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Description

Category 21 covers the competency standards required for private pesticide applicators to apply soil fumigants for the production of crops.

Syllabus

Prerequisite:
Private Pesticide Applicator Category 20 Core Training is a prerequisite for supplemental trainings.

Course Overview:
This training is required to obtain supplemental certification for private applicators to use soil fumigants.

 
Learning Outcomes:
Know the competency standards for soil fumigation listed in the Missouri Pesticide Use Act.

 
Topics:
  • Labels
  • Restricted Entry Intervals
  • Fumigant Management Plans
  • Exposure mitigation
  • Air monitoring and cleanup
  • Fumigant characteristics
  • Application methods
  • Environmental considerations
  • Tarping
  • Pests
  • Soil factors
  • PPE
  • Buffer Zones

 
Instructor(s):
Sam Polly, Director of Pesticide Safety Education
Rusty Lee, Private Pesticide Applicator Training Coordinator

 
Format:
This fully online course is self-paced.

 
Length:
50 minutes

 
Department: 
Plant Sciences and Technology

 
Audience:
Private Pesticide Applicators

 
Accommodations
University of Missouri Extension complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have a disability and need accommodations in connection with participation in an educational program or you need materials in an alternate format, please notify your instructor as soon as possible so that necessary arrangements can be made. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to limited English proficient individuals upon request. All requests must be made a minimum of 14 days before course start date. MU Extension will attempt to implement late requests but cannot guarantee they will be met.

 
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