Iowa Certified Handlers Program March 13

Attend CIC in Le Mars or Iowa Falls

Plymouth County Extension and Outreach will offer the Certified Handlers Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) Wednesday, March 13, 2019. The program will be shown across Iowa through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP).

The local attendance site is the lower level of the Le Mars Convention Center. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the course will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. The registration fee is $35 on or before March 6 and $45 after March 6. To register or obtain additional information about the CIC, contact Jill Leners at the ISU Extension and Outreach office in Plymouth County by calling 712.546.7835 or emailing jleners@iastate.edu.

The course will provide continuing instruction credit for certified handlers. Topics to be covered include recognition of sensitive areas as potentially impacted by pesticides, responding to spills and accidents, pesticide labels, and pesticide container handling and disposal.

Additional information and registration forms for this and other courses offered by the PSEP team can be accessed at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/psep/.

IOWA FALLS, Iowa — A continuing education workshop for Commercial Pesticide Certified Handlers will be held Wednesday, March 13, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at the Hardin County ISU Extension Office in Iowa Falls. Workshop topics include recognition of sensitive areas as potentially impacted by pesticides, responding to spills and accidents, pesticide labels, and pesticide container handling and disposal.

The registration fee is $35 on or before Mar. 6 and $45 after Mar. 6. To register, contact the Hardin County ISU Extension Office at 641-648-4850 or toll free 1-888-648-5005 or email xhardin@iastate.edu

The workshop is sponsored by the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP).