I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Pesticide Safety and Handling
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 1119
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This course covers how to properly and safely apply pesticides to crops. Students will learn the difference between restricted use and non-restricted use pesticides and determine if they will need to acquire a pesticide applicators license. Different sprayers appropriate for their farming operation will also be covered.
5. Placement Tests Required:
Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 1119 - Pesticide Safety and Handling
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 1119 - Pesticide Safety and Handling
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Specialty Crops Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Interpret label instructions for insecticides, herbicides and fungicides |
Assess alternative solutions to a problem |
Compare the costs of applying pesticides versus the cost of not applying pesticides |
Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Describe the impacts of pesticide drift and list methods to minimize pesticide drift |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Demonstrate how to read and follow pesticide labels
- Identify pesticide application equipment appropriate for specialty crop farms
- Differentiate the difference between restricted use and non-restricted use pesticides
- Decide whether or not they need to obtain a pesticide applicators license
- Give examples of problems due to pesticide drift and leakage
- Summarize worker protection standards
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- The need for pesticides
- Herbicides
- Insecticides
- Fungicides
- Problems with pesticides
- Harm to beneficial insects
- Pesticide drift
- Field workers
- Consumers
- Pesticide labels
- Non-restricted use
- Restricted use
- Terms on label used to designate risk
- OMRI registered products
- Applicators licenses
- Commercial pesticide applicators license
- Private pesticide applicators license
- Situations where no license is necessary
- Pesticide rules
- Reentry intervals
- Pre-harvest intervals
- Rules to minimize pesticide drift
- Equipment to apply pesticides
- Pump types and booms
- Nozzles
- Equipment to minimize drift
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Pesticide Safety and Handling
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 1119
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This course covers how to properly and safely apply pesticides to crops. Students will learn the difference between restricted use and non-restricted use pesticides and determine if they will need to acquire a pesticide applicators license. Different sprayers appropriate for their farming operation will also be covered.
5. Placement Tests Required:
Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 1119 - Pesticide Safety and Handling
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 1119 - Pesticide Safety and Handling
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Specialty Crops Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Interpret label instructions for insecticides, herbicides and fungicides |
Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Describe the impacts of pesticide drift and list methods to minimize pesticide drift |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Demonstrate how to read and follow pesticide labels
- Identify pesticide application equipment appropriate for specialty crop farms
- Differentiate the difference between restricted use and non-restricted use pesticides
- Decide whether or not they need to obtain a pesticide applicators license
- Give examples of problems due to pesticide drift and leakage
- Summarize worker protection standards
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- The need for pesticides
- Herbicides
- Insecticides
- Fungicides
- Problems with pesticides
- Harm to beneficial insects
- Pesticide drift
- Field workers
- Consumers
- Pesticide labels
- Non-restricted use
- Restricted use
- Terms on label used to designate risk
- OMRI registered products
- Applicators licenses
- Commercial pesticide applicators license
- Private pesticide applicators license
- Situations where no license is necessary
- Pesticide rules
- Reentry intervals
- Pre-harvest intervals
- Rules to minimize pesticide drift
- Equipment to apply pesticides
- Pump types and booms
- Nozzles
- Equipment to minimize drift