Professional Users / Sprayer Operators
A professional user is any person who applies/sprays professional use products, regardless of quantity or method of application, including operators, technicians, employees and self-employed people, both in the farming and other sectors
From the 26th November 2015, only a registered professional user can apply pesticides authorised for professional use.
From the 26th November 2016, all sprayers that are more than 5 years old having a boom width of >3m, and all blast and orchard sprayers must have passed a Pesticide Application Equipment Test before being used to apply professional use plant protection products.
The interval between tests must not exceed 5 years up to 2020 after which the interval must not exceed 3 years. A list of registered Inspectors of Pesticide Application Equipment is available on the PCS website at http://www.pcs.agriculture.gov.ie/sud/equipmentinspectors/
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- Training
- Pesticide Storage (pdf 232Kb)
- Pesticide Application Equipment
- Plant Protection Products Registers
- Container Disposal (pdf 944Kb)
- Guidance on Protecting Drinking Water from Pesticides
- Guidance for the Office of Public Works (OPW) workers who use plant protection products (pdf 6,398Kb)
- IPM and Pesticide Application Record Sheet (pdf 293Kb)
- IPM and Pesticide Application Record Sheet (doc 27Kb)
- Good Plant Protection Practice (GPPP) (pdf 94Kb)
- Integrated Pest Management
- STRIPE - Surface Water Tool for Reducing the Impact of Pesticides in the Environment
- FAQ - SUD Guidance for PUs - Nov 2015 (pdf 292Kb)
- Purchase and Disposal Record Sheets (pdf 30Kb)
- All-Ireland Pollinator Plan for Farmers
- 2017 Farm Hazardous Waste Collection Centres (pdf 3,259Kb)