dept. 1200, 1203, 8 CCR 1203-2, pt. 5, subpt. B - Agricultural

5.03. Except as otherwise expressly provided in these Rules, each applicator technician and flagger technician working for a commercial applicator, registered limited commercial applicator, or registered public applicator licensed or registered in any agricultural category shall have at a minimum 36 hours of training:

(a) At least 12 hours of which shall be classroom-instructional training covering: applicable State, Federal, and local laws and regulations, environmental precautions, use, equipment and calibration, pesticides and their families, pest management, applicator safety, pesticide label and labeling, host and pest identification, and public safety; and

(b) At least 24 hours of which shall be on the job training. At least 8 hours of this training shall be conducted by a licensed qualified supervisor or a licensed certified operator which licensed certified operator has at least 1 season of agricultural pesticide application experience within the last 2 years. No more than 16 hours of said on the job training may be conducted by an experienced technician trained by the applicator. Said training shall cover: environmental precautions, use, equipment and calibration, pesticides and their families, pest management, applicator safety, pesticide label and labeling, host and pest identification, and public safety.

5.04. Except as otherwise expressly provided in these Rules, each sales technician working for a commercial applicator licensed in any agricultural category shall have at a minimum 36 hours of training:

(a) At least 12 hours of which shall be classroom-instructional training covering: applicable State, Federal, and local laws and regulations, environmental precautions, pesticides and their families, pest management, pesticide label and labeling, host and pest identification, and public safety;

(b) At least 16 hours of which shall be on the job training. At least 8 hours of this training shall be conducted by a licensed qualified supervisor or a licensed certified operator which licensed certified operator has at least 1 season of agricultural pesticide application experience within the last 2 years. No more than 8 hours of said on the job training may be conducted by an experienced technician trained by the applicator. Said training shall cover: environmental precautions, pesticides and their families, pest management, pesticide label and labeling, host and pest identification, and public safety; and

(c) The remaining 8 hours shall be divided between classroom-instructional training and on the job training as the need is determined by the qualified supervisor.

5.05. Except as otherwise expressly provided in these Rules, each on-going experienced applicator technician, flagger technician, and sales technician continuing to work for the same commercial applicator, registered limited commercial applicator, or registered public applicator licensed or registered in any agricultural category shall have, during each year of employment after the first season of experience, at a minimum, the following on-going training: 4 hours of training conducted by a licensed qualified supervisor or licensed certified operator which licensed certified operator has at least 1 season of agricultural pesticide application experience within the last 2 years. The qualified supervisor shall determine from those topics enumerated in Part 5.03 the training required. Said training may be either classroom-instructional or on the job training as determined by the qualified supervisor.

5.06. Except as otherwise expressly provided in these Rules, each new hire experienced technician and flagger technician working for a commercial applicator, registered limited commercial applicator, or registered public applicator licensed or registered in any agricultural category shall have at a minimum 16 hours of training:

(a) At least 4 hours of which shall be classroom-instructional training covering: applicable State, Federal, and local laws and regulations, environmental precautions, use, equipment and calibration, pesticides and their families, pest management, applicator safety, pesticide label and labeling, host and pest identification, and public safety;

(b) At least 8 hours of which shall be on the job training conducted by a licensed qualified supervisor or a licensed certified operator which licensed certified operator has at least 1 season of agricultural pesticide application experience within the last 2 years. Said training shall cover: environmental precautions, use, equipment and calibration, pesticides and their families, pest management, applicator safety, pesticide label and labeling, host and pest identification, and public safety;

(c) The remaining 4 hours shall be divided between classroom-instructional training and on the job training as the need is determined by the qualified supervisor; and

(d) Experienced sales technicians are not required to complete training in use, equipment and calibration nor applicator safety.

Notes

dept. 1200, 1203, 8 CCR 1203-2, pt. 5, subpt. B

38 CR 23, December 10, 2015, effective 12/30/2015 39 CR 05, March 10, 2016, effective 3/30/2016 45 CR 01, January 10, 2022, effective 1/30/2022