PERC Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative

Pesticide handlers have 3 core responsibilities under the Worker Protection Standard (WPS): ✅ Follow the label ✅ Protect others ✅ Protect themselves Learn more about handlers’ WPS responsibilities. ➡️ bit.ly/PERChandlerRes…

📚 TRAINING RESOURCE: Download this EPA-approved, multi-lingual flipchart used for training agricultural workers in 2019 and beyond. ➡️ ow.ly/YPiA50QA0T5 Developed by the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP). 👏

Meet our team: Advisory Board Member Amy Sullivan! 💚 
 Amy acts as PERC’s liaison to SFIREG and AAPCO; she’s previously served 10 years as a Montana Pesticide Control Official and is a former AAPCO Director, Full SFIREG representative, and EQI member. 👏

Under the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), agricultural employers must comply with a variety of requirements for worker and handler training and safety. Learn more about agricultural employer responsibilities. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCagEmployer…

A crop advisor, also known as a crop consultant, is any person assessing pest numbers, damage, pesticide distribution, or the status or requirements of agricultural plants. 🌱 Learn how, when a crop advisor is responsible for compliance with the WPS. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCforCropAdv…

CERTIFICATION & TRAINING RESOURCE: Check out “A Guide for Meeting Updated Competency Standards for Certified Pesticide Applicators.” Learn more. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCcertCompet…

📺 WATCH NOW: See what a day in the life of orchard workers protected by the WPS may look like in training video “Safety in the Orchard: Understanding and Applying the Worker Protection Standard.” ➡️ bit.ly/PERCwatchOrcha…

Have you seen our full inventory of Training Resources for the Worker Protection Standard? 📚👀 Check it out here. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCfullTraini…

Does the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) apply to you? The answer may be complex! Let us take you through it with our step-by-step WPS Questionnaire. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCdoesItApply

We're thankful for all of our PERC team members: administrators, organizers, instructors, communicators, advisors, writers, and more! 💚 Meet our team. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCteam

Agricultural workers: learn more about the work activities that require Worker Protection Standard (WPS) training from your employer. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCtrainingTa…

Under the WPS, you are qualified to train agricultural workers if you meet one of three criteria (some states may require additional, special qualifications). Learn more. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCtrainerQua…

CERTIFICATION & TRAINING RESOURCE: Check out “Seed Treatment: A National Pesticide Applicator Study Manual & Exam.” Learn more. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCcertSeedTr…

📺 WATCH NOW: Pesticide handlers can learn about their role within the WPS from training video “Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for Pesticide Handlers.” ➡️ bit.ly/PERCwatchWPSfo…

An agricultural worker has no responsibilities under the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), but they can take measures to protect themselves, other workers, and their family members. Learn more on our website. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCworkerProt…

📚 EDUCATION RESOURCE: Our Worker Protection Standard Compliance Assistance Library has a collection of posters designed to aid in the education of workers and handlers in the agricultural industry. ➡️ bit.ly/4dfYB1V

Meet our Program Coordinator, Christian Gella! 💚 Christian brings an innovative eye for partnership and program development to PERC. We're excited to have his help building more comprehensive educational resources! 👏 Learn more about Christian. ➡️ pesticideresources.org/newsroom/

📺 WATCH NOW: See what a day in the life of greenhouse workers protected by the WPS may look like in training video “Safety in the Greenhouse: Understanding and Applying the Worker Protection Standard.” ➡️ bit.ly/PERCwatchGreen…

Did you know: labor contractors may be asked to help owners/operators of agricultural establishments comply with the Worker Protection Standard (WPS)? Learn more about the WPS responsibilities of labor contractors. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCforLaborCo…

Shoutout to AgCBP recipient National Center for Farmworker Health—they’ve released the nation’s first EPA-approved pesticide safety training videos in Indigenous languages to support farmworkers. 👏 Learn more. ➡️ bit.ly/47EtlrF Cc: @UCDavisCPE