Question Set 4 for the CEU Series

To earn one continuing education unit for the Florida pesticide applicator license, read the article "Suited For Safety" in the May 2009 issue of Florida Grower magazine. Submit your answers, along with your license number, to be graded. If you answer enough questions correctly, you'll receive a validated Core CEU. You can e-mail replies to Les Baucum at lbaucum@ufl.edu or fill out the form below.

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1. Whose responsibility is it to provide the proper PPE for the job you are doing?

2. Where would you look to find information on the minimum amount of PPE that you are legally required to wear?

3. Pesticide handlers are likely to get the most pesticide exposure on what parts of their bodies?

4. If you are applying pesticides as a mist or fog what type of eye protection should you choose?

5. What type of training should you have before wearing a respirator?

6. If you will be exposed to pesticides from above what PPE would you choose to protect your head, neck, eyes and face?

7. As an applicator or handler of agricultural pesticides you are legally required to follow all ______________ ___________________.

8. How chemical-resistant a material will be is based on these three things; _____________ ___________________ ____________________.

9. You should clean all of your PPE as soon as practical after each use.
A. True
B. False

10. Cotton or leather gloves would be a suitable PPE for handling dry pesticide formulations.
A. True
B. False

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