PDS Pesticide Recertification Webinars Fall 2013
PD 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
Fall 2013 Web Cast Schedule
Week of November 18-20/13
November 18:
10 am: Acute and Chronic Toxicity-Health and Safety- All Classes
12 noon: IPM Fundamentals-Pest Management- All Classes
3 pm: Reducing Your Environmental Impact Using IPM-Environment-Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
6 pm: Pest Control Products Act-Regulations- All Classes
November 19:
10 am: Pesticide Application Records-Application Technology-All Classes
12 noon: Developing New Pesticides- Regulations- All Classes
3 pm: Balancing Spray Drift vs. Spray Coverage- Application Technology- Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
6 pm: Review of Alberta Provincial Legislation-Regulations- All Classes
November 20:
10 am: Professionalism and Professional Behaviour-Professionalism-All Classes
12 noon: IPM for Vegetation-Pest Management- Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
3 pm: Perception of Risk- Health and Safety- All Classes
6 pm: Pesticides and Water-Environment- Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape
Week of December 2-4/13
December 2:
10 am: Benefits of Pesticides-Pest Management-All Classes
12 noon: Nozzle Types and Selection for Drift Control- Application Technology- Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
3 pm: Acute and Chronic Toxicity- Health and Safety- All Classes
6 pm: IPM-Principles and Techniques-Pest Management- All Classes
7 pm: Rinsate Management-Application Technology-All Classes
December 3:
10 am: Open Bodies of Water- Regulations- All Classes
12 noon: Changes to Pesticide Labels-Regulations-All Classes
3 pm: Sprayer Calibration-Application Technology- Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
6pm: Applying IPM to Manage Canada Thistle, Scentless Chamomile and Toadflax- Pest Management- Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape
7 pm: What to Wear? Let’s Take Personal Protective Gear Seriously- Health and Safety- All Classes
December 4:
10 am: Soil Microorganisms-Your Underground Assistants-Environment-Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape, Aquatic, Seed Protectant
12 noon: Using GPS and Weather Stations to Make Pesticide Application Records-Application Technology-Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape, Aquatic, Biting Fly
3 pm: Pesticide Storage-Regulations- All Classes
6 pm: Soil Ecology and the Food Web-Environment-Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry, Greenhouse-
Week of December 9-11/2013
December 9:
10 am: Spray Drift-Application Technology
12 noon: Biobeds-Application Technology
3 pm: Reducing Your Environmental Impact Using IPM-Environment-Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
6 pm: Sprayer Circuits- Application Technology-Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
December 10:
10 am: Biomonitoring of pesticides in Canada-Health and Safety-All Classes
12 noon: Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?-Regulations-All Classes
3 pm: Using GPS and Weather Stations to Make Pesticide Application Records-Application Technology-Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape, Aquatic, Biting Fly
6pm: Sublethal Effects of 2,4-D on Amphibians & Wildlife-Environment- Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Forestry, Landscape, Aquatic
December 11:
10 am: Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?-Regulations-All Classes
12 noon: Plant Alleopathy and Chemicals in IPM-Pest Management-Aerial, Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
3 pm: Hazard Assessment for Handling Pesticides-Health and Safety- All Classes
6 pm: Tailoring Spray Droplet Spectrum to Specific Targets-Application Technology-Agriculture, Industrial, Landscape, Forestry
NB. The web cast schedule for the winter/spring of 2014 will be posted later in the fall of 2013.