Find out more about our available courses and dates below:
Course Dates
The training dates for this programme are:
- PA1, PA6 Training: 18th - 19th January 2022. PA6 Assessment: 27th January 2022. Location: TBC
- PA1, PA6 Training: 8th - 9th March 2022. PA6 Assessment: 17th March 2022. Location: TBC
- PA1, PA6 Training: 29th - 30th March 2022. PA6 Assessment: 14th April 2022. Location: TBC
- PA1, PA6 Training: 3rd - 4th May 2022. PA6 Assessment: 12th May 2022. Location: Highfields Park, St Albans.
- PA1, PA6 Training: 14th - 15th June 2022. PA6 Assessment: 23rd June 2022. Location: Highfields Park, St Albans
- PA1, PA6 Training: 5th - 6th July 2022. PA6 Assessment: 21st July 2022. Location: Highfields Park, St Albans.
- PA1, PA6 Training: 16th - 17th August 2022. PA6 Assessment: 25th August 2022. Location: Highfields Park, St Albans.
- PA1, PA6 Training: 20th - 21st September 2022. PA6 Assessment: 22nd September 2022. Location: Highfields Park, St Albans.
- PA1, PA6 Training: 11th - 12th October 2022. PA6 Assessment: 20th October 2022. Location: Highfields Park, St Albans.
- PA1, PA6 Training: 15th-16th November 2022. PA6 Assessment: 24th November 2022. Location: Highfields Park, St Albans.
We are also able to offer courses at another venue to suit your requirements upon request.
Foundation Unit PA1
Safe use of Pesticide: Foundation Unit PA1. This course is suitable for those working in forestry, agriculture, horticulture or greenkeeping. It is based around the National Proficiency Test Council PA1 (Foundation) Test and is designed to help people to successfully prepare for their tests.
Course Objectives:
The candidate will be able to:
- Identify those key aspects of legislation which apply to the use of pesticides.
- Identify the precautions necessary to use a product safely, using product label information.
- Identify, select and understand the maintenance and storage of the correct personal protective equipment for use with a particular product as determined by a label and/or COSHH risk assessment. Follow appropriate personal hygiene procedures to prevent personal contamination. Follow the appropriate procedures for dealing with accidental personal contamination.
- Understand the correct procedures for the storage of pesticides.
- Understand the correct procedures for the disposal of empty pesticide containers, surplus pesticide and washings.
- Understand the records that must be kept.
- Understand the situations where pesticide application may pose a risk to people or the environment.
Course Modules:
- Legislation Product
- Labels
- Personal Safety and Contamination
- Pesticide and container storage
- Disposal Record keeping
- Environmental factors
Unit PA6 – Hand Held Applicators
Safe use of Pesticide: PA6 This course is suitable for those working in forestry, agriculture, horticulture or greenkeeping where spraying pesticide is required. It is based around the National Proficiency Test Council PA6 (Hand Held Applicators) Test and is designed to help people to successfully prepare for their tests.
Course Objectives:
The candidate will be able to:
- Prepare a hand held pesticide applicator for work, calibrate it and operate it to ensure correct application rate without risk to themselves, other people and the environment.
- Use the information detailed on product labels to determine the approved uses for the product and its potential hazards to human safety, non-target areas and the environment in general.
- Carry out daily and routine maintenance on a hand held pesticide applicator.
- Carry out the correct procedure for cleaning personal protective equipment and application equipment which may have been contaminated with pesticide.
- Carry out calibration of sprayer using an approved method and record results.
Course Modules:
- Applicator set-up nozzles
- Read and interpret labels
- Calibration and calculation
- Equipment
- Environmental Risk Assessment
- Application of pesticide to area
- Cleaning sprayer and PPE Application Records
Certification/Award on Completion:
- NPTC Level 2 Award in Safe Use of Pesticides Foundation Unit PA1
- NPTC Level 2 Award in Safe Use of Pesticides - Module PA6 Hand Held Applicator
Course Costs:
The Course cost for PA1 & PA6 Including 3 days training and 1 day assessment is £444 inc VAT per candidate. If the course is delivered at an alternative venue to meet the employers bespoke requirements then the course cost may be subject to change:
- PA1 Only is £162 inc VAT per candidate.
- PA6a Only is £282 inc VAT per candidate.
- PA6aw price on application.