Courses
Short Courses
Legislative Courses
Safe Use and Handling of Pesticides (PA1)
This course will enable growers to gain relevant certificates of competence issued by the National Proficiency Test Council.
Duration: 1 Day
Course Content
Legislation
- Using pesticides
- Understanding labels
- Protective clothing
- Wildlife and environment
- Pesticide storage and disposal
- Pesticide records
Operation of sprayers (PA2) Field Crop Sprayers
This course will enable growers to gain relevant certificates of competence issued by the National Proficiency Test Council.
Duration: 1 Day
Course Content
- Operating pressures and droplet size
- Calculation of nozzle output and selection of appropriate nozzle
- Calibration
- Maintenance of equipment
Operation of sprayers (PA2) Air assisted sprayers (PA3) Air assisted orchards sprayers
This course will enable growers to gain relevant certificates of competence issued by the National Proficiency Test Council
Duration: 1Day
Course Content
- Forced air output
- Spray quality, spray volume, spray patterns
- Reduced volume spraying
- Calculation of atomiser output
- Calibration
- Methods of reducing drift
- Maintenance of equipment
Operation of sprayers (PA6) Hand held applicatiors
This course will enable growers to gain relevant certificates of competence issued by the National Proficiency Test Council
Duration: 1 Day
Course Content
- Nozzle components
- Types of nozzles for different uses
- Spray patterns
- Calibration
- Qperation of granular applicators