2007 International Pesticide Applicator Certification & Safety Education Workshop
News Date November 01, 2007
The NASDA Research Foundation (NASDARF) was pleased to join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Pesticide Programs (EPA/OPP) in sponsoring the 2007 International Pesticide Applicator Certification & Education Workshop held on August 20 to 23 in Portland, Maine. Planning for the workshop began in 2005 and involved close coordination with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources, the University of Maine, and USDA.
The value in developing such a comprehensive conference agenda was evident in the success of the workshop which drew more than 200 participants representing federal and state agencies, university extension services, U.S. territories, Canadian ministries, the Mexican federal government, and CropLife Latin America.
Workshop presentations included Behavioral Findings of the Agricultural Health Study, Future Directions for Pesticide Safety Education, and USDA's Pesticide Safety Education Program. The breakout sessions covered a variety of topics including Implementation of EPA's Container-Containment Rule, Decontamination Education, Performance-based Pesticide Handling Skills, Training Trainers - A Variety of Approaches, Writing and Utilizing Quality Learning Objectives, Low Impact Pesticide Strategies for Residential and School IPM Programs, Integrating Pesticide Incident Reports into Training, Applicator Exam Validity, Sustaining State Pesticide Programs, and others.
For further information on this conference, including the program agenda, presentations, abstracts, speaker biographies, and exhibits, please consult http://pmo.umext.maine.edu/ct/index.htm. (Contact: Dick Herrett)