Hazardous Substances in Agriculture
Key Information
Duration:1 Day (8 Hours)
Maximum Attendees: 12
Training available nationwide at one of our centres, or your own workplace
Gain the essential skills to safely handle, store, and apply hazardous substances in agriculture while meeting New Zealand’s regulatory requirements.
Agricultural work often involves handling hazardous substances, such as agrichemicals, which can pose serious risks to human health, the environment, and livestock if not managed correctly.
This course is for people working in the primary sector who require understanding of, and are responsible for, the preparation and application of agrichemicals. We also cover the best practice guidelines for those who prepare and apply agrichemicals under supervision. This course follows the NZS 8409:2004 standard for the safe, effective, and responsible use of agrichemicals.
Students need to have 3 months of work experience in the industry prior to doing the course.
Please bring along your ID - We need to verify the identity of students in attendance, please bring ID with you on the day of training.
Key Learning Outcomes:
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Safely and responsibly apply agrichemicals with minimal risk to human, environmental, and animal health
- Understand regulatory and market requirements for agrichemical use
- Learn your legal obligations under New Zealand legislation regarding the use of agrichemicals
Entry Criteria:
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All students are required to have a level of written and oral English equivalent to NCEA level 1 (year 11) or IELTS 5.5 or higher, to be eligible to attend our courses. The person responsible for making bookings or authorising attendance on the course must agree to these Terms and Conditions prior to acceptance of their student(s) onto the course. Where a student does not meet our English language requirement a reader/writer must be supplied by the student or the person responsible for authorising the student’s attendance. The reader/writer cannot be another student attending the same course.
