ISU Extension offers certified handlers program March 26

Jefferson County ISU Extension Office will offer the Certified Handlers Continuing Instructional Course March 26.

The program will be shown across Iowa through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pest Management and the Environment program. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the course runs from 9-11 a.m.

The registration fee is $35 on or before March 19 and $45 after March 19.

To register or obtain additional information about the CIC, call Barbara Kistler at the Jefferson County Extension office at 472-4166.

The course will provide continuing instructional credit for certified handlers. Topics to be covered include effects of pesticides on groundwater and other non-target sites; responding to spills and accidents; secondary containment requirements; pesticide container handling and disposal; and nontarget injury and community problems associated with pesticide handling facilities.

Additional information and registration forms for this and other courses offered by the PME program can be accessed at www.extension.iastate.edu/PME/.