Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach in Union County will offer the Certified Handlers Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) Wednesday, March 13. The program will be shown across Iowa through the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP).
The local attendance site is Union County Extension, 500 E. Taylor St., Suite A, in Creston. Registration begins at 8:45 a.m., and the course will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. The registration fee is $35 on or before March 12 and $45 after March 12. To register or obtain additional information about the CIC, contact Sandy Seals at the ISU Extension and Outreach office in Union County by calling 641-782-8426.
The course will provide continuing instruction credit for certified handlers. Topics to be covered include recognition of sensitive areas as potentially impacted by pesticides, responding to spills and accidents, pesticide labels and pesticide container handling and disposal.
Additional information and registration forms for this and other courses offered by the PSEP team can be accessed at https://www.extension.iastate.edu/psep.