CEPEP - Colorado Pesticide Safety Education Speaker Database

Speaker Database Topic Descriptions

Use of Pesticides: Mixing & loading including: proper mixing and loading techniques, label requirements, closed systems, adjuvants for drift control and other purposes, measuring, pH of water and other factors to consider, procedures for spill prevention, control and clean up, site locations and construction, prevention of contamination, and security. Application including: proper application techniques to control off target movement, new application techniques, procedures for spill prevention, control and cleanup, label requirements. Equipment including: calibration, selection of correct equipment for the job, maintenance and care, clean up, new equipment. Storage and disposal including: bulk storage, label requirements, site requirements such as ventilation, containment, procedures for spill prevention, control and clean up, disposal of containers, rinsate, excess material, security, fire prevention, posting, temperature, product separation to prevent cross contamination. Responsibilities of QS, CO, technicians, and other employees. Major label revisions and national trends and updates relevant to pesticide use. Practical demonstration of use methods and techniques.

Public Safety: label requirements, transportation, mixing, loading, disposal, equipment cleanup, spill management; storage, application, precautions to prevent exposure & injury, acute & chronic toxicity, hazard determination, routes of exposure, symptoms of pesticide poisoning, allergies, reference sources including MSDS, telephone hotlines, emergency procedures, label requirements, major label revisions & national trends and updates, responsibilities of QS, CO, technicians, & other employees, public education about pesticides & pesticide application, public relations, communication & trouble shooting; pesticide sensitivities, allergies, and phobias, including chemophobia and entomophobia.

Laws and Regulations: pesticides, application, disposal, notification, transportation, registration, uses, licensing, worker protection, endangered species, storage, residues & tolerances, emergency planning and right to know, advertising, record keeping, business practices, insurance, training standards, supervision, agricultural chemicals & groundwater, consumer protection, compliance problems/actions, analysis of most frequent violations, discussions of specific problems & actions.

Applicator Safety: label requirements, transportation, mixing, loading, disposal, equipment cleanup, spill management; storage, application, precautions to prevent exposure & injury, selection, care, and maintenance of protective clothing & safety equipment; acute & chronic toxicity, hazard determination, routes of exposure, symptoms of pesticide poisoning, allergies, first aid and emergency actions for pesticide exposure & use related injuries; reference sources including MSDS, telephone hotlines, emergency procedures, label requirements; major label revisions & national trends and updates, responsibilities of QS, CO, technicians, & other employees.

Pesticide and their Families: label requirements, label terminology, effect of failure to comply with label requirements, pesticide families & types, mode of action, other pesticide properties, formulation types, formulation of pesticides: properties, limitations, toxicity, dilution, mixing, uses; semiochemicals, adjuvants and additives, compatibility, synergism, persistence, environmental fate, resistance, mode of action (contact, systemic, etc.), mobility, leachability, potential for biological concentration and/or accumulation, volatility, solubility, inert ingredients and/or carriers, phytotoxicity, national trends on pesticide problems.

Environmental Protection: precautions to protect the environment & minimize the effects of pest management on it, including: identification of meteorological & climatic factors affecting application (drift, runoff, etc.); identification of terrain, soil, substrata influence on possible surface and ground water contamination; recognition of sensitive areas and organisms that could be affected by application, drift and runoff such as endangered species, wildlife, ornamentals, beneficial insects, humans, and domestic animals; identification of methods of spill prevention, control, and cleanup; observation of preharvest intervals; timing of applications for specific pest controls; and pesticide storage and transportation. Major label revisions and national trends and updates relevant to environmental protection. Responsibilities of qualified supervisors, certified operators, technicians and other employees.