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Worker Protection Standard Implementation Activities - Overview • Goal: Develop broad understanding of WPS revisions among OPP & regional staff and state/tribal inspectors & program leads •National training for regional program & enforcement representatives •National PREPs for state/tribal program leads & managers •National PIRTs for state/tribal inspectors •Regional "mini PIRTs" for all regional staff & all state/tribal inspectors Educate Regulators • Goal: Ensure stakeholders understand the WPS revisions, impacts and the timeline for implementation •Regulated community: agricultural employers (farms, forests, nurseries, greenhouses) and commercial pesticide handler employers (including crop advisors) •Farmworker advocates and other NGOs •Coordinate with other federal agencies Stakeholder Outreach • Goal: Ensure that regulators, the regulated community and other stakeholders have the information they need to implement the WPS revisions •Presentations, webinars •FAQs, fact sheets •How to Comply Manual •Inspector Guidance Materials Development • Goal: Ensure that updated pesticide safety training materials are available by June 2017 and that we have processes in place to approve train-the-trainer programs and pesticide safety training material developed by external groups •Establish processes for approving train-the-trainer programs and pesticide safety training material developed by external groups •Develop EPA's pesticide safety training materials for workers and handlers Implement Pesticide Safety Training
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WorkerProtectionStandardImplementationActivities-Overview
• Goal:DevelopbroadunderstandingofWPSrevisionsamongOPP®ionalstaffandstate/tribalinspectors&programleads• Nationaltrainingforregionalprogram&enforcementrepresentatives• NationalPREPsforstate/tribalprogramleads&managers• NationalPIRTsforstate/tribalinspectors• Regional"miniPIRTs"forallregionalstaff&allstate/tribalinspectors
EducateRegulators
• Goal:EnsurestakeholdersunderstandtheWPSrevisions,impactsandthetimelineforimplementation• Regulatedcommunity:agriculturalemployers(farms,forests,nurseries,greenhouses)andcommercialpesticidehandleremployers(includingcropadvisors)• FarmworkeradvocatesandotherNGOs• Coordinatewithotherfederalagencies
StakeholderOutreach
• Goal:Ensurethatregulators,theregulatedcommunityandotherstakeholdershavetheinformationtheyneedtoimplementtheWPSrevisions• Presentations,webinars• FAQs,factsheets• HowtoComplyManual• InspectorGuidance
MaterialsDevelopment
• Goal:EnsurethatupdatedpesticidesafetytrainingmaterialsareavailablebyJune2017andthatwehaveprocessesinplacetoapprovetrain-the-trainerprogramsandpesticidesafetytrainingmaterialdevelopedbyexternalgroups• Establishprocessesforapprovingtrain-the-trainerprogramsandpesticidesafetytrainingmaterialdevelopedbyexternalgroups• DevelopEPA'spesticidesafetytrainingmaterialsforworkersandhandlers
ImplementPesticideSafety
Training
WPSMaterialsDevelopment
• Pesticidesafetytrainingmaterialsforworkers&handlers
• Processforapprovingtrain-the-trainerprogramsandotherpesticidesafetytrainingmaterials
• Inventoryofmaterials• Designandpublishnewmaterials• Manuals,brochures,posters
• Videos,publicserviceannouncements
• PowerPointpresentationsbyWPSsubjectarea&audience
• Inspectorguidanceandchecklist
• Interpretiveguidance
• FAQs• Factsheets• HowtoComplyMaterials
EPAWebsiteToolbox
Materialsfor
Regulators
PesticideSafetyTraining
EPACooperativeAgreements&Contracts
StatusofWPSImplementationActivities
EducateEPA,state,tribalstaffonnewprovisions
• Completed:• Trainingforregions• WPSPREP#1• TPPC• TribalPIRT(R9)• Region10inspectors• Planned:• Region7inspectors• AAPCO• Region5inspectors(WI,MN,MI,OH)• PIRT/PREPpre-coursewebinar• Region8inspectors• Region2inspectors• Region3inspectors• WPSPIRT• WesternRegionalPesticidesMeeting• WPSPREP#2(implementation)• NorthCentralRegionalPesticidesMeeting• TribalPIRT• Region4inspectors• Region5inspectors(IN,IL)
• SupportNeededfromRegions
Presentationstostakeholders(sample)
• Completed• PPDC• PesticidePolicyCoalition• NationalCouncilofAgEmployers• FarmBureau• Floridacountyagents• NationalAllianceofIndependentCropConsultants• ThePesticideStewardshipAlliance• NationalMigrantandSeasonalHeadStartAssociation• WesternForumforMigrantandCommunityHealth(R10)
• Planned• AgSafe(R9)• NorthDakotaGrainGrowersAssoc.• CropLifeAmerica• MCNwebinar• MAFOConference(partnershipoffarmworkerandruralorganizations)• NationalFarmworkerHealthConference• AFOPNationalConference• AgRetailersAssoc.• SupportNeededfromRegions
Developmaterials(sample)
• Completed• Comparisontables(English&Spanish)• OverviewPPTs(short&long)• DetailedPPTsoneachtopic• PPTsfordifferentaudiences
• Planned• FAQs• Factsheets:respirators,applicationexclusionzone,training,hazardcommunication,etc.• Factsheetsbysector(growers,forests,enclosedspaceproduction,etc.)• Inspectorguidance• Inspectorpocketguide• HowtoComplyManual• Pesticidesafetyinformationposter• Interpretiveguidance(Q&As)
ImplementpesticidesafetytrainingandTTTrequirements
• Planned• Processforapprovingtrain-the-trainer(TTT)programs• Processforapprovingpesticidesafetytrainingmaterials• Review/approvepesticidesafetytrainingmaterialsfromexternalgroups• Review/approveTTTprograms• Issuedraftpesticidesafetytrainingmaterialsforreviewandeieldtesting• Issueeinalpesticidesafetytrainingmaterials
• SupportNeededfromRegions
