Safe use of pesticides (leading to City & Guilds PA1 Award)

Safe Use of Pesticides (PA1)

Location: Earslton

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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.

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