The Department of Employment and Training Mazarrón City Council reports on the implementation of a 'Course of Treatment with Pesticides' in the municipality.
The course, which starts Tuesday, March 3 and runs until Friday, March 13, will be held in the Public School Infanta Leonor from 17:00 to 22:00 h.
The course students will acquire sufficient skill level in the application of plant protection pesticides allowed: proper use, storage and handling and proper application of plant protection products and their packaging as well as machinery and equipment.
Also, participants in this course will learn the keys to promote prevention of occupational hazards, safety, hygiene and health at work, and apply first aid and get information on current legislation.
This course is for people who perform treatments on their own farm land directly, without using auxiliary and using pesticides or generate gases are not classified as toxic or very toxic.
So can the unemployed.
The course will cover various topics such as: "Pests: average control methods health protection", the "Plant protection products: description and overview", the "Dangers of pesticides and their residues, the" Risks associated with the use of pesticides "and" poisoning and other health defects, first aid. "
The Course of Treatment with Pesticides, which is free, will welcome some thirty students who receive a total of 30 hours of lectures and practices.
More information on the Department of Employment and Training Mazarrón Town Hall on the second floor and / or phone 968 590 012 in extension 229.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón