NATIONAL CERTIFICATE
IN AGRICHEMICAL APPLICATION ~
This is a personal one on one training course.
Completion of this course gives you the GROWSAFE®
Registered Chemical Applicator Certificate
which allows for a wide range of work opportunities in the
application of agrichemicals.
Most tenders for work in road spraying,
Parks and Reserves, DOC,
local bodies and Regional councils throughout
New Zealand require this certificate for any person who is
spraying for hire or reward.
Course Content:
The course is spread over 35 weeks and includes
the following:
- An extensive training pack is supplied
which includes all the technical information that is required
to complete the training and assessment
- Self study assessment where you
are required to complete the various sections in the strands
that you have chosen to be trained in.
- Site visits to your place of work
by the trainer to train and assist you with the course requirements.
- Evidence of at least 200 hours spraying
(spray diaries/logs)
- Full understanding of all the Facts
relating to agrichemical application
- Updated HSNO
Compliance Plan
- Updated Agrichemical Safety
and Management policy
- Property Spray Plans
- Certificate valid for an
initial 5 years.
The certificate will assist you if
you wish to get your workplace GROWSAFE®
accredited.
The following units are core compulsory,
core elective, and optional strands for the GROWSAFE®
Registered Chemical Applicator certificate (Ground).
Core compulsory
units:
Unit
No |
Description |
Level |
Credit(s) |
17232 |
Determine application rates for agrichemicals
|
3 |
4 |
| 19578 |
Describe and maintain health and safety in an agricultural
contracting workplace
|
2 |
4 |
| 21554 |
Demonstrate knowledge of safety with agrichemicals
|
2 |
3 |
| 21560 |
Demonstrate knowledge of agrichemicals
|
3 |
6 |
| 21564 |
Prepare to apply, and apply, agrichemicals. (pre-requisite
)
|
3 |
5 |
| 21565 |
Manage agrichemicals in accordance with NZS8409:2004
|
4 |
10 |
| 6245 |
Transport agrichemical concentrates by road and develop
an emergency procedure guide
|
4 |
8 |
| 6246 |
Drive agrichemical application equipment carrying
diluted agrichemicals and develop an emergency procedure
guide
|
4 |
8 |
6401
|
Provide first aid
|
2 |
1 |
6402
|
Provide resuscitation level 2
|
1 |
1 |
| 17232 |
Determine application rates for agrichemicals
|
3 |
4 |
| |
|
Total
credits Excludes pre-requites |
54
(10)#
61
|
Minimum of Six credits required from the Core Elective units
Core effective units:
Unit
No |
Description |
Level |
Credit(s) |
| 21551 |
Demonstrate knowledge of integrated pest management
(IPM) for agrichemical supply
|
3 |
3 |
| 20798 |
Describe and use a Global Positioning System (GPS)
for a specified agricultural activity
|
3 |
2 |
| 6238 |
Operate a knapsack motorized mist blower for agrichemical
application
|
3 |
6 |
| 6241 |
Use a weed wiper for agrichemical application
|
2 |
2 |
| 6242 |
Prepare to apply, and apply, agrichemicals to crops
by band spraying
|
4 |
10 |
| |
|
Total
credits |
23
|
Elective Strands
Aquatic:
Unit
No |
Description |
Level |
Credit(s) |
| 6236 |
Operate a boom or band sprayer for agrichemical application
|
4 |
10 |
| 6237 |
Operate a handgun sprayer for agrichemical application
|
3 |
6 |
| 6240 |
Prepare to apply, and apply, agrichemicals to control
aquatic weeds
|
4 |
10 |
| |
|
Total
credits |
26
|
Broadacre Strand:
Unit
No |
Description |
Level |
Credit(s) |
| 6236 |
Operate a boom or band sprayer for agrichemical application
|
4 |
10 |
| 23619 |
Describe pests in crops and pasture and agrichemicals
for their control
|
4 |
12 |
| 23620 |
Prepare to apply, and apply, agrichemicals to control
pests in crops or pasture
|
4 |
16 |
| |
|
Total
credits |
38
|
Brush Strand:
Unit
No |
Description |
Level |
Credit(s) |
| 6236 |
Operate a boom or band sprayer for agrichemical application
|
4 |
10 |
| 23617 |
Prepare to apply, and apply, agrichemicals to control
brush weeds
|
3 |
6 |
| |
|
Total
credits |
16
|
Total Vegetation (TVC) Strand:
Unit
No |
Description |
Level |
Credit(s) |
| 6236 |
Operate a boom or band sprayer for agrichemical application
|
4 |
10 |
| 6237 |
Operate a handgun sprayer for agrichemical application
|
3 |
6 |
| 6239 |
Prepare to apply, and apply, agrichemicals for total
vegetation control
|
4 |
10 |
| |
|
Total
credits |
26
|
Note:
if a trainee has enrolled for the full training programme,
then they would have already achieved some of the units listed
above.
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