WPS Training Attendance Sheets

This may be of interest to growers who are regulated by the WPS.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has updated the WPS Worker and Handler Training Attendance Sheet which it suggests for use to document worker and handler WPS training.

Under the 2015 Revised Worker Protection Standard

WPS PESTICIDE SAFETY TRAINING

  Agricultural workers must be trained before performing any task in a treated area on an agricultural establishment where within the last 30 days a pesticide  product has been use or restricted-entry interval for such pesticide has been in effect.(40CFR section 170.401).
  Agricultural handlers must be trained before any handling activity is performed. (40CFR section 170.501).
  Workers and handlers must each be trained at least whithin the last 12 months. You must keep this record as training evidence.

Feel free to print the new sheets (WPS attendance sheets link ) and use them to document your WPS worker and handler training.

Thanks to Agents Gene McAvoy and Alicia Whidden for the information.