WSU Urban IPM and Pesticide Safety Education produces Spanish language pre-licensing study materials to help prepare for WSDA pesticide applicator exams and Spanish language Internet Recertification Courses for licensed pesticide applicators. Development of other resources is under way. WSU Urban IPM no longer conducts Spanish pre-license or recertification training in Washington.
Spanish Pollinator Protection Video
The Washington State Department of Agriculture’s Technical Services and Education Program and Michigan State University collaborated to create an educational pollinator protection video in Spanish. This video highlights the importance of pollinators in our agricultural system and how to apply pesticides responsibly.
WSDA and MSU Produced: Dándole duro a las Plagas Mientras Protegemos a los Polinizadores
- Los Principios de Manejo de las Malezas en Césped y Planta Ornamentales, EM023S
For public operators, commercial applicators, and commercial operators working in weed management. The manual includes Washington Laws and Safety and Turf and Ornamental Weed control. There are practice exams and pesticide labels to help prepare for the WSDA license exam.
- Manual para Aplicadores Privados de Pesticidas, EM020S
For people working in agriculture including nurseries and greenhouses, who are seeking a private applicator pesticide license. The manual includes Washington laws, label information, pesticide hazards and health concerns, equipment calibration, and management of insects, weeds, plant diseases, and vertebrate pests.
Internet Recertification Courses
Narrated, fifty-minute long, one-credit Spanish-language courses are approved for recertification credit in several states. Each course includes quizzes. Access to purchase courses and instructions can be found at Internet Recertification Courses.
•Almacenamiento y eliminación de plaguicidas
•Diagnostico Correcto
•Entendiendo Las Etiquetas de Plaguicidas
•Mantenimiento del césped
•MIP para el paisaje
•Principios de manejo de vertebrados que son plagas
Internet Pre-license Courses
WSU Urban IPM is developing pre-license pesticide applicator training courses. These courses will be designed to be used with the study manuals to help prepare for state pesticide applicator exams. Completion of these training courses does NOT give you a pesticide applicator license. Courses will be posted to the website when complete.
Contacts
WSDA private applicator pre-license training in Spanish and both English and Spanish Worker Protection Standard handler and train-the-trainer education, visit WSDA Technical Assistance and Education, or call 1-877-301-4555. Note: WSDA does NOT conduct non-private applicator pre-license training in Spanish.
Questions about WSU Spanish study materials or WSU Internet courses, contact the WSU Pesticide Education Program at 509-335-2830 or wsu.entomology.internet.pesticide.course@wsu.edu.