Legislation requires anyone who uses pesticides in the course of employment or business to have received adequate instruction and to be competent in the duties undertaken. This requirement will apply to both the safe use and handling of pesticides and the application method(s) used. In most cases, each person will need to undertake the Foundation module (PA1) plus a relevant application module. Assessment for the recognised NPTC Certificate of Competence usually takes place the following week. PA1 assessments are taken as an online test, approx duration one hour. Course content ■Legislation ■Interpreting product label information ■Personal Safety and contamination ■Pesticide and container storage ■Disposal ■Record Keeping ■Environmental Factors