Pesticide Registered Technician Training Package

This package will help businesses meet the initial training requirements, as set by PDA, for their new registered technicians. The included presentations satisfy all of the areas of knowledge that a technician must receive as required by regulation except for the pest identification and application equipment components.

The presentations can be shown as a regular PowerPoint or as a video with audio. The booklet includes an introduction to the registered technician training process and copies of the required forms that must be submitted to PDA. In addition, the booklet has review question sheets (and answers) for each presentation to reinforce the concepts being presented. Two registered technician recordkeeping forms are included that can be copied and used to document training, along with a certificate of training that can be presented to the registered technician after the training has been completed. Finally, the package has PDFs of various fact sheets on pesticide safety topics. Please note this training package will not take the place of the on-the-job training that registered technicians are also required to receive.

The 12 presentation topics that a technician must know to properly use and handle pesticides included in this package are:

• The Pesticide Label
• Pesticide Storage and Security
• Proper Use
• Transportation of Pesticides
• Application Equipment
• Laws and Regulations
• Pesticide Disposal
• Pesticide Spills
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Pesticide Formulations
• Pesticides in the Environment
• Pesticide Toxicity and Human Health Concerns