Training Resources for the Worker Protection Standard 2016

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Title
Audiences
EPA Approved?
Language
File

A Curriculum for In-Person Delivery of a Train-the-Trainer Course

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers EPA WPS TTT W/H 00026 English, Spanish Link

A Lesson in Spray Quality and Droplet Size

NA English PDF

A Manual for Trainers of Agricultural Workers and Pesticide Handlers

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers NA Link

A Summary of Revisions to the Worker Protection Standard-2015

NA Link

Agricultural Worker and Handler Pesticide Safety Training

Handlers, Workers EPA approval EPA Worker and Handler PST 00022 English Video

Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Comparison of the New Protections to the Existing Protections

NA English Link

Application Exclusion Zone

Workers NA Video

Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ)

Handlers, Workers NA PDF

Application Exclusion Zone (Handlers)

Handlers NA Video

Application Exclusion Zone Fact Sheet

NA PDF

Application Exclusion Zone Guide

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Crop Advisors, Handlers, Workers NA PDF

Application Exclusion Zone/Protections During Applications

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers NA English File

As a handler, how can I get the required training under the WPS?

Handlers NA PDF

As a Worker, How Can I Get the Required Training Under the WPS?

Workers NA PDF

Central Posting Area (Record-keeping)

Workers NA Video

Compliance Schedule

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Crop Advisors NA PDF

Decontamination

Workers NA Video

Decontamination Requirements

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Crop Advisors, Handlers, Labor Contractors, Workers NA PDF

Decontamination Supplies (Handlers)

Handlers NA Video

Definitions and WPS training requirements

Workers NA Video

Designated Representative Request

Handlers, Workers NA English PDF

Dictonary of Terms

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Crop Advisors, Handlers, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers, Workers NA English, Spanish Link

Does the WPS apply to organic production?

Agricultural Employers NA PDF

Early Entry into treated areas

Workers NA Video

Emergency First Aid

Workers NA Video

EPA's Questions & Answers About the WPS

NA Link

Exceptions and Exemptions

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Crop Advisors, Labor Contractors, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers NA PDF

Eye-wash Example

Workers NA Video

Fact sheet: Allowed Activities in a Treated Area during the REI

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Workers NA PDF

Family Exemption to the Worker Protection Standard

Agricultural Employers NA PDF

Fit-testing Procedure Appendix A 437-004-1041

NA English Link

Handler Requirements and Parts of the Label

Handlers NA Video

Handler Requirements: Ag. Use Requirements

Handlers NA Video

Handler Requirements: Directions For Use

Handlers NA Video

Handler Requirements: Formulations

Handlers NA Video

Handler Requirements: Posting Warning Signs

Handlers NA Video

Handler Requirements: Signal Words

Handlers NA Video

Handler Requirements: Storage

Handlers NA Video

Hazard Communication

NA PDF

Heat Illness

Handlers, Workers NA Video

Heat Illness (Handlers)

Handlers NA Video

How and when will I be informed about pesticides in my workplace?

Workers NA PDF

How and when will I be informed about pesticides in my workplace?

Handlers NA PDF

How can I get qualified to train handlers under the WPS?

Trainers of Handlers NA PDF

How can I get qualified to train workers under the WPS?

Trainers of Workers NA PDF

How do I comply with WPS when working with a commercial pesticide handler employer?

Agricultural Employers NA PDF

How do I comply with WPS when working with an aerial applicator?

Agricultural Employers NA PDF

How do I comply with WPS when working with labor contractors?

Agricultural Employers NA PDF

How The Revisions to EPA’s Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Affect Organic Farms/Growers

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers NA English File

How to Comply With the 2015 Revised Worker Protection Standard For Agricultural Pesticides

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers NA English Link

How to Comply with the 2015 Revised Worker Protection Standard For Agricultural Pesticides What Owners and Employers Need To Know

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers NA PDF

Inspecting Equipment

Handlers NA Video

Is WPS Training Needed? What Employers Need to Know.

Agricultural Employers, Handlers, Labor Contractors, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers, Workers NA English PDF

Ley Nacional de Protección al Trabajador: Manual para Capacitadores de Trabajadores Agrícolas y Manipuladores de Pesticidas

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers NA Spanish Link

Medical Evaluation Form

NA English, Spanish PDF

Mixing and Loading

Handlers NA Video

National Worker Protection Standard: A Manual for Trainers

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers EPA 730-K-17-001 English, Spanish PDF

OHSA-Accepted Fit Testing Procedures

Agricultural Employers, Handlers NA English PDF

PERC WPS Training Resources (mega thumb drive)

Agricultural Employers, Handlers, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers NA English, Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog Link

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Crop Advisors, Handlers, Labor Contractors NA PDF

Personal Protective Equipment Video

Handlers NA Video

Pesticide Illness

Workers NA Video

Pesticide Residues and Drift

Workers NA Video

Pesticide Safety for Agricultural Workers

Workers EPA Worker PST 00001 English, Spanish Video

Pesticide Safety Training for Noncertified Applicators Using Restricted Use Pesticides at Non-Agricultural Sites

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Crop Advisors, Handlers, Labor Contractors, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers NA English, Spanish Link

Pesticide Safety Training Requirements

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Crop Advisors, Handlers, Labor Contractors, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers, Workers NA PDF

Pesticides in Forestry, A Worker's Guide to Safe Practices

Workers EPA Worker PST 00003 English Video

Posting for treated areas

Workers NA Video

Posting Warning Signs

Agricultural Employers NA PDF

Protect Your Family

Workers NA Video

Protect Yourself and Your Family from Pesticide Exposure: The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Agricultural Worker Booklet

NA PDF

Protecting Farmworkers: What clinicians need to know about the newly revised Worker Protection Standard

Workers NA English Link

Protections for Handlers

Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Crop Advisors, Handlers, Labor Contractors NA PDF

Protections for Workers

Crop Advisors, Labor Contractors, Workers NA PDF

Q&A Fact Sheet on the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ) Requirements

Agricultural Employers, Handlers NA Link

Quick Reference Guide to the Worker Protection Standard (8.5 x 11)

Agricultural Employers, Handlers, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers EPA-305-B-16-001 English, Spanish Link

Quick Reference Guide to the Worker Protection Standard (8.5 x 14)

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Labor Contractors, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers EPA-305-B-16-001 English, Spanish PDF

Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings

NA Link

Requirements for Marijuana Growers

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers NA English Link

Respirator Fit Test Record

NA English File

Respirator Inspection Checklist

NA English File

Respirator Program Checklist

NA English File

Respirators

Handlers NA Video

Retaliation

Workers NA Video

Retaliation (Handlers)

Handlers NA Video

Revised Worker Protection Standard Compliance Requirements

Agricultural Employers, Handlers NA English PDF

Safety in the Greenhouse: Understanding and Applying the Worker Protection Standard

Workers EPA Worker PST 00026 English Video

Safety in the Greenhouse: Understanding and Applying the Worker Protection Standard (Handlers/Applicators)

Handlers EPA Handler PST 00027 English Video

Safety in the Orchard: Understanding and Applying the Worker Protection Standard

Workers EPA Worker PST 00026 English Video

Safety in the Orchard: Understanding and Applying the Worker Protection Standard (Handlers)

Handlers EPA Handler PST 00027 English, Spanish Video

Spills

Handlers NA Video

State Contacts for Information about the Worker Protection Standard in Agriculture & Forestry

NA Link

Summary about WPS Ventilation Criteria

Agricultural Employers, Handlers, Workers NA PDF

Train-the-Trainer to Deliver Worker/Handler Training Required by the Worker Protection Standard (WPS)

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers EPA WPS TTT W/H 00026 English, Spanish File

Transporting Pesticides

Handlers NA Video

U.S. EPA WPS Frequently Asked Questions

Labor Contractors NA English Link

Understanding Ag Respirators: Selection, Fit, Inspection, and Training",

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers NA English Video

Updated WPS Posters for "Central Posting" Areas and Certain Decontamination Sites

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Handlers, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers, Workers NA English, Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Hmong, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese PDF

Updates to the Federal Worker Protection Standard

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers NA English, Hmong PDF

Web-based Training for Trainers of Agricultural Workers and Pesticide Handlers

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Labor Contractors, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers EPA WPS TTT W/H 00030 English, Spanish PDF

What are my employer's responsibilities under the WPS?

Workers NA PDF

What are my responsibilities as a CPHE?

Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers NA PDF

What are my responsibilities as a crop advisor?

Crop Advisors NA PDF

What are my responsibilities as a labor contractor?

Labor Contractors NA PDF

What are my responsibilities as a pesticide handler?

Handlers NA PDF

What are my responsibilities as a trainer of handlers?

Trainers of Handlers NA PDF

What are my responsibilities as a trainer of workers?

Trainers of Workers NA PDF

What are My Responsibilities as a Worker?

Workers NA PDF

What are my responsibilities as an agricultural employer?

Agricultural Employers NA PDF

What are my responsibilities for highly toxic pesticides?

Agricultural Employers NA PDF

What are my responsibilities for indoor fumigant applications?

Agricultural Employers NA PDF

Who must inform workers about pesticide hazards?

Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers NA PDF

Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for Agricultural Workers

Workers EPA Worker PST 00028 English Video

Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for Agricultural Workers and Handlers

Handlers, Workers EPA Worker and Handler PST 00022 Haitian-Creole Video

Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for Pesticide Handlers

Handlers EPA Handler PST 00031 English Video

Worker Protection Standard Frequently Asked Questions

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Crop Advisors, Handlers, Labor Contractors, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers, Workers NA English Link

Worker Protection Standard: Train-The-Trainer Course

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Trainers of Handlers, Trainers of Workers NA Link

WPS Agricultural Worker Pesticide Safety Training

Workers EPA Worker PST 00017 English, Spanish File

WPS Greenhouse – Handler

Handlers EPA Handler PST 00027 English, Spanish Video

WPS Handbook for Agricultural Employers

Agricultural Employers NA English PDF

WPS Mushroom – Handler

Handlers EPA Handler PST 00027 English, Spanish Video

WPS Mushroom – Worker 

Workers EPA Worker PST 00026 English, Spanish Video

WPS Nursery – Handler

Handlers EPA Handler PST 00027 English, Spanish Video

WPS Nursery – Worker

Workers EPA Worker PST 00026 English, Spanish Video

WPS Orchard – Handler

Handlers EPA Handler PST 00027 English, Spanish Video

WPS Pesticide Handler Safety Training

Handlers EPA Handler PST 00018 English, Spanish File

WPS Respirator Resources

Agricultural Employers, Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers, Handlers NA English PDF

WPS Training Flipchart

Agricultural Employers, Trainers of Workers, Workers EPA Worker PST 00009 English, Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Hmong, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese PDF

WPS Training Verification Card

NA English File

WPS Vegetable - Handler

Handlers EPA Handler PST 00027 English, Spanish Video

WPS Vegetable -Worker

Workers EPA Worker PST 00026 English, Spanish Video

WPS Vineyard – Handler

Handlers EPA Handler PST 00027 English, Spanish Video

WPS Vineyard – Worker

Workers EPA Worker PST 00026 English, Spanish Video

Regulatory Guidance

Browse brief guides about protections for workers and handlers, the AEZ, posting, PPE, exemptions, training, respirators, and more, in English and Spanish.

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