Agriculture Module

Basic Knowledge Requirements for Pesticide Education in Canada

ISBN: 0-662-22809-X
Cat. No.: H50-4/4-1995E

To obtain an electronic copy of the document, Agriculture Module, please contact publications@hc-sc.gc.ca.

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Summary

The Agriculture category includes the use of pesticides by ground application (excluding the use of restricted fumigants which are gases at room temperature) for the production of agricultural crops and livestock, including but not limited to grains, forages, pastures, rangelands, seed crops, tree fruits, berries, grapes, field vegetables, shelter belts, ornamentals and tree seedlings. This category also includes control of noxious weeds, bird and rodent control, aquatic weed control in dugouts with no outflow, Christmas tree plantations, control of livestock and poultry pests, on-farm seed treating, soil fumigation and pest control around farm buildings associated with crop and livestock production. This category does not include use of pesticides in greenhouses or commercial seed treating.

The knowledge requirements described in this module are additional to the knowledge requirements detailed in the Applicator Core, common to all certification categories. This module adds details to sections of the Core, where it is necessary to include agriculture specific information. An outline of the knowledge requirement for the agriculture module is presented on the following page. This outline shows which sections of the Core have been expanded in this module.

The knowledge requirements provided here is the information a trainer would use to provide training to an applicator on the responsible use of pesticides. It is targeted to the trainer for teaching purposes and is not intended as an applicator manual.

In addition to the applicator core, modules have been developed for the following categories:

• Aerial
• Agriculture
• Aquatic Vegetation
• Forestry
• Fumigation
• Greenhouse
• Industrial Vegetation
• Landscape
• Mosquito and Biting Flies
• Structural