13i—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, Hovtmber 10,1979
Poultry Association elects officers
The Lancaster County Poultry Association
directors recently elected officers for the 1980
term. They include (front row): Secretary - Melvin
Shumaker, Lititz; Vice President - John H. Her
shey. Marietta; President - J. Leroy Esbenshade,
Manheim; Treasurer - Stanley Musselman,
Quarryville.
Here’s how to update
LANCASTER—Prior to
September 30,1900, certified
pesticide applicators whose
'current permit or license
expires on that date must be
recertified in order to
qualify for a new permit or
license.
Applicators can meet the
educational requirements
for recertification by
attending training programs
dealing with pesticides and
pest management. Or, in lieu
of meeting these educational
requirements, applicators
can choose to take another
examination, said Penn
State pesticides specialist
WinandK. Hock.
On October 18, 1979, the
Governor’s Pesticide Advi
sory Board recommended
that current rules and
regulations governing
recertification be modified
to require private
applicators to attend at least
one update training session
per year, or a total of at least
three such sessions during
each three year
recertification period in
order to qualify for a new
applicator permit.
The alternative to meeting
these minimal educational
requirements is
reexamination. Commercial
or public applicators will be
required to attend a
minimum of one training
program in each category
certified during each three
year recertification period
(note change from two or
three years) to qualify for a
new license.
pesticide certification
Again, the alternative is
reexamination. These
requirements should not be
confused with the yearly
commercial/public applica
tor license renewals where
applicators must provide
evidence of proper insurance
coverage and submit a $30.00
fee.
The recommendations will
be sent to the Secretary of
Agriculture for approval,
Hock said.
For the recertification
cycle which expires Sept. 30,
1900, private applicators will
not be required to attend
more than one training
session.
Since a firm commitment
to go with a recertification
program in the
Commonwealth was made
only this year, the
Department of Agriculture
will not require applicators
to attend more than one
update training program
during the current
recertification cycle which
expires next September 30.
Thereafter, however, the
regular three year
recertification cycle as
recommended by the
Pesticide Advisory Board
will be in effect.
At the end of the
recertification period, the
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture will solicit
documentation from
certified applicators that
they attended pesticide/pest
management educational
programs.
Pesticide Applicator
Update Training Certifi'-***-
The additional directors are (back row): Advisor -
Jay Irwin, county agent; Richard Meek, New
Holland: Walter Mowrer, Columbia; Steven H. Ney,
Marietta; Melvin Nissiey, Middletown; and Ed
Moshier, Lititz. Those directors absent Irom the
picture include Larry Herr, Lancaster; Dale
Rohrer, Lititz and Robert Garland, Lancaster.
are currently available v Furthermore, training
from the PDA.
These certificates, when
properly filled out and
signed by both the applicator
and the trainer (i.e.
Extension agent, industry
representative), will provide
the required evidence
necessary
recertification.
In the event these
certificates are unavailable
at a training session, a
letter, describing the nature
of the program and signed
by the trainer, will be
acceptable as evidence of
having received update
training.
According to Gerard J.
Florentine, Pesticide
Operations Coordinator,
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, update training
is not restricted just to
programs conducted or
sponsored by
Extension/Penn State.
(pesticide
Industry
manufacturers, dealers,
equipment manufacturers,
etc.), commodity or trade
organizations, professional
societies, other schools and
universities (including
vocational agricultural
programs, correspondence
course training, short
courses, etc.), governmental
agencies, private
consultants, and others can
conduct pesticide/pest
management educational
programs to be credited
toward the recertification
requirements.
can be received out-of-state
as well as within the
Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
The proposals drawn up by
the Governor’s Pesticide
Advisory Board do not place
any minimal time
limitations or restrictions on
the duration of a training
program.
for
Although not bound by any
time constraints when it
comes to providing update
training programs for
pesticide applicators, all
training agencies do,
however, have a
responsibility to provide the
best information currently
available on pesticides and
other pest management
concepts.
Under the broad heading
of pest management are
included such things as pest
identification, the biology of
the pt.. •dtemative
methods of pest control,
application equipment and
maintenance, new pesticide
laws and regulations, IPM
programs, health and
environmental effects of
pesticides, new product
development, plus a whole
host of other subjects
relevant to pest
management programs.
Field days where pest
control is a major topic
would also qualify as e
training program. Then
certainly won’t be a deartl
of suitable subject material
to use in recertificatioi
training programs, Hoc
said.
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