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Level 2
Level 2 Award in Safe Use of Pesticides – PA6
COURSE OVERVIEW
This qualification is designed specifically for those who wish to apply pesticides using various types of handheld applicators. The award will supersede the old 0216 (pa6) unit.
Candidates will cover the following:
- Operating pedestrian hand held Applicators fitted with Hydraulic Nozzles or Rotary Atomisers to apply pesticides to land
- Operating Pedestrian Hand Held Applicators fitted with Hydraulic Nozzles or Rotary Atomisers to Apply Pesticides to or Near Water
- Operating Pedestrian Hand Held Applicators to Apply Pesticide Pellets or Granules to Land
- Operating Pedestrian Hand Held Applicators to Apply Pesticide Pellets or Granules to or Near Water
- Installing Pesticide Plugs in Tree Stumps
- Operating Hand Held Pesticide Injection Equipment
- Operating Other Hand Held Applicators Requiring Minimal Calibration
This course takes place Monday to Wednesday from 9.00am to 4.30pm with assessments taking place on Thursday and Friday.
Forestry Training Fund:
Courses funded by government teaching skills like chainsaw maintenance, coppicing, woodland management, and marketing and selling timber are now available.
The Forestry Training Fund is for people considering a change of career or those who are seeking to build and diversify their skills in forestry.
Examples of courses which are covered by the fund include:
- coppicing
- chainsaw maintenance and cross-cutting
- managing your woodland
- planning and planting a new woodland
- marketing and selling timber
- fencing and hedge laying
The government is offering 100% funding for eligible courses and expect grants to be in the range of £150 – £3,000. Funding will be paid directly to the training provider. Applications for funding to cover training courses can be made multiple times as long as it can be demonstrated that individual courses are developing a person’;s career.
To make your application go to https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forestry-training-fund or email enquiries@ftfund.co.uk and we can help you apply.
The government has committed to increasing tree-planting across the UK to 30,000 hectares a year by the end of Parliament to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The short, practical training courses will be paid for by a £700,000 allocation from the £750m Nature for Climate Fund and will help grow the forestry sector so that we have enough people with the right skills to plan, plant, and manage new woodlands.
FURTHER INFORMATION
If your job involves applying pesticides in a commercial role then you are legally required by the Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations (2012) to take this qualification.
Applicants must be aged 16 and over and must have a good written and verbal understanding of English and Mathematics.
Applicants must have completed the Principles of Safe Handling and Application of Pesticides (PA1) prior to undertaking this course.
On successful completion of the course candidates will receive their NPCT City & Guilds Level 2 Award in the Safe Application of Pesticides using Pedestrian Hand Held Equipment (PA6) certificate.
Candidates will undertake both an oral and practical assessment with the Assessor.
Cost: £420.00
The college do not supply any PPE and/or equipment therefore is is expected that the candidate/employer will supply their own:
- Coveralls; type 3,4 or 5 & 6 as per code of practice
- Face shield; full face protection
- Nitrile gloves (minimum of 0.5mm thickness and 300mm long) as per code of practice
- Wellington or full length water repellent boots with a good grip and should have steel toe cap
- Calculator (not on a mobile phone)
- Stop watch
For further information or to book, please contact our Commercial Course Coordinator on 01243 786321 ext. 2098 or email train@ccgtraining.ac.uk
All courses are run subject to demand and tutor availability. Course fees and information quoted are correct for current academic year.
The College has a no refund policy except where the College closes a course.
Students who need to use cars to travel to Brinsbury College should be aware that there is limited parking available. If you drive to the College, this information and more will be provided to you once you are booked onto a course.