{"id":1184,"date":"2021-03-29T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greencastadvisory.com\/blog\/application-quiz-which-certificates-do-i-need\/"},"modified":"2022-08-30T14:13:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T14:13:18","slug":"application-quiz-which-certificates-do-i-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greencastadvisory.com\/nor\/blog\/application-quiz-which-certificates-do-i-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Application Quiz &#8211; Which Certificates do I need?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/greencastadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5016\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve worked with ICL to develop an Online quiz (link here) to help support you guys and girls out there spraying &#8211; in this blog series I intend to go through each question, give you an in depth answer and a few useful links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Which of the following qualifications are required to apply pesticides with a self-propelled, mounted or trailed boom sprayers<strong>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Pa1 &#038; Pa6<\/li><li>Pa2 &#038; Pa6<\/li><li><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Pa1 &#038; Pa2<\/span><\/li><li>None if you were born before 1964<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/greencastadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5350\" width=\"737\" height=\"434\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>PA1<\/em><\/strong><em> is the foundation theory module that assess knowledge of basic legislation for pesticides. Pa1 must be passed by anyone wishing to take additional PA units<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>PA2<\/em><\/strong><em> is needed by anyone wanting to apply pesticides through a self-propelled, mounted or trailed boom sprayers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>PA6<\/em><\/strong><em> is needed by anyone wishing to apply pesticides using a hand-held lance or knapsack type applicator. The lance may be vehicle-mounted e.g. on a tractor or ATV.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The subtle difference between PA2 and PA6 for our industry is whether the spray unit is self-propelled or not. A small pedestrian unit that is self-propelled is covered under PA2 whereas a boom that is pushed by the operator but fed from a dedicated sprayer would require PA6.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Grandfather rights used to allow operators who were born prior to 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1964 to apply pesticides without the above-mentioned certificates. This was changed in November 2015 and since then the same level of qualification has been required regardless of date of birth.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Try your luck with the other Application Quiz questions <a href=\"https:\/\/greencastadvisory.com\/category\/application-quiz\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nptc.org.uk\/assets\/documents\/ee2499867db446fba35f0d2eacd38031.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pa1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pa2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pa6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nptc.org.uk\/qualificationschemedetail.aspx?id=520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPTC Pesticide training website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve worked with ICL to develop an Online quiz (link here) to help support you guys and girls out there spraying &#8211; in this blog series I intend to go through each question, give you an in depth answer and a few useful links. 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