EP 1130-2-540
15 Nov 96
3-3. Personnel Actions.
a. Standards of Supervision. Personnel whose duties include supervision of pesticide
applicators or administration of pesticide service contracts must have a practical knowledge of
Federal and state supervisory requirements.
b. Personnel Requirements. Pest control duties shall be identified in applicable job
descriptions, performance standards, and job hazard analyses whether they constitute a major duty
or not. Such job descriptions will also note the employee's responsibility for using personal
protective equipment and clothing provided, note the requirement for training and/or certification
under PL 92-516 and 40 CFR 171; and for following established health and safety practices and
procedures, including the requirement for periodic medical examinations, as per paragraph c
below.
c. Medical Surveillance. Each district will provide a minimum medical surveillance
program for (government) personnel applying pesticides other than bug bombs, space sprays, and
no- pest strips. The minimum program will consist of a base-line, annual, and pre-termination
physical exam. Major elements for a physical exam are outlined in Appendix F. Prescribed
preplacement medical examinations will be provided as part of the personnel action process before
anyone is permitted to handle pesticides.
d. Training and Certification. All personnel directly involved in pesticide (other than bug
bombs and other pre-mixed sprays and no-pest strips) applications must be properly trained
and/or certified prior to making any applications by satisfactory completion of training as listed
below. Under the provisions of Section 4, PL 92-516 and 40 CFR 171, the Environmental
Protection Agency is responsible for certification of Federal personnel applying restricted-use
pesticides. To meet this requirement, the Department of Defense has developed an Agency Plan
which satisfies the training and certification required by EPA. Records of such training and/or
certification will be maintained in official personnel files. Retraining/recertification of personnel
shall occur within three years or in accordance with requirements of state or Federal certification
programs.
(1) General-Use Pesticide Training. Personnel involved in the application of general-use
pesticides must be properly trained. The current plan for training of personnel, for general-use
pesticides only, requires the satisfactory completion of applicable state, or state-approved, training
in safe methods of application of general-use pesticides.
(2) Restricted-Use Pesticide Training. Personnel applying restricted-use pesticides are
required to complete restricted-use pesticide training and certification as given at Navy facilities at
Jacksonville, Florida; Alameda, California; or the Army Health Services Command, Fort Sam
Houston, Texas.
(3) State Training. Training which results in state certification of pesticide applicators in
either general-use or restricted-use pesticides may be used in lieu of the training described in
paragraph 3-3d(l) or 3-3d(2), whichever is applicable. However, in order for state-restricted-use
training to be substituted for the DoD training provided in paragraph 3-3d(2), the state training
must meet minimum curriculum requirements of the DoD Certification and Recertification. (See
DoD 4150.7-M, Plan for Certification of Pesticide Applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides.)
State general-use certification may not be substituted for restricted-use certification.
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