CALIFORNIA QAL LAWS CORRECT FINAL EXAMS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Handler Training Requirements - ✔✔-employers must provide a written training
program
-maintain a copy of training program in central location
✔✔Training Qualifications - ✔✔-California Certified Commercial or Private
Applicator;
• Person holding a valid County Biologist
License;
• Farm advisor ;
• Person who has completed an "instructor
trainer" program presented by the:
» The University of California Statewide
Integrated Pest Management Project, or
» Other instructor-training programs
approved by DPR;
• California licensed Agricultural Pest Control
Adviser;
• California Registered Professional Forester; or
• Trainer qualified in a way approved by DPR
✔✔Emergency Medical Care - ✔✔-information must be provided by employers: name
and location of medical facility
-Name, Ph #, location must be posted in workplace or vehicle
-Procedures must be made known to employees when not reasonable to get to medical
facility
✔✔Signs of Pesticide Illness - ✔✔• Headache
• Weakness
• Dizziness
• Blurred vision
, • Nausea
• Abdominal cramps
• Sweating
• Tightness of the chest, or
• Diffculty breathing
✔✔When Employee has Pesticide Illness Provide the following to medical personnel: -
✔✔• Product name(s), active ingredient(s), and
U.S.EPA registration number(s);
• Copy of the SDS(s);
• Circumstances of the application or use of the
pesticide; and
• Circumstances that could have resulted in
exposure.
✔✔Medical Supervision after use of Organophosphate or carbamate - ✔✔If an
employee works with such pesticides for more than six days in a consecutive 30-day
period, blood levels of an
important enzyme called cholinesterase must be
monitored by a physician
✔✔Change Areas - ✔✔-If handling pesticides that say "danger" or "Warning",
employers must provide an area for
employees to change clothes and wash themselves
at the location where they complete their work
-Employers must also provide a clean, pesticide-free place for employees to store any
of their personal clothing
✔✔PPE Requirements: employers provide PPE and ensure employees use it - ✔✔-
Required PPE is provided and available;
-PPE is inspected and cleaned or replaced daily;
-PPE that is not being used is kept separate
from personal clothing
• PPE is washed separately from clothing or
other laundry;
• Employees wear PPE appropriately for its
intended purpose;
• All PPE is dried thoroughly;
• PPE remains the property of the employer;
✔✔Eye Protection - ✔✔Wear it when:
-required by label
-mixing or loading pesticides
-exposed to Application
-Applying by hand or ground rig
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Handler Training Requirements - ✔✔-employers must provide a written training
program
-maintain a copy of training program in central location
✔✔Training Qualifications - ✔✔-California Certified Commercial or Private
Applicator;
• Person holding a valid County Biologist
License;
• Farm advisor ;
• Person who has completed an "instructor
trainer" program presented by the:
» The University of California Statewide
Integrated Pest Management Project, or
» Other instructor-training programs
approved by DPR;
• California licensed Agricultural Pest Control
Adviser;
• California Registered Professional Forester; or
• Trainer qualified in a way approved by DPR
✔✔Emergency Medical Care - ✔✔-information must be provided by employers: name
and location of medical facility
-Name, Ph #, location must be posted in workplace or vehicle
-Procedures must be made known to employees when not reasonable to get to medical
facility
✔✔Signs of Pesticide Illness - ✔✔• Headache
• Weakness
• Dizziness
• Blurred vision
, • Nausea
• Abdominal cramps
• Sweating
• Tightness of the chest, or
• Diffculty breathing
✔✔When Employee has Pesticide Illness Provide the following to medical personnel: -
✔✔• Product name(s), active ingredient(s), and
U.S.EPA registration number(s);
• Copy of the SDS(s);
• Circumstances of the application or use of the
pesticide; and
• Circumstances that could have resulted in
exposure.
✔✔Medical Supervision after use of Organophosphate or carbamate - ✔✔If an
employee works with such pesticides for more than six days in a consecutive 30-day
period, blood levels of an
important enzyme called cholinesterase must be
monitored by a physician
✔✔Change Areas - ✔✔-If handling pesticides that say "danger" or "Warning",
employers must provide an area for
employees to change clothes and wash themselves
at the location where they complete their work
-Employers must also provide a clean, pesticide-free place for employees to store any
of their personal clothing
✔✔PPE Requirements: employers provide PPE and ensure employees use it - ✔✔-
Required PPE is provided and available;
-PPE is inspected and cleaned or replaced daily;
-PPE that is not being used is kept separate
from personal clothing
• PPE is washed separately from clothing or
other laundry;
• Employees wear PPE appropriately for its
intended purpose;
• All PPE is dried thoroughly;
• PPE remains the property of the employer;
✔✔Eye Protection - ✔✔Wear it when:
-required by label
-mixing or loading pesticides
-exposed to Application
-Applying by hand or ground rig
