Section 29.65. Training agricultural workers.

 

(1)   Training required. An agricultural employer may not require or permit any agricultural worker, other than a worker trained as required under 40 CFR 170.130 , to enter any area that has been subject to a restricted entry interval during the previous 30 days.

(2)   Trainer qualifications. An individual who trains agricultural workers under par. (a) shall be at least one of the following:

(a) Currently certified by the department as a pesticide applicator under s. ATCP 29.26 or 29.27 .

(b) Currently certified by another state as a pesticide applicator, pursuant to an applicator certification program approved by the federal environmental protection agency.

(c) Employed by the University of Wisconsin-Extension to train pesticide applicators.

(d) A graduate of a worker protection train-the-handler or train-the-worker program approved by the department or the federal environmental protection agency.

(e) Trained as a pesticide handler under 40 CFR 170.230 .

Cr. Register, May, 1998, No. 509 , eff. 6-1-98.