Public Health Pest Control | Alabama Approved

Instructor: Sarah Racine

Public health pests affect humans through discomfort and disease and can be found in homes and other buildings and structures. This course will outline control techniques and requirements for the most common public health pests which includes mosquitoes, flies, fleas, lice, bed bugs, cockroaches, wasps, ticks, mites, spiders, and rodents.

After completing this course users will be able to:

• Distinguish between disease risks, how they transferred, symptoms, and techniques to avoid exposure.
• Analyze the biology, signs, and behavior of each pest to identify the source of damage in the field.
• Evaluate the best IPM control techniques for the type of pest, environment, and situation.

Instructor: Jolene Hendrix

Pesticide labels and safety data sheets (SDS) appear to contain much of the same information. While the label is the law, an SDS is not considered the law. As an applicator, it is important to understand the difference between a pesticide label and a safety data sheet and know what information can be found in each document. This course will review the various parts of pesticide labels and safety data sheets to identify the similarities and differences.

After completing this course participants will be able to:

• Identify the content and sections of a pesticide label
• Identify the content and sections of a safety data sheet (SDS)
• Outline the differences between information such as signal words and PPE on pesticide labels and safety data sheets
• Explain how to use pesticide labels and safety data sheets to prepare applications