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Hello my name is Glenn Nice. I'm the pesticide applicator training program
manager here at Univ of Wisconsin, and welcome to the CCA training. In the next
five sections we're going to cover five topics: applicator certification and
licensing, pesticide use records, Environmental Protection, surface water
and groundwater protection, and employee and public protection. On to the first section.
Applicator certification and licensing. The PAT program here at the
UW provides training materials and might I add reference materials for both
private and commercial categories.
You have probably been through this process before and if not you'll be
having to go through this process before you can apply pesticides in Wisconsin.
The private manual is a different manual than the commercial field and vegetable
manual, and both of them are geared towards those specific categories.
Let's talk about some of the prominent laws that deal with pesticides within
the United States. The first one to consider is the national law which is
FIFRA or federal insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act. Fifra sets
the framework for the pesticide laws within the United States, however each
state has the freedom to make laws within the state regarding pesticides.
Now the rule is they can make the laws
only more restrictive, they cannot make them easier. For example if there is a
federal law that says you must be certified if using restricted use
pesticides, a state cannot make that easier by saying- no you don't have to be.
It can only make it more restrictive. The federal laws are regulated by the US
environmental protection agency (EPA).
You've probably come across them before
heard about them before. ATCP 29 is the state law within Wisconsin.
It deals predominantly with pesticides within Wisconsin
and certification and licensing. It is regulated or administered by the
Department of Agriculture Trade and consumer protection- known as
DATCP.
Let's kind of talk about two major groups of applicators.
There are private applicators and there are commercial applicators. As a CCA you
may come across both these categories.
What's the difference well a private applicator must do both of two things
they must produce an agricultural commodity and they must do applications
made on their property
what does that mean well they have to produce a crop this could be corn
soybean alfalfa or a number of different things that you can also be forestry
products but it has to be an agricultural commodity and they have to
do this on land that they own or rent or manage and then everybody else if you do
not fit both of these these criteria
everybody else is a commercial applicator
so there are some exceptions to that private applicator rule for example a
private applicator can apply on someone else's property for goods and services
what's goods and services well for example i do the app lying on your
property you own the combine you harvest my soybeans that is a Goods and service
however if money exchanges hands
and then there's new exceptions that have to be kept up on
for example if money changes hands a private applicate a private applicator
can apply on up to 500 acres of someone else's property for three or less
producers a year
so let's sort of break that out if i'm going to apply 506 acres
i am now a commercial applicator and I must be certified as a commercial
applicator if i'm going to apply four hundred acres for four people
i am again a commercial applicator and must get commercially certified and
licensed
let's sort of this can be a little confusing but let's sort of break this
out in two examples so a private applicator typically is a farmer or a
farm worker the farm worker of course being employed by the farmer and
applying pesticides only on that farmers property commercial is everybody else
for example trugreen the gentleman that applies the pesticides on your lawn is a
commercial applicator a school can custodian is considered a commercial
applicator a field rep so seca if you are giving recommendations for
pesticides you are considered a commercial applicator a call
co-op applicator of course being applying with for cash is also a
commercial applicator
what's kind of confusing is in the eyes of the law
a homeowner applying pesticides to their own property is also considered a
commercial applicator
now do they have to be certified and licensed know but we'll get to that in a
second
certification is a must when these triggers are actually pulled for example
if you apply a restricted use pesticide no matter what happens you must be
certified and licensed whether you're a homeowner
whether you're doing it on your own property whether your private or
whatever if you are applying a restricted use pesticide you must be
certified that trumps everything else
applying any pesticide for hire you must be certified within the state of
Wisconsin applying to public school property
k through 12 custodians that apply pesticides also have to be certified
applying in the waters of the state
this is kind of an odd one because to get a permit to do this
you are required by the DNR to be certified
so you kind of have to be certified anyways if the label requires it
some products not many but a few products dictate that you have to be
trained or certified bill use it
an example of this is habitat or soil fumigants now direct the application if
you are directing volunteers or directing other people to do
applications you also have to be certified
well we found out who has to be certified but not everybody has to be
certified even though they're considered a commercial applicator we break
different certifications or different applications down into four different
groups there are commercial applicators for hire
commercial applicators not for hire mixer and loaders and registered
trainees
what is the difference what what does this mean well for higher as we
mentioned are people who collect money or in a contracts state apply pesticides
not for hire are people like homeowners to apply pesticides on their own
property
or volunteers DNR often has a lot of people volunteering to apply pesticides
to control invasive species on their property a mixer loader is an odd
category where that individual only mixes and loads tanks they do not apply
if you are certified as a mixer and loader you cannot apply and if that cap
finds you applying
you're probably going to get some kind of a fine register training is an odd
category or an odd group of applicators you are allowed to get a registered
Training category
if you are training to be an applicator
what this allows you to do is apply for 30 days
you're not allowed to apply restricted use pesticides but you can apply other
pesticides for 30 days for money and after 30 days you must get certified
you can only be get this registered Training category
once so after you've had it for 30 days you gotta get certified
all right that's the first section over with the next section is pesticide use
records
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