Worker Portection Standard & DEC Special Permit Training 2016

DEC Special Permit allows non-certified workers to apply and handle federally restricted use pesticides.
A DEC Special Permit is valid for one year and needs to be renewed every year unless the pesticide applicator becomes certified. Please note there have been changes made to this training.  Click View Details below for more information.
Please pre-register your non-certified applicators for this training by April 1 using the registration form (click here).

Work Protection Standard & DEC Special Permit Training Wayne Co. & Orleans Co.

April 5, 2016 - April 6, 2016

Tuesday 9am (English) & 1pm (Spanish), Wednesday 8:30am (both)

Cornell Cooperative Extension Wayne Co.
1581 Rt. 88N
Newark, NY 14513

Worker Protection Standard & DEC Special Permit Training Class for Non-Certified Applicators & Handlers of Federally Restricted-Use Pesticides

Note Changes to Program

Wayne County, Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Registration Begins at 8:30 am (English)
and at 12:30 pm (Spanish)
English Session - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Spanish Session - 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Cornell Cooperative Extension Wayne Co.
1581 Rt. 88N, Intersection of Hydesville Rd.
Newark, NY 14513

Orleans County, Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Registration Begins at 8:00 am
English & Spanish sessions
8:30 am to 12:00 pm

Orleans Co. Coop. Ext. Fairgrounds Trolley Bldg.
12690 Rte. 31 (between Albion and Medina)
Albion, NY 14411

Pre-Registration is Required by April 1, 2016

A DEC Special Permit is valid for one year and needs to be renewed every year unless the pesticide applicator becomes certified. Please bring green "WPS Handler" cards.
Please pre-register your non-certified applicators for this training by April 1 using the registration form (click here).

Certified Supervisors are required to attend the first 30 minutes of training!

$20 per DEC Special Permit

Recently NYSDEC has expressed concerns to CCE about the existing Special Permit Pesticide Training programs. Specifically, relating to the large number of individual labels issued on the special permit, and the lack of testing for individual trainees to demonstrate their acquired knowledge. In response, CCE has revised the Special Permit training program to address these issues.

This program includes a Worker Protection Standard Training, which should adequately meet the needs of farms who use the Special Permit Training for general pesticide training.

DEC will allows us to conduct Special Permit (SP) training, note that it will only cover 11 specific pesticide labels and SP trainees will have to pass a test. This will relieve the certified pesticide applicator from "on-site within voice contact" supervision of non-certified pesticide applicators when they are handling federally-restricted-use pesticides for which they hold a Special Permit. The labels that will be covered by this Special Permit are Lorsban Advanced, Endigo ZC, Warrior, Agri-Mek, Voliam Xpress, Gramoxone SL 2.0, Leverage 360, Danitol 2.4EC, Mustang Maxx, Asana XL, and Lannate LV.

To register: Complete registration form (download/attached) and mail check to:
Cornell Cooperative Extension, Attn: Kim Hazel, 12690 NYS Rt 31, Albion, NY 14411
Contact Kim Hazel: 585-798-4265 x26; krh5@cornell.edu

WPS & DEC SPT Notice & Registration Form (PDF; 265KB)