Knapsack Spraying (leading to City & Guilds PA6 Award)

Knapsack Spraying (PA6)

Location: Earlston

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The Law regarding use of Pesticides

The Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 requires everyone who uses Plant Protection Products (PPPs) authorised for professional use, to have a spray operator certificate. In addition, anyone purchasing PPPs authorised for professional use must ensure that the intended end user has a certificate.

Background

Background information including Regulations, Codes of Practice and recognised awards can be found at:

The Voluntary Initiative

HSE/Pesticides

Qualification guidance can be found at on the City & Guilds website

In Scotland training material is based on the Scottish Code of Practice for Pesticide Use 2006. This can be found on the Scottish Government website

In England & Wales refer to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Code of practice for using plant protection products.

Knapsack sprayers and other handheld and pedestrian equipment does not require an NSTS test but need to be inspected by a competent person, repairs made as required and a record kept. For knapsack sprayers a checklist is available HERE to use and record the results.