat, or weed.
Learn how to keep yourself, your workers, customers, and the environment safe with the proper use, storage, handling, application, and disposal of pesticides. This class is open to all employers, owners, managers, and agricultural employees on farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses. The class will cover the current Worker Protection Standard (WPS) provisions and requirements. This training can also be used to satisfy Section 18 WPS requirements for the use of Priaxor Xemium on coffee for the management of coffee leaf rust. Attire and sun/rain protection:
Please come prepared for sun or rain. We recommend closed-toe shoes or boots, T-shirt or light-weight long sleeve shirt, light-weight pants or shorts, hat or visor, sunscreen and umbrella. Provided: water, light snacks, sanitation supplies. |
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If you register and are unable to make the workshop, please contact Matt at 808-322-0164 or Andrea at andreak@hawaii.edu as soon as possible. There may be a wait list and we would like to provide someone else with the opportunity to attend.
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Special needs statements:
If you require information in an alternative format, please contact us at: ADA-contact@ctahr.hawaii.edu.
If you have a disability and require special assistance, please contact Andrea at andreak@hawaii.eduor (808)322-4894 at least one week prior to the event.
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