Pesticide Safety Education Program

Non-Technical Summary: <BR>Applicators of restricted use pesticides must certified to purchase or supervise their application. Pesticide Management Education Program trains applicators to become certified and maintain certification to apply restricted-use pesticides consistent with the standards the Administrator prescribes. Training is accomplished through presentations made in classroom settings, production of training materials, train-the-trainer programs, web site information pages, list serve information messaging service and On-line training courses. <P> Approach: <BR> Cornell will coordinate planning and execution of educational activities with the our State Lead Agency (SLA) the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Educational activities will include: presenting educational programs conducting hands-on training events developing and updating training/certification manuals developing training modules for course sponsors conducting train-the-trainer workshops developing and/or coordination re-certification education programs informing pesticide applicators of programs and materials though our listserve and web site conducting and managing on-line re-certification courses in the PMEP Distance Learning Center