Worker Protection Standard Training
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Worker Protection Standard (WPS), was revised in 2015 by Executive Order. WPS must be complied with when pesticides are used on agricultural establishments, including farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses, for the commercial or research production of agricultural plants. The WPS requires employers to provide agricultural workers and pesticide handlers with protections against possible harm from pesticides. Persons who must comply with these instructions include owners or operators of agricultural establishments and owners or operators of commercial businesses that are hired to apply pesticides on the agricultural establishment or to perform crop-advising tasks on such establishments. Agricultural Commodities (Plants) that are produced on an Agricultural Establishment (farm) using pesticides for their production make the owner and/or management of the operation subject to the WPS. Previously exempted operations, such as those that did not sell an agricultural commodity (similar to a dairy or feedlot) but still raise and agricultural commodity for feed or otherwise used in the enterprise are now subject to WPS.
Resources
- How to comply with Worker Protection Standard
- How to obtain a pesticide applicators license
- WPS Inspection Guidance
- WPS Addendum
- WPS Pesticide Record Sheet Example
- WPS How to Comply Manual
Contacts
For WPS Agricultural Worker Training and Pesticide Handler Training, please call (435) 797-2892.