Private Applicator Certification

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Private Applicator Certification

• Recertifies Every Five Years

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PEST NAME CIDE
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TYPES of PESTICIDES

• Insecticide
• Herbicide
• Acaricide
• Molluscicide
• Rodenticide
• Avicide
• Fungicide

• Piscicide
• Nematicide
• Miticide
• Repellent
• Attractant
• Growth Regulator
• Bactericide

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PESTICIDE PRODUCTCLASSIFICATION

• Restricted Use Pesticide
• General Use Pesticide

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REASON for RUP

• Toxicity to mammals
• Type of formulation
• Way the pesticide is used
• Potential for environmental harm

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Buying Restricted Use Pesticides

• You must be a certified applicator to be able to
  purchase Restricted Use Pesticides.
• General use pesticides can be bought by anyone.

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TYPES of CERTIFIED APPLICATORS

• Private Applicator - Applies RUP on property
  owned or rented by for the purpose of producing
  an agricultural commodity
• Commercial Applicator - In the business of
  applying pesticides to property of another for
  hire.

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Fumigation

• Private Applicators Must be certified in the
  fumigation category along with their private
  applicator certification to use fumigants.
• This is a change in the certification requirement
  in Oklahoma from previous years relating to
  fumigation products.

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TYPES of CERTIFIEDAPPLICATORS

• Non-Commercial Applicator - Applies RUP, but by
  definition is not a private or commercial
  applicator.
• Service Technician - Applies RUP under the
  supervision of a certified applicator, but is not
  the Service Technician is not the certified
  applicator.

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CERTIFICATION CATEGORIES

• Private Applicator
• Service Technician
• Agricultural Plant
• Agricultural Animal
• Forestry
• Aquatic
• Ornamental Turf
• Right-of-Way
• Seed Treatment

• General Pest
• Structural Pest
• Fumigation
• Food Processing
• Demonstration Research
• Bird Predatory Animal
• Timber Treating

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RECERTIFICATION

• The Private Applicator category is on a
  staggered five (5) year rotation - not the
  applicator. Recertification can be done by
  testing. CEUs are not available for Private
  Applicators.

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ITS THE APPLICATORS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENT AND PESTS
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PESTICIDE LABELS
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INFORMATION on LABELS

• Ingredient statement
• Name address of registrant
• Brand or trade name
• New weight or measure of content

• Classification - Restricted or non-classified
• Signal Word
• Registration establishment numbers
• Directions for use
• Other information

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READ THE LABEL

• Before purchasing
• Before mixing and application
• Before storage and disposal

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EPA Registration Number

• EPA Reg No xxx-xxx-xxxx
• Company-product-Company

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EPA Establishment Number

• EPA Est No xxx-AL-1
• Company-State-Production plant

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SIGNAL WORDS

• Danger-Poison
• Danger
• Warning
• Caution

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PESTICIDE LABELS

• Do not hay nor graze.
• Do not allow dairy cattle to graze for 14 days.

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LABEL INFORMATION

• Do not apply when runoff is likely.

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LABEL INFORMATION

• Do not harvest for seven (7) days.

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LABEL INFORMATION

• Do not exceed a cumulative amount of 2/3 pint
  (0.25 lb ai) per acre per crop year.
• Minimum interval between treatments is 5 days.

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LABEL INFORMATION

• This product is toxic to bees. Do not apply when
  bees are present.

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Endangered Species

• The Endangered Species Act affects all federally
  related programs. This includes the registration
  of pesticides by EPA.
• EPA is developing bulletins for species within a
  state. To date, only the leopard darter in
  southeast Oklahoma has a bulletin developed.
  This bulletin is available from the County
  Extension Offices in southeast Oklahoma, the NRCS
  offices and from Departments of Agriculture and
  Wildlife Conservation personnel in southeast
  Oklahoma. The bulletin is also available from
  the Pesticide Coordinator's Office with OSU and
  from ODAFF.
• There are also label directions which address
  endangered and threatened species. These
  directions are to be followed whether there is a
  bulletin available or not.

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TOXICITY

• The capacity of a substance to produce injury or
  death.

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RISK TOXICITY X EXPOSURE
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MINIMUM PPE

• Long sleeved shirt
• Long legged pants
• Shoes socks

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ACUTE POISONING

• Occurs from oral intake, skin exposure, and
  breathing (inhalation). Usually occurs within 12
  hours of exposure.

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CHRONIC POISONING

• Arises from repeated exposure to doses of
  pesticides. Usually from small doses over an
  extended time period.

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ORAL-RAT LD50 Substance LD50

• Aspirin 1,000
• Boric Acid 2,600
• Grain Alcohol 14,000
• Baking Soda 4,200
• Table Salt 3,000
• Carbaryl 283

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DISPOSAL of EXCESSPESTICIDES

• Use up according to label directions.

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BACKFLOW PREVENTION

• Such method shall include, but not be limited to
  the employment of a check valve or similar
  in-line device, or positive mechanical method,
  such as an air gap, designed to insure that
  backflow will not occur.

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PESTICIDE DRIFT

• Particle
• Vapor

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Mist Blowers

• No person shall use a mist blower or other type
  of air blasting or misting equipment for the
  application of hormone type herbicides within the
  State except where the following specific
  conditions exist
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• (1) Forest nursery and timber production areas
  where the control of undesirable vegetation with
  a hormone type herbicide is necessary and the
  area cannot be covered by any other type of
  ground application equipment.
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• (2) Range, pasture, and crop areas where control
  of undesirable vegetation with a hormone type
  herbicide is necessary and a specific type of
  terrain feature such as a gully precludes the use
  of any other type of ground application
  equipment.
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• (f) Application of a hormone type herbicide under
  one of the exceptions given in paragraph (e) of
  this Section is subject to the following
  restrictions
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• (1)   At no time during the application shall the
  outlet point above horizontal.
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• (2) At no time shall an application be performed
  in a wind speed over 10 MPH.
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• (3) The person making the application shall keep
  records as required by law.

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Recordkeeping Requirements

• Under 1990 Farm Bill private certified
  applicators are required to keep records of
  applications of restricted use pesticides.
• Records must be kept for 2 years.
• Applicators have 14 days to record information
  after application.
• You can be inspected by USDA or State Pesticide
  regulatory representatives at any time.

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Recordkeeping Requirements

• Brand Name/Product Name
• EPA Registration Number
• Total Amount of Pesticide Used
• Date of Application
• Description/Location of Treated Area
• Crop, Commodity, or Stored Product
• Size of Area Treated
• Name of Certified Applicator
• Certification Number

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Recordkeeping Requirements

• These recordkeeping requirements differ from
  Worker Protection Standard recordkeeping
  requirements.

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WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD IS

• an EPA regulation that covers pesticides used in
  production of agricultural plants on
• farms
• forests
• greenhouses
• and nurseries

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Referenced on the label...

• Use this product only in accordance with its
  labeling and with the Worker Protection Standard,
  40 CFR, Part 170

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WPS requires...

• the employer on an agricultural establishment to
  provide his employees with
• information about pesticide exposure
• protections against exposure to pesticides
• ways to mitigate exposure to pesticides

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Employees defined as

• Agricultural worker
• do hand labor such as weeding, planting,
  cultivation, or harvesting
• do related tasks, such as moving or operating
  irrigation equipment
• Handler (applicator)
• mix, load, or apply

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• Handler (applicator)
• mix, load, or apply pesticides
• do other tasks involving direct contact with
  pesticides

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Family farm exemption

• owners of agricultural establishments and members
  of their immediate family are exempt from WPS
  requirements for training, decontamination and
  display at central area

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Pesticide safety training...

• EPA approved training for workers and handlers
• Before any handling task
• For workers , basic pesticide safety information
  before entering a treated area
• Complete training before the 6th day of entry

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• Trained by a certified applicator or trained WPS
  trainer
• Use EPA approved materials
• video
• training work books
• flip chart

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• Notify workers about treated areas so they can
  avoid inadvertent exposures
• Some labels require notifying BOTH orally and
  with signs posted at entrances to treated area

Notify workers of the application by warning
them orally and by posting warning signs at
entrances to treated areas.
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WPS Training

• Being certified as a private applicator you are
  qualified to do WPS worker and handler training.

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PESTICIDE SPRAYER CALIBRATION
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WHY CALIBRATE?

• IF YOU UNDER APPLY
• POOR CONTROL
• MAY NEED SECOND APPLICATION
• WASTE MONEY
• IF YOU OVER APPLY
• CROP DAMAGE
• RESIDUES IN CROP OR SOIL
• WASTE MONEY
• AGAINST THE LAW

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BEFORE CALIBRATING

• FLUSH SYSTEM WITH WATER
• CLEAN STRAINERS AND SCREENS
• CLEAN CHECK NOZZLES
• CHECK FOR LEAKS
• FILL TANK WITH WATER

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Calibration

• Calibration consists of knowing three essential
  variables.
• Time
• Area
• Volume

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Calibration Variables

• Nozzle flow rate.
• Ground speed of sprayer.
• Effective sprayed width per nozzle.
• Changing any one of these will change application
  rate

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Nozzles Control the

• Volume of Pesticide Applied
• Uniformity of Application
• Coverage obtain on soil or plant
• Amount of Drift

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Nozzle Flow Rate

• The flow rate through a nozzle varies with size
  of the nozzle tip and the nozzle pressure.
  Increasing the orifice size or the pressure will
  increase the nozzle flow rate.

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Doubling the pressure will not double the flow
rate to double the nozzle flow rate, pressure
must increase four (4) times.
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Ground Speed of the Sprayer

• If the output remains the same and the travel
  speed is doubled the gallons applied per acre
  decreases by one-half.

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Sprayed width per Nozzle

• If the number of nozzles on the boom are
  decreased by one-half then the gallons per acre
  are decreased by one-half.
• Doubling the sprayed width per nozzle decreases
  the gallons per acre by one-half.

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Application Adjustments

• If nozzle output is 20 greater or less than
  calculated, change nozzle.
• Replace worn nozzles having output 10 higher
  than a new nozzle at a set pressure.
• Make minor adjustments to output by adjusting
  tractor speed or spray pressure. Major
  adjustments by replacing nozzles.
• Observe nozzle spray for correct pattern,
  replace if needed.

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SPRAYER CALIBRATION

• MEASURE GROUND SPEED (MPH)
• DETERMINE SPRAYER OUTPUT (GPA)
• STATIONARY CATCH METHOD
• TANK VOLUME METHOD
• 3. MEASURE AREA TO BE TREATED
• 4. DETERMINE AMOUNT TO MIX
• 5. KEEP RECORDS!

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• 1. MEASURE GROUND SPEED (MPH)
• MARK OFF 200 FT.
• TIME THE NUMBER OF SECONDS IT TAKES TO TRAVEL
  THIS DISTANCE
• MPH DISTANCE (FT.) X 60
• TIME (SEC.) X 88

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• EXAMPLE
• DISTANCE 200 FT.
• TIME 45 SEC.
• WHAT IS YOUR GROUND SPEED?
• MPH 200 X 60
• 45 X 88
• MPH 12000
• 3960
• MPH 3.0

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• 2. DETERMINE SPRAYER OUTPUT (GPA)
• STATIONARY CATCH METHOD
• FILL TANK WITH WATER
• CATCH SPRAY OUTPUT FOR 1 MINUTE
• GPM OUTPUT IN OZ.
• 128 0Z/GAL.
• GPA GPM X 5940 or GPM X 495
• MPH X W MPH X SWATH (FT)
• MPH GROUND SPEED
• W WIDTH OF APPLICATION IN INCHES

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• EXAMPLE
• SPRAYER DELIVERED 19 OZ. IN 1 MINUTE
• FROM A FLAT FAN NOZZLE WITH 12 IN. SPRAY WIDTH.
• GROUND SPEED IS 3 MPH
• WHAT IS YOUR GPA?
• GPM 19/ 128 0.148
• GPA (0.148 X 5940)/ (3 X 12) 24.42

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• EXAMPLE SURFLAN
• NEED TO TREAT 10 ACRES FOR PREPLANT PREPARTION
  USING SURFLAN AT 4 QTS./ACRE
• YOUR SPRAYER HAS A TANK CAPACITY OF 100 GAL. AND
  IS CALIBRATED TO DELIVER 25 GPA AT 3 MPH.

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• 1. HOW MUCH SURFLAN WILL YOU NEED?
• HOW MUCH WATER WILL THE JOB REQUIRE?
• 3. HOW MANY TANK LOADS WILL YOU USE?
• 4. HOW MUCH SURFLAN PER GALLON OF WATER WILL YOU
  NEED?

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• EXAMPLE SURFLAN (CONT.)
• 1. HOW MUCH SURFLAN WILL YOU NEED?
• 4 QTS. SURFLAN/ACRE X 10 ACRES
  ___QTS.
• 40 QTS. OR 10 GAL. SURFLAN
• 2. HOW MUCH WATER WILL THE JOB REQUIRE?
• WATER AT 25 GPA X 10 ACRES ___ GAL
• 250 GALLONS

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• 3. HOW MANY TANK LOADS WILL YOU USE?
• TANK CAPACITY 100 GAL.
• AMOUNT OF WATER REQUIRED FOR TREATING AREA 250
  GAL.
• 250 GAL./100 GAL. CAPACITY ___ LOADS 2.5
  LOADS

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• 4. HOW MUCH SURFLAN/GAL. OF WATER WILL YOU
  NEED?
• SURFLAN/GAL. WATER 10 GAL. SURFLAN
• 250 GAL. WATER
• SURFLAN PER GAL. WATER 0.04
• 0.04 GAL. X 128 OZ PER GAL. ___ 0Z.
• 5.12 OZ. SURFLAN PER GAL. WATER

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Any Questions?