WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa — Des Moines County will offer the Certified Handlers Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) Wednesday, March 13, 2019. The program will be shown across Iowa through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP).
The local attendance site is the Des Moines County Extension Office. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the course will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. The registration fee is $35 on or before March 6 and $45 after March 6. To register or obtain additional information about the CIC, contact Teresa Friedel at the ISU Extension and Outreach office in Des Moines County by calling 319-671-7165.
The course will provide continuing instruction credit for certified handlers. Topics to be covered include recognition of sensitive areas as potentially impacted by pesticides, responding to spills and accidents, pesticide labels, and pesticide container handling and disposal.
Additional information and registration forms for this and other courses offered by the PSEP team can be accessed at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/psep/.
— Iowa State University and Extension
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