pitchcare TRAINING & education Pesticides Are you breaking the Law?
Does your club or organisation use pesticides on the pitch or surrounds? If so, do you know that you can be prosecuted if the operator is not properly trained in their use?
If you are feeling a little unsure, you may want to read this:
But the camaraderie of the course proved to be a high spot. Under his course director Michael Dufour, he visited several sports sites during the year, including Ipswich FC, The Bedfordshire and Millbrook golf clubs and Bletchley RC, studying renovation and construction work in the sportsturf sector as well as visiting a synthetic surfaces manufacturer (synthetic surfaces forms a module on the course).
“I met fellow MSC students from around the country
and of different nationalities Spanish, Polish and French.”
Plant science was a tough one, he says, but human resource management he found “surprisingly enjoyable”. “Many around me had not worked in the industry, whereas I have had experience of that side of things.” Beneficial for both parties he feels was the project they undertook for St Albans School (see Pitchcare, issue?) involving an assessment of their turfcare machinery requirements. “The project focused on an activity that they do frequently so gave them an opportunity to look at what they do from an external perspective.”
Quietly confident of exam success, Sheraton will turn his thoughts to a new post in the industry “Construction or contract work perhaps” armed, all being well, with his MSC in sportsturf technology.
No person in the course of a business or employment shall use a pesticide, or give an instruction to others on the use of a pesticide, unless that person has received adequate instruction, training and guidance in the safe, efficient and humane use of pesticides, and is competent for the duties which that person is called upon to perform.
If it states on the label that a product can only be used by a professional, the person concerned in applying the product must have appropriate training.
It is the duty of all employers to ensure that persons in their employment who may be required during the course of their employment to use pesticides are provided with such instruction, training and guidance as is necessary to enable those persons to comply with any requirements provided in and under the Regulations.
A nationally recognised certification scheme is operated by the National Proficiency Test Council (NPTC). NPTC certificated courses are available from Pitchcare.
THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
The legislation relating to the use of pesticides in the UK is the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985, Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 (COPR).
In January 2006 a Code of Practice for Using Plant Protection Products was published. The contributors to the Code included the HSE, DEFRA and the Pesticides Safety Directive. It is a must read document for all organisations, clubs and companies involved in the use of any pesticide products. A free download is available from the DEFRA website –
www.defra.gov.uk - or, additionally, a free copy on compact disc or a printed copy for £15 can be obtained from DEFRA.
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES Pitchcare, together with our Training Partners, can arrange NPTC accredited training in Pesticides use for individuals and organisations across the UK.
For more details, view the Training section on the Pitchcare website, contact
chris@pitchcare.com or call the office on 01902 824392.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108