PDS Pesticide Recertification Webinars - Winter 2016

12.02.11-Tim GarnerPD Solutions is an educational company that delivers live, on-line webinars and webcasts related to the professional use of pesticides.  All sessions are 1 hour long, accredited for 1.0 CEC point in BC under the indicated category and cost $60.00 + GST.

If you have access to the internet, you can take one of the seminars listed below.  All you need is audio to hear the speaker and your computer screen to see the presentation.

Once you register for your course, a link is e-mailed to you a day or two ahead giving you a specific time for the live session. Just before the webinar starts, you connect to the internet and through your browser and link to the site. You then type in your name and follow the steps to enter the seminar/meeting room. Simple and easy to do. As pesticide applicator, E.O. Knudslien from Lac LA Biche, AB, says "If a 75 year old man can sign up and take seminars live on the Internet, then anyone can."

How to Register:

Call Toll Free: 1-877-977-6774 to register for the course of your choice or fill out their secure form

Contact Professional Development Solutions
Professional Development Solutions - A Division of 678099 Alberta Ltd.
10600-106 Ave. Fairview, AB, Canada T0H1L0
Email: tgarner@pdsolutions.ca
www.pdsolutions.ca 


Winter 2016 Web Cast Schedule

Week of January 25-27/2016
January 25: 
10 am:  Plant Alleopathy and Chemicals in IPM-Pest Management- Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
12 noon:  Ag Health Study-Health and Safety-All Classes   
6 pm:  Sprayer Calibration-Application Technology- Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry

January 26: 
10 am:  Open Bodies of Water- Regulations- All Classes
12 noon: Fatigue Management- Health and Safety- All Classes   
2 pm: Pesticide Storage-Regulations- All Classes   
6 pm: Pesticides and Water-Environment- Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape

January 27:  
10 am:  Pesticide Resistance-Pest Management-All Classes   
12 noon:  Pesticide Inspections-Regulations-All Classes    
2 pm:  Using GPS and Weather Stations to Make Pesticide Application Records-Application Technology-Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape, Aquatic, Biting Fly   
6 pm: IPM Fundamentals-Pest Management-All Classes

Week of February 8-10/2016
February 8:   10 am:  Benefits of Pesticides-Pest Management- All Classes
12 noon:  Pesticide Application Records- Application Technology-All Classes   
2 pm:  Soil Microorganisms-Your Underground Assistants-Environment-Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape, Aquatic, Seed Protectant
6  pm:  What to Wear?  Let’s Take Personal Protective Gear Seriously- Health and Safety- All Classes

February 9: 
10 am:  Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?-Regulations-All Classes   
12 noon:  Benefits of Notification-Regulations-All Classes   
2 pm:  Reducing Your Environmental Impact Using IPM-Environment- Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
6pm:  Hazard Assessment for Handling Pesticides-Health and Safety-All Classes

February 10: 
10 am:  IPM for Vegetation-Pest Management- Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
12 noon:  Tailoring Spray Droplet Spectrum to Specific Targets -Application Technology- Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry   
2 pm:  Balancing Spray Drift vs. Spray Coverage- Application Technology- Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry   
6 pm:  Nozzle Types and Selection for Drift Control-Application Technology-Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry

Week of March 7-9/2016
March 7:     
10 am: Sublethal  Effects of 2,4-D on Amphibians  & Wildlife-Environment- Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape, Aquatic   
12 noon:  Backpack, Compressed Air and Handgun Calibration- Application Technology-All Classes EXCEPT Aerial, Seed Protectant, Fumigation   
2 pm: Sprayer Circuits- Application Technology-Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
6 pm: Applying IPM to Manage Canada Thistle, Scentless Chamomile and Toadflax- Pest Management- Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape

March 8:     
10 am:  Acute and Chronic Toxicity-Health and Safety-All Classes   
12 noon:  Developing New Pesticides-Regulations-All Classes   
2 pm:  Nozzle Selection and Guidelines-Application Technology- Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry   
6 pm:  Reduction in Pesticide Use using IPM-  Pest Management-Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape

March 9:     
10 am:  Perception of Risk-Health and Safety-All Classes
12 noon:  Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?-Regulations-All Classes   
2 pm: Rinsate Management-Application Technology-All Classes   
6 pm:  Pest Control Products  Act-Regulations- All Classes

Week of April 4-6/2016
April 4:   10 am: Rinsate Management-Application Technology-All Classes
12 noon:   Pesticide Resistance-Pest Management-All Classes   
2 pm:  Biobeds-Environment-Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry   
6 pm:  10 Spray Myths-Application Technology-Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry

April 5:        
10 am:  Biological Weed Control Agents-Pest Management-Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape
12 noon:  Changes to Pesticide Labels-Regulations- All Classes   
2 pm:  Backpack, Compressed Air and Handgun Calibration- Application Technology-All Classes EXCEPT Aerial, Seed Protectant, Fumigation
6 pm:  IPM-Principles and Techniques-Pest Management- All Classes

April 6: 
10 am:  Fatigue Management- Health and Safety- All Classes

2 pm:  Hazard Assessment for Handling Pesticides-Health and Safety –All Classes   
6 pm:  Soil Ecology and the Food Web-Environment-Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry, Greenhouse-

NB.   The web cast schedule for the fall of 2016 will be posted later in the summer  of 2016.