GROWSAFE® APPLIED CERTIFICATE ~
This certificate is designed for owners or
managers of properties and
those who instruct others on the use of agrichemicals. This
course builds on the skills gained in the Introductory
course and is a requirement of most Regional
Councils.
The course is a personalized programme, tailored
to meet your industry requirements.
Course Content:
- Two (2) days theory in house or
classroom
- One (1) day site visit to your place
of work
- Course structured round
ZS8409:2004 Management of Agrichemicals
- HSNO and Approved
Handler components including Emergency
Management and Preparedness procedures
- Transport and storage of agrichemicals.
- Full sprayer calibration check
- Integrated pest management (IPM)
- All course participants receive an Agrichemical
Management Safety Plan
- Avoiding hazards to human health using
correct PPE
- Understanding agrichemical and animal
remedy labels
- Avoiding residues in food and the environment
- Nozzle selection and drift reduction
- Agrichemical self check list
- Self study programme
- Open book assessments
Certificate valid for 5 years.
Applied GROWSAFE®
Course Units:
Units 21563 is a pre-requisite and the trainee
MUST have a current Approved Handler Certificate.
Unit
No |
Description |
Level |
Credit(s) |
| 15189 |
Identify responsibilities for the workplace arising
out of health and safety legislation; apply a health
and safety plan for a specified workplace; report
an accident and an occurrence of serious harm in a
specified
|
4 |
4 |
| 21558 |
Describe the importance of agrichemical equipment
calibration, and factors which determine effectiveness
of spray applications; and calibrate agrichemical
application
|
3 |
3 |
| 21560 |
Describe: modes of action of agrichemicals; constituents,
advantages and disadvantages, and potential incompatibilities,
of agrichemical formulations; the uses of spray additives
and adjuvant; resistance to agrichemicals; and agrichemical
degradation, and environmental fate.
|
3 |
6 |
| 21565 |
People credited with this unit
standard are able to manage agrichemicals in accordance
with NZS 8409:2004.
|
4 |
10 |
| 21544 |
Describe: the application of
the Resource Management Act 1991, and the HSNO Act
1996 for the use of agrichemicals; potential contamination
of surface and groundwater by agrichemicals, and prevention
measures; and the potential for damage by off-target
spray drift by agrichemicals.
|
4 |
6 |
| 21551 |
Describe: IPM for a given agricultural production
system; non-agrichemical methods of pest control;
and the relationship between the physical and chemical
properties, and the environmental effect and fate,
of plant protection products.
|
3 |
3 |
| 21553 |
Provide practical and technical advice and information
on plant protection products to agrichemical users;
and identify the need for, and sources of, further
technical information on plant protection products
beyond that which is available in the immediate workplace.
|
4 |
8 |
| |
|
Total
credits |
40
|
|
