Regulations Courses
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology, BC - Application Technology, MB - Pest Management
Class:
Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB,ON)
Category:
AB
Class:
All
Credits:
Authorized Assistant Training-Alberta only This is an online training program that can be taken from home or the office via your computer and internet. It is an 8 hour online training session(plus extra time for taking the exam) to assist students obtain the necessary information required to become an Authorized Assistant in Alberta. The training manual for the course is the Core manual 2019 Edition available from Lakeland College by calling 1 866 853 8646 or emailing at: pesticides@lakelandcollege.ca Students should read the manual before attending this online program. Authorized assistants work under a pesticide applicator's certificate but can perform many duties without the pesticide applicator being present. After the on line training is completed, an online one hour multiple choice exam will be given. The exam will be monitored by an exam supervisor. Upon successful completion of the exam (minimum 70% mark required) the Authorized Assistant will be mailed a certificate of completion. To find out more details about Authorized Assistants, please visit the Alberta Environment and Park's website below: Using pesticides - Authorized assistants | Alberta.ca
Category:
AB
Class:
All
Credits:
Authorized Assistant Training-Alberta only This is an online training program that can be taken from home or the office via your computer and internet. It is an 8 hour online training session(plus extra time for taking the exam) to assist students obtain the necessary information required to become an Authorized Assistant in Alberta. The training manual for the course is the Core manual 2019 Edition available from Lakeland College by calling 1 866 853 8646 or emailing at: pesticides@lakelandcollege.ca Students should read the manual before attending this online program. Authorized assistants work under a pesticide applicator's certificate but can perform many duties without the pesticide applicator being present. After the on line training is completed, an online one hour multiple choice exam will be given. The exam will be monitored by an exam supervisor. Upon successful completion of the exam (minimum 70% mark required) the Authorized Assistant will be mailed a certificate of completion. To find out more details about Authorized Assistants, please visit the Alberta Environment and Park's website below: Using pesticides - Authorized assistants | Alberta.ca
Category:
AB,SK - Health and Safety , BC - Safety and Environment , MB- Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB)
As information moves more easily in todays society with internet, newspapers, television, etc. many people believe cancer rates in humans are on the rise regardless of the type or cancer. This web cast seminar looks at the safety of pesticides and their impact on the human health. The basics of pesticides will be examined and compared to other substances we consume or use everyday. Also discussed are ways an applicator can reduce exposure to pesticides.
Category:
Health and Safety
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB)
The Agricultural Health Study (AHS) - Cancer Risks is a prospective study of cancer in a cohort of 89,000 licensed pesticide applicators and their spouses from Iowa and North Carolina. The AHS began in 1993 and continues with ongoing studies with the goal of answering important questions about how agricultural lifestyle and genetic factors affect the risk of cancer among farmers and commercial applicators. The study is a collaborative effort involving investigators from National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Category:
AB-Health and Safety, SK - Health and Safety, BC- Safety and Environment
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB,BC,SK)
The Agricultural Health Study (AHS) - Non-cancer Health Risks is a prospective study of health effects (e.g. diabetes, asthma, kidney and hear disease etc.) in a cohort of 89,000 licensed pesticide applicators and their spouses from Iowa and North Carolina. The AHS began in 1993 and continues with ongoing studies with the goal of answering important questions about how agricultural lifestyle and genetic factors affect the health of farmers and commercial applicators. The study is a collaborative effort involving investigators from National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Category:
AB - Regulations
Class:
All classes
Credits:
1 (AB)
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas updated the Pesticide (Ministerial) Regulation, the Pesticide Sales, Handling, Use and Application Regulation in 2018 and again in 2022 and 2024. The Environmental Code of Practice for Pesticides was updated in February 2025 with significant changes, especially regarding applications near water, ability to control aquatic invasive weeds, structural, biting flies, forestry and industrial vegetation applications. In addition, changing label statements (ie. users must be certified), changing record keeping and transportation requirements will result in significant changes for pesticide applicators, assistants, vendors etc.
Category:
AB,SK - Pest Management , BC - IPM, MB - Pest ID and Biology
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Forestry, Industrial, Landscape and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB,ON)
This module will provide an overview of IPM, discuss the
botanical characteristics of these 3 weeds, their method of
spread, their economic impact and the application of IPM
techniques and strategies to control these 3 noxious weeds in
agricultural, industrial and urban environments.
Category:
Pest Management
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB,SK, BC,MB,ON
This presentation will discuss what artificial Intelligence is and how it can assist applicators in most application categories to move from a reactive approach of IPM and toward proactive, precise and sustainable IPM programs. A general overview of the key elements of IPM with AI Pest Management Programs will be discussed that include automated pest identification and monitoring, predictive modeling and forecasting, precision control strategies and ongoing and real time evaluation of pest management activities.
Category:
Pest Management
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB,SK, BC,MB,ON
This presentation will focus on current applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) I to enhance IPM approaches in most applicator categories. Category specific approaches and equipment will be identified for pest identification, monitoring, pest management and evaluation of pest management activities. It will also include the benefits currently being achieved and projections in the future of the benefits of AI programs for each category of applicator.
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology, BC - Application Technology, MB - Pest Management
Class:
All classes except ( aerial, Seed Protectant, and fumigation ) - BC Dispenser
Credits:
1 (AB,BC,MB,ON)
Small sprayers need to be calibrated too. Many misapplications have been made with small sprayers as anyone can purchase these sprayers and most people do not know how to calibrate them properly. Join Tim as he shows you his approach on how to calibrate these sprayers so your pesticide application can be done accurately and safely.
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology , BC - Application Technology, MB - Pest Management
Class:
Agriculture Forestry Industrial Landscape and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
Nozzle manufacturers over the last few years have really stepped up to the
plate when it comes to developing drift reducing nozzles. As pesticide
applicators, we are always concerned about spray drift to off target
locations, thus many applicators have chosen drift reduction nozzles to
reduce the potential for spray drift. Unfortunately spray coverage may not
be adequate for some pesticides with drift reduction nozzles and the
pesticide may not be doing as good a job as we have hoped for. Join Tim as
he looks at the topic of balancing spray drift vs. spray coverage.
Category:
AB,SK - Regulations , BC - Safety and Environment
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1 (AB,SK,BC,ON)
The Presentations examine incidents that occurred resulting in significant human and animal health, environmental (eg. bee kills), property damage issues that could have been eliminated if the applicator had undertaken to provide notification to adjacent landowners and bystanders. Notification can be as simple as a 5minute call, an email with a factsheet on spraying etc. to ensure neighbors are aware that spraying is going to occur and to provide some simple steps they can take to eliminate an incident should drift or off-site movement of the pesticide occur.
Category:
AB,SK - Pest Management, BC - IPM, MB - Pest Management
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB)
Most things we do each day pose a risk to us, whether that is driving your vehicle to work or applying a pesticide. The public tends to focus on the risks of pesticides and not the benefits. Join Tim as he looks at the huge benefits that we receive by using pesticides in our world. You will be surprised when you see all the primary and secondary benefits of the pesticide industry. It is time to look at and promote the benefits of pesticide in the modern world.
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology , BC - Safety and Environment, MB - Regulations
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
Rinsate water when cleaning your sprayer is a huge concern for pesticide applicators. We need to clean our sprayers, yet how to we dispose of the rinsate in an environmentally friendly way. Join Tom Wolf as he talks about a new alternative when dealing with rinsate, Biobeds.
Category:
AB,SK - Pest Management , BC - Application Technology, MB - Pest Management
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1 (AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
This webinar looks at the current status of biological weed control agents in Canada. Biological control has had some success over the years but with increasing pressure on chemical pesticide use, it is important to keep updated on what is happening with biological control agents. Join Tim as he reviews the current status of biological weed control agents and what the future looks like.
Category:
AB,SK - Health and Safety, BC - Safety & Environment, MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB)
Join Vivianne Servant as she reviews the following documents and presents the findings in this informative web cast.
- Alberta Biomonitoring Program (2005): Surveys and blood samples taken to establish the magnitude of women's exposure to environmental contaminants during pregnancy in all regions of Alberta
- Canadian Health Measures Survey (2007-2009): study to provide benchmark data (surveys, blood and urine tests) of Canadians across Canada on indicators of environmental exposures
- Agricultural Health Study (1993-2013): Tracking health and pesticide exposure of 89,000 farmers and commercial applicators and their spouses in the U.S.
Category:
AB-Pest Management
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC)
We have relied on synthetic chemical pesticides over the last 70 years. Public pressure and the development of resistance continues to put pressure on their use. Biopesticides are pest management agents based on living micro-organisms or natural products. They have proven potential for pest management and are being used around the world. Join Tim as he defines what biopesticides are, the three main categories and examples of different types of biopesticides. Biopesticides will fit very well into an IPM program. As we move forward with pesticides, biopesticides will take on a much larger role in the future.
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology , BC - IPM , MB - Pest Management
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1 (AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
One of the enduring challenges in spraying is providing good canopy coverage for late season spraying of taller canopies, either for desiccation or fungicide. The use of double nozzles, boom height, water volumes, and travel speed are explored for improving pesticide performance. New double nozzle technologies available from a number of manufacturers are introduced and discussed.
Category:
AB,SK - Regulations, BC - Safety and Environment , MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
Category:
AB,SK - Regulations, BC - Safety and Environment, MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB)
An overview of how a pesticide is taken from the lab to the market. Pesticide development is a long, expensive process and must jump many hurdles in order to make it to market. Join Tim Garner as he looks at the steps in developing a pesticide. Realize how the registration process ensures that the public, applicator and the environment are protected with the testing that is required.
Category:
Class:
Credits:
Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles are here and becoming more affordable all the time. Drones are now and in the future going to play a big role in IPM programs. Detecting weeds, insects and disease from the air with different kinds of technology using drones are becoming common place. Using drones for pictures, imaging and mapping will be part of an IPM program as well use for pesticide application with drones. From surveillance to analysis to application can all be done or coordinated with or from drones. Join Tim as he discusses drones and their impact in all forms of agriculture including golf courses, parks and farms.
Category:
Professionalism
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB,BC,ON,SK,MB)
This presentation will provide information on the public’s knowledge and misinformation with respect to pesticides and pesticide use in Canada as determined by ongoing surveys conducted by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency. Knowing the key areas where the public may lack key information or have misinformation can help applicators anticipate questions or concerns and be prepared to have effective discussions. Information on the benefits of pesticide use in specific applicator classes and answers to concerns the public may have regarding pesticide use will be discussed. In addition, approaches to starting and maintaining effective conversations will also be discussed.
Category:
AB,SK - Environment, BC - Safety and Environment, MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB)
The Department of Environment has monitored the occurrence of pesticides in surface water and drinking water for a number of years at many sites throughout Alberta. This presentation discusses the results of this monitoring and the implications this has on the quality of the water in Alberta. In addition, limited monitoring on pesticide residues in rainwater and air are discussed.
Category:
AB-Environment,
ON - IPM
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Landscape, Industrial, Forestry, Greenhouse, Aquatic
Credits:
1(AB,BC,ON)
This webinar discusses herbicide characteristics, soil types and environmental conditions that affect the leaching of herbicides. It focuses on herbicide solubility, persistence and adsorption and how these factors influence the leaching of herbicides. In addition, herbicide toxicity in water is discussed and its impact on aquatic life, terrestrial plants and human and animals.
Category:
AB, SK - Health and Safety, BC - Safety and environment
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1 (AB,SK,BC)
Many pesticide applicators spend longs days and many days in a row combatting pests. With our short growing season in many parts of Canada it forces applicators to work hard, long and fast. Join Tim as he discusses the facts, causes, consequences, effects and signs of fatigue. Also will be discussed how to get a better sleep and what employers and employees can do to reduce fatigue and therefore reduce mistakes and accidents
Category:
Application Technology
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Forestry, Industrial, Landscape
Credits:
1 (AB,BC,SK)
This session is not meant to make you climatologists or TV forecasters.
This session is meant to help you understand the drivers of air movement (applied at the work location) and to anticipate when that air movement may help you or hinder you in your efforts to get your treatment product through the air to your treatment target.
Successful completion of this session, it will make your job easier and improve the percentage of product that makes it to the target. It will also reinforce your awareness of how critical this is to our industry.
Category:
Application Technology
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Forestry, Industrial, Landscape
Credits:
1 (AB,BC,SK)
You must take part 1 before taking part 2
This session is designed to help you apply the fundamentals of weather (from part 1) to 10 common application situations that we all face, but that are so localized that no public forecast could possibly alert you to them.
It is meant to help you understand the movement of air and to anticipate when that air movement may help you or hinder you in your efforts to get your treatment product through the air to your treatment target (and more importantly, ONLY your treatment target).
Category:
AB - Health and Safety, ON - IPM, BC - Safety and Environment
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Forestry, Industrial, Greenhouse, Landscape
Credits:
1(AB,BC,ON)
This presentation reviews the re-evaluation status of glyphosate in Canada as conducted by Health Canada through the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). It also includes the following, designation, studies and lawsuits and the implications for applicators:
- the World Health Organization - International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) assignment of a hazard classification for glyphosate as "Probably carcinogenic to humans"
- several studies reporting the presence of glyphosate in cereal products and in breast milk
-lawsuits involving glyphosate causing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Lastly, the presentation summarizes the PMRA (and U.S.A. Environmental Protection Agency) evaluations of the potential hazards of the use of glyphosate for the applicator, bystanders and the environment.
Category:
AB-Environment, BC - Safety and Environment, ON - IPM
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB,BC)0.75(ON)
Some pesticides can last a long time in the environment. Join Tim as he defines and gives examples of half-life, bioaccumulation and biomagnification. As pesticide applicators we need to be aware of the properties of the pesticides we are using and know how they breakdown and move in the environment. If we know the environmental impact of certain pesticides, we then adjust our IPM programs accordingly.
Category:
AB,SK - Health and Safety, BC - Safety and environment, MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1 (AB,SK,BC,MB,ON )
It is important to understand the hazards associated with handling pesticides. Many things that are common sense to an experienced applicator are overlooked when training new applicators. This seminar will look at developing a hazard assessment and rating the risks associated with handling pesticides.
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology, BC - Application Technology, MB - Pest Management
Class:
All classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1( AB,BC,MB,ON)
This topic integrates a number of important aspects of spraying at a range of travel speeds in the same field, including nozzle selection, effect of pressure on pattern uniformity and spray quality, and pesticide performance with various spray qualities. There will be some overlap with topic #1, but this talk emphasizes practical issues encountered with a modern high-clearance sprayer.
Category:
AB,SK - Pest Management , BC - IPM. MB -
Definition and Elements of IPM
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB,ON)
As more pressure is put on pesticide usage, applicators must look to an IPM program when dealing with unwanted vegetation. We may need to divide areas into different categories as far as what is acceptable and not acceptable. We need to be able to count or measure plant populations in order to decide the solution required. Monitoring of vegetation will be discussed. Thresholds will be defined and discussed. A look at various control measures will be examined included guidelines for selecting appropriate herbicides.
Category:
AB-Application Technology
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Aquatic, Biting Fly, Forestry, Industrial, Landscape
Credits:
1(AB)
Learning Objective Summary: Raise awareness of the "low level inversion" and the tremendous significance it has for off-target deposition. Specific Objectives/discussion topics
- Background definition of inversion
- Public forecast and inversion
- Aviation forecast and inversion
- Applicator's Forecast And inversion
- Give some theoretical context to dilution through dissipation by vertical development
- Discuss relationship of dilution through dissipation in context of global circulation patterns.
- Discuss the factor of pesticide fate in relation to global circulation and changing global values regarding air quality
- Discuss factors unique to the applicator's role
- Adverse effect depends on dilution
- . Low elevation inversion
- "drift free" nozzle myth
- Case study of actual morning inversion
- Photo study
- Map study
- Geography analysis
- Case study of actual evening inversion
- Photo study
- Map study
- Geography analysis
- Discuss air mass characteristics as related to above studies and nocturnal transition.
- Present 4 strategies for minimizing inversion problems.
Category:
AB,SK - Pest Management, BC - IPM, MB - Definition and Elements of IPM
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB,ON)
Definition of IPM and a discussion on the principles of IPM: Pest identification; Monitoring; Threshold levels; Control measures and Evaluation. An example will be used to illustrate the principles.
Category:
AB,SK - Pest Management, BC - IPM, MB -Definition and Elements of IPM
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB,ON)
Category:
AB, BC, SK, MB -Application Technology
Class:
All Classes except fumigation
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC)
This webinar looks at the importance of accurate measurement. From calculating area size for the pesticide application to accurate measurement of tank sizes and pesticide rates. One of the reasons for pesticide resistance can be improper applying chemicals at reduced rates without even being aware you are doing so. Sprayer tanks and measuring equipment need to be checked and rechecked to ensure proper rates are being applied. On the other side overapplication is expensive and wasteful. Join Tim as he shows you the problem and ways to do accurate measurement.
Category:
AB - Pest Management, BC - Application Technology, SK - Pest Management
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB)
New technology in the area of pesticides are called nanopesticides. Nano means very small, minute or one billionth. This webinar looks at the definition of nanopesticides and there use in an IPM program and pesticide application. What makes them work better than conventional pesticides will be discussed. Different types of nanopesticides are discussed in the presentation and their potential uses. Advantages and disadvantages of nanopesticides are examined. How will nanopesticides be applied and in what form will be examined. As pesticide applicators, we need to prepare ourselves for new technologies and nanopesticides are one of these new technologies that pesticide applicators should be aware of and prepared for.
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology , BC - Application Technology, MB - Pest Management
Class:
Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape,Forestry, and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1 (AB,BC,MB,ON)
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology , BC - Application Technology , MB - Pest Management
Class:
Agriculture, Forestry, Industrial, Landscape and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB,ON)
Spray drift is an applicator's worst nightmare. It is a leading cause of complaints for sprayer applicators. In the last few years, nozzle manufactures have developed different types of nozzles to help reduce drift. This web cast seminar looks at different types of nozzles and how they work. Also examined are other ways to reduce drift besides nozzle selection.
Category:
AB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB)
Reading legislation can be complicated and many times difficult to understand. Tim Garner, in this one hour web cast seminar, developed a number of questions to ask yourself around water. The answers to these questions will help you determine what is an open body of water in Alberta, and depending on the plants you are growing and pesticides you plan on using, whether you require a permit or not.
Category:
Application Technology
Class:
Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry, Aerial
Credits:
1(AB)
Learning Objective Summary: Raise awareness of the emerging "Selective-Application" technology and the tremendous significance and influence that recent technological advances may exert on the entire industry. Specific Objectives/discussion topics
- Background of Selective Application
- Define selective application
- Draw attention to distinction(s) between selective and non-selective application
- Introduce National Research Council research that identified the role that "market foresight" has played in the potential success of Alberta companies.
- Give some historical context to selective application
- Discuss technical, environmental, economic and social factors that favour selective application over general broadcast.
- Discuss the factors that have historically limited the usefulness of selective application.
- highlight the role that mechanization of selective application has traditionally played in solving meteorological challenges and public acceptance challenges
- Introduce the three new game changers to Selective application
- Pulse Width Modulation nozzle technology
- Artificial Intelligence nozzle control technologies
- Internet-of-Things connectivity technologies
- Discuss a brief technological overview of the significance of the above 3
- Discuss a future vision for the blending of the above 3 "game-changers" with other new emerging vegetation control technologies (steam, microwave, and laser)
- Discuss the implications of the "game-changers" at the level of
- Individual applicator and application services b. Crop protection industry as a whole
- Societal influence and macroeconomics
- Brief discussion of the ethics of "cloud-based" technology of the "game-changers"
- Revisit the N.R.C. research that shows the importance to Alberta Companies of Market Foresight" Evaluation: Eight True/False and Multiple-choice questions drawn from the above points.
Category:
AB,SK - Health and Safety, BC - Safety and Environment, MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB)
Category:
AB,SK - Regulations, BC - IPM, MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK, BC,MB,ON)
Key regulatory changes and what they mean and public impact ; Pesticide Safety and reporting issues. Species at Risk Regulation
Category:
Environment
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB,BC,ON,SK,MB)
This presentation identifies animal and plant species that are endangered and threatened in Canada. It also identifies the habitats of those species in various provinces in Canada. It also discusses a number of reasons (e.g. regulatory, risk of extinction, identification on pesticide labels, etc.) why it is important for pesticide applicators to do their part in protecting endangered and threatened species. Lastly, it will identify approaches pesticide applicators can use in their application practices to protect these species.
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology, BC - Application Technology, MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
It is part of every applicator's job to complete their pesticide applicator records when applying pesticides. Join Tim as he reviews what is required, how long they must be kept and ways you may be able to simplify them. Health Canada's Buffer Zone calculator is discussed and used to show applicators other tools available that may affect their applications near open bodies of water.
Category:
Regulations
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB)
This presentation focuses on how Alberta Environment and Parks uses labels during their pesticide related investigations. I start by identifying the main incidents and then identify the parts of the label that are used during the investigation. For example, when conducting a drift incident an EPO will:
From the primary panel of the label – determine the active ingredient and look for damage symptoms consistent with the type of reported damage.
From the Precautions section – conduct a hazard assessment to protect themselves (also use SDS), ensure the REI has lapse, determine PPE to wear
Env. Hazard section of label
check for prohibitions (i.e. do not contaminate water…), ensure the application meets the regulatory requirements near water (i.e. S. 7 of the Pesticide (ministerial) regulation and the Code of Practice for Pesticides) – several slides discuss requirements
check that label buffer zones have been followed and discuss when reg, code and label buffer zones are different – which applies and why?
Check Directions for Use section to determine:
Use location is authorized on the label
Pest is included on the label
Application method is specified (aerial or ground) – several slides identifying when aerial appln. can be conducted, including calibration requirements and special aerial insurance and label training requirements (e.g. Monsanto training course)
Take samples if damage consistent with symptoms
Request records from applicator and look at the records and compare them with:
the label specifications,
meteorological conditions at the time and
record requirements in the regulations.
Category:
AB - General Information, BC - Safety and Environment, SK - Safety and Environment
Class:
All classes
Credits:
1(AB,BC,SK)
Category:
Environment
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB)
Pesticide monitoring programs in Alberta - surface water survey; discussion of findings; agricultural influence and urban influence. Pesticides in treated water.
Category:
AB,SK - Pest Management, BC - IPM, MB - Pest Management
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1 (AB,BC,MB,ON)
Pesticide resistance is increasing throughout the world. What can we do as applicators to prevent this or slow it down. The scope of resistance is discussed as well as definitions. The different types of resistance are discussed and applicators will realize they have a high level of control on some types of resistance and lower levels of control on others. Ways applicators can reduce pesticide resistance is presented.
Category:
AB - Health and Safety
Bc - Safety and Environment
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB,BC)
Shelf life of pesticides is an important aspect that applicators need to be aware of. From traditional chemical pesticides to newer biological pesticides (known as biopesticides in Canada), we need to properly store all pesticides and be aware of expiry dates. Join Tim as he looks at both traditional pesticides and biopesticides and how to avoid letting pesticides get to a point where they may not work properly. This webinar looks at labels of both traditional pesticides and biopesticides for ways to properly store and use in a timely fashion. We will look at techniques of what to do if you think the pesticide is too old and may not work.
Category:
AB,SK - Regulations, BC - Safety and Environment, MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
Pesticide storage is an important aspect of being a pesticide applicator. It is important to store your pesticides correctly. This web cast reviews some of the basic concepts to follow when storing pesticides. Many of the rules and regulations of pesticide storage are easy to compile with such as signage and organization. Take this one hour web cast to update your knowledge on pesticide storage so that you store your pesticides properly and safely.
Category:
AB-Professionalism,BC-Safety and Environment, ON-IPM
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB,BC)0.50(ON)
As the world changes and communication and social media increase, the concept of a social license becomes very important. Social license is defined and examples are given. Social license applies to many aspects of society and pesticides is one that we must address. We as applicators need to communicate our IPM programs with the public so they realize that we are always using an IPM program when dealing with pests. Pesticides and pesticide application are under more and more scrutiny and we must understand what our social license is and how to improve it to ensure we have the opportunity to use pesticides in the future
Category:
AB,SK - Environment, BC - Safety and Environment, MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB,ON)
Alberta water strategy; pesticide use in Alberta; Agronomic and environmental considerations; Pesticides characteristics and fate in the environment.
Category:
AB,SK - Pest Management, BC - IPM, MB - Pest Management
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB,ON)
Plants and animals are completely different-or are they that different. Just because plants cannot run away, fight or scream, it does not mean they cannot defend themselves. They can communicate with each other or others such as pollinators or even predators of their enemies. Plants interact with each other and have defense systems. Join Tim as he looks at the world of plants and how we may be able to use their defense systems in IPM programs now and in the future.
References used to develop this webinar:
GG McNickle, CC St. Clair and JF Cahill, Jr.. "Focusing the metaphor: Plant root foraging behaviour." Trends in Ecology and Evolution24 (2009): 419-426.
A. Weinhold, I. T. Baldwin: Trichome-derived O-acyl sugars are a first meal for caterpillars that tags them for predation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Early Edition, 25.-29. April 2011, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1101306108
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Activating the Plant’s Defenses: Karl Danneberger, Ph.D. Ohio University
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Category:
AB,SK - Professionalism, MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB)
As with every occupation, it is important to act professionally. As people applying pesticides in a world where pesticides are under the microscope, it is critical that we act professional in all aspects of pesticide application. From purchasing to transporting to application through to cleanup and disposal plus dealing with bystanders, it is important that we handle every aspect professionally. Not only is it important for us, the pesticide applicator, but also everyone that works for us.
Category:
AB-Environment, BC - Safety and Environment,
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Forestry, Landscape, Industrial
Credits:
1(AB,BC)
Pollinators are critical to our lives by pollinating crops and thus providing us with food. Honeybees and leafcutter bees are huge in Canada and it is important for pesticide applicators to work with beekeepers when we are going to apply pesticides near them. Tim looks at what society as a whole can do to protect pollinators and also what pesticide applicators and farmers can do to reduce the impact on pollinators so we both can exist and work together.
Category:
AB,SK - Regulations, BC-Safety and Environment, MB-Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB)
Many of us have applied pesticides for many years but there are many aspects of a pesticide applicator that we do very infrequently and thus do not know all the answers. Join Tim as he goes through some aspects of regulations in a question and answer form to help remind us of some things we probably knew when we took the exam but now could use some refreshing. This web cast is very interactive as you will be asked to answer questions throughout the session using the chat box. All you need is your computer screen, speakers to hear and your keyboard to answer. Let's have some fun and discussion.
Category:
AB,SK - Environment , BC - Safety and environment, MB - Pest Management
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,MB,ON)
This webinar takes IPM to the next level. New systems are being researched on putting together IPM techniques as a recipe whereas you may be able to reduce, eliminate or apply chemical pesticides less often. The PMRA system for qualifying reduced risk pesticides is examined. Two other rating systems are looked at in this webinar: one study out of Quebec called the Quebec Pesticide Risk Indicator and another from the USA called the Environmental Impact Quotient. Methods are discussed on how applicators can lower their environmental impact by cultural, biological and choosing pesticides with lower environmental impact.
References used for this webinar:
The PMRA Initiative for Reduced Risk Pesticides; Health Canada
Quebec Pesticide Risk Indicator: Samuel, O., Dion, S., St-Laurent, L., April, M.
A Method to Measure the Environmental Impact of Pesticides: J. Kovach*, C. Petzoldt, J. Degni**, and J. Tette, IPM Program, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Geneva, New York 14456
Reducing Chemical Use on Golf Course Turf-Redefining IPM: Jennifer Grant Ph.D., Tyler McGonigal, Robert Portmess, Frank S. Rossi, Ph.D.
Category:
AB,SK - Pest Management, BC - IPM, MB - Pest Management
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
Category:
AB-Regulations, BC - Safety and Environment, ON - IPM , Sk -regulations
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB,BC,ON,SK)
Reporting spills and adverse effects is a legislated requirement in Alberta and throughout Canada. This presentation will discuss what is meant by adverse effects, minimum reportable spills and adverse effects and what agency to report the spills to for the western provinces and Ontario. It will also discuss what will happen after a spill or adverse effect has been reported and the consequences of not reporting spills and adverse effects.
Category:
Regulations
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB)
Recertification Requirements; authorized and non-certified assistants, Special Use approval; Emergency response. Healthy Lawn Strategy and Alberta findings with use of Turf Herbicides
Category:
Regulations
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB)
Recertification Requirements; authorized and non-certified assistants, Special Use approval; Emergency response. Healthy Lawn Strategy and Alberta findings with use of Turf Herbicides
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology , BC - Application Technology , MB - Pest Management
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
Rinsate from cleaning your sprayer can be a huge issue for many applicators as what to do with it. This seminar looks at new pesticide technology where less rinsing is required plus the options of handling rinsate of your cleaned sprayers. Applicators from previous decades did not realize the impact of pesticide rinsate had on the environment, but now applicators realize the impact and must deal with it.
Category:
AB,SK - Environment, BC - Safety and Environment, MB - Regulations
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape, and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
The world of soil microorganisms is an untapped world for all kinds of
potential uses in the future with pesticide degradation being one of them.
Many pesticides require residual qualities in order to do their job but
there is a fine balance between being residual and causing environmental
damage. This web cast seminar looks at factors in the soil that influence
pesticide residues and degradation and look at ways in which we as
pesticide applicators can help to assist pesticide degradation before it
leaches into the subsoil or groundwater
Category:
Application Technology
Class:
Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC,ON)
One of the main concerns by operators, bystandewrs, and regulators is spray drift. This talk explores the definition of spray drift, the amounts of spray coming off average applications and where it goes, and the main tools for mitigating drift in practice. These include sprayer setup (nozzles, boom height, pressure, travel speed) and weather conditions (wind speed, direction, atmospheric stability (inversions), relative humidity, temperature, and topography (trees, hills). New research results with low-drift nozzles are provided. An introduction to buffer zones, label language, and an new on-line tool for calculating buffer zones is offered.
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology , BC - Application Technology, MB - Pest Management
Class:
Agriculture, Forestry, Industrial, Landscape and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
This one hour seminar covers the basics of calibration from nozzle selection to basic calibration procedures. There are a number of ways to calibrate a sprayer but Tim likes one in particular. He will take you step by step through his method to ensure accurate sprayer calibration.
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology, BC - Application Technology, MB - Pest Management
Class:
Agriculture, Forestry, Industrial, Landscape and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
Sprayers are actually fairly simple machines meant to apply pesticide accurately and evenly. Many applicators are reluctant to work or overhaul a sprayer as they may not work on it on a daily basis. Many mechanics are not taught about sprayers in their training and thus they are reluctant to work on them. Tim Garner will go over some simple sprayer circuits that sprayers follow depending on types of pumps. Let Tim show you that sprayers are uncomplicated and fairly easy to work with.
Category:
Ab-Environment, BC - Safety and Environment, SK - Safety and Environment
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Forestry, Industrial, Greenhouse, Landscape, Aquatic, Structural
Credits:
1(AB,BC,SK)
This presentation reviews the different pollinators in Canada and their status as to whether they are stable or in a downward trend and the reasons (where known) for their reduced numbers. It also includes how Health Canada through the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) and the USA EPA have collaborated to ensure pollinator protection when conducting a pesticide’s evaluation or re-evaluation. There have also been a number of incidents involving pesticide effects on bees and this presentation will review the incidents (as reported by the PMRA), especially with respect to the planting of treated corn and soybean seeds and what has been done to prevent further incidents in the future.
Category:
AB,SK - Environment, BC - Safety and Environment , MB - Regulations
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Aquatic, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
Unfortunately, we are seeing minute amounts of pesticides in our surface waters. One of the herbicides, 2,4-D is showing up in surface waters due to its large usage in the area of weed control. Is it having a detrimental effect on amphibians and other wildlife in an aquatic environment. This web cast seminar looks at some of the latest research on the sublethal effects of 2,4-D on amphibians and wildlife.
Category:
AB, Application Technology, BC - Application Technology , MB - Pest Management , On -IPM, SK - Pest Management
Class:
Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry, and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
Category:
AB - General Information , BC -Application Technology
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB)
This webinar looks at what tank mixing is and the many benefits of it. Discussion will involve the following topics: Issues such as water quality and water characteristics such as minerals and pH Physical and chemical incompatibilities are examined. Common mistakes made when tankmixing The order of putting chemical products into the tank The Pest Management Regulatory Agency of Health Canada tank mix policy Private chemical companies tank mixing policies Tank mixing can influence pesticide resistance and ways to avoid resistance using tank mixing
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology, BC - Application Technology, MB - Definition and Elements of IPM
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape, Aquatic, Biting Fly and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
Technology is continually changing and GPS units are becoming part of our
everyday life. GPS and weather stations can also play a big role in pest
management and pesticide application. This web cast seminar looks at how
pesticide applicators can use GPS and weather stations both in pest
management and in pesticide applications.
Category:
AB,SK - Health and Safety, BC - Safety and Environment, MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1 (AB,SK,BC,MB)
As Pesticide Applicators, we are continually exposed to pesticides. Many of our pesticides may either an immediate serious effect if we contact it or may have a long term effect as a chronic exposure. With today's personal protective equipment, it is easy to limit your exposure to pesticides during mixing and loading, application and clean-up. Choosing the correct and appropriate equipment is important. This seminar looks at the equipment available, materials and features of safety equipment. Laundering of protective equipment is also discussed.
Category:
Pest Management
Class:
All Classes
Credits:
1(AB,BC,ON,SK,MB)
This presentation will discuss Alberta’s river water quality ratings compared to the ratings in Canada. It will discuss various factors (e.g. water solubility, half-life, ground ubiquity score, binding affinity, etc.) that may contribute to pesticide residues in water. It will also discuss what applicators can do to reduce the potential of pesticides entering into water.