Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - SEVEN
Agricultural safety
workshops scheduled
SAIF Corporation’s
10th annual agricultural
safety seminar series for
Oregon employers will be
held in P en dleton on
Tuesday, Nov 9 at The Red
Lion Hotel and in Boardman
on Tuesday, Nov 30 at The
Port of Morrow
The free four-hour
seminar is designed primarily
for ow ners, o p e ra to rs,
supervisors and foremen, but
anyone w orking in the
ag ric u ltu ra l in d u stry is
welcome to attend Small
em ployers attending the
sem inar will m eet the
instructional requirement for
H ouse Bill 3019 that
exempts small agricultural
establishments from random
OSHA inspections. SAIF has
also applied for two hours of
pesticide re-certification
credits from the O regon
Department o f Agriculture
for these sessions
SAIF is pleased to
have Kirk Lloyd, president
o f Risk M anagem ent
Resources, Inc , join SAIF
start' once again this year to
talk about safety and
com pliance for farm
pesticide storage facilities, as
well as how to conduct
effective safety inspections
As
an
independent
co n su ltan t w ith deep
experience in agriculture,
Lloyd specializes in the
unique needs and challenges
o f the agricultural business
community.
In addition, longtime
SAIF agricultural safety
sem inar p resenter Linda
Meuleveld, RN, COHN-S,
CCM, DABF will discuss
how employees can protect
some o f their most valuable
assets: their backs. As an
occupational health trainer
with SAIF C o rp o ratio n ,
Meuleveld provides expert
instruction on reducing the
risks from lifting that are so
com m on in ag ric u ltu ra l
operations
Topics include:
-Injury Trends and
S ta tistic s for O regon
Agricultural Workers
-S afety
and
C om pliance
in Farm
Pesticide Storage Facilities
Learn how to stay in
compliance with OSHA farm
pesticide storage facility
rules, and keep y o u r
employees safe and injury-
free
-Safety Inspections
Learn who needs to do
safety inspections, what to
look for, who should be
involved, and what OSHA
ex p ects from a safety
inspections.
-Back P ro tectio n -
D efending Your Safety
Zone. Back injuries continue
to be one o f the m ost
common, and costly types of
injuries for a g ric u ltu ra l
operations. Learn how to
reduce the risk and protect
your back.
Registration is at 9
a nr, and the seminars are
from 9:30 a m. until 2 p m.
Lunch is provided. Early
registration is required, as
seatin g
is
lim ited.
Participants will receive a
registration confirm ation
letter with the address and
facility
lo c atio n
approxim ately one week
prior to the seminar. For
more information, contact
the SAIF Groups Division at
(800) 285-8525 or visit
S A IF ’s Web site at
www.saif.com
Prevent black bear encounters by
taking precautionary measures
In light of a recent situation in the Tumalo area
north o f Bend where a black bear had to be euthanized
after it became accustomed to eating garbage and pet food,
the Oregon Department o f Fish and Wildlife urges people
to take precautionary measures to prevent situations that
lead to unfortunate outcomes between bears and people
“ Black bears are opportunistic feeders, with a
natural diet consisting mainly o f insects, carrion, plants,
fruits and berries,” said Colin Gillin, ODFW wildlife
veterinarian “They also are known to kill and eat deer fawns
and elk calves in the spring when these young animals are
most vulnerable." Bears may be active at any time o f the
day or night, but most often are seen during morning and
twilight hours
“Bears generally are not dangerous to humans,”
said Gillin, who before joining ODFW served at one time
as Wyoming’s grizzly bear biologist, “but they will forage
in trash cans and eat pet food when those food sources are
available When bears are fed by people, they may become
aggressive and dangerous. Bears and any other wild animals
have very unpredictable behavior.”
While ODFW ’s response to bear sightings and
complaints is based on the circumstances o f each situation,
ODFW generally does not relocate bears that have become
habituated to humans
“Research and experience throughout Oregon have
shown that relocated bears will continue to seek human
food in their new location or move to an area where human
food is available,” said Gillin “Bears that become habituated
and conditioned to human foods become human safety
concerns and leave wildlife managers with little choice but
to humanely euthanize the animals.” Approximately 250
bears are killed each year statewide because they cause
damage to agriculture, livestock or threaten human safety.
The follow ing precautions can be taken by
individuals to avoid bear/human conflicts:
-Do note feed black bears or wildlife, either by hand
or by leaving out food items such as salt blocks or pet
food.
-In bear country, do not leave garbage outside, even
if it is in a trash can, unless it is a bear-proof container
Bears easily can tip over trash cans to reach the contents
inside
-Do not leave pet food outside where it can attract
black bears onto porches, into kennels or into other areas
where pets are kept
-Remove birdfeeders at night so bears are not
attracted by the smell or refrain from feeding birds if bears
are known to reside near your home
-Keep grills and other outdoor cooking items clean
Landowners who live in bear country need to be
especially careful not to attract bears and habituate them
to humans Individuals who see a cub or yearling that
appears to be underfed should call ODFW rather than
attempt to “help” the bear by providing food, noted Gillin
OSU Extension announces upcoming pesticide applicators training
Do you need to
obtain a pesticide applicators
license? Do you need re
certific atio n c red its to
m aintain y o u r cu rren t
pesticide applicators license9
Did you know that for a
private pesticide applicators
license you need 16 credit
hours over the five-year life
o f your certification?
A Core training for
pesticide applicators will be
held Tuesday, Nov. 30 at the
Isobel Edwards Hall at the
Fairgrounds in Fossil The
training, presented by Sandy
Macnab and Brian Tuck,
OSU C ounty E xtension
faculty, will be held from
8:30 a m. to 12:30 p m., with
an opportunity for testing in
the afternoon from 1:30-
4:30 p.m.
Registration fee for
the training will be $5. Please
RSVP to the W heeler
County Extension Office at
(5 4 1 ) 763-4115 for the
training and testing
T esting will be
available beginning at 1:30
p.m. If you plan to take a test
please let us know which one
you need to take Kelly
Smith from Central Oregon
Community College will be
administering the testing.
Testing fees will be $15 for
each test you would like to
take. In addition, you must
present a picture ID in order
to take a test. Your Social
Security N um ber is also
required when filling out
a p p licatio n form s and
answ er sheets so please
come prepared
A second attendance
at a Core Training, within the
five-year re certificatio n
period, will provide four
hours under the “O ther”
hours category.
B elow is m ore
detailed information about
private pesticide applicator
licensing (obtained from
OD A ’s “ A G uide to
Pesticide-Related Licensing
in Oregon”).
A private pesticide
applicator license is required
o f th o se who use or
su p erv ise the use o f
“restricted-use” pesticides
on land in ag ric u ltu ra l
production that they or their
employer owns, lease, or
rent This includes farm land,
ranch land, fo rest land,
nurseries and orchards. No
license is needed if only
“ general
u se”
(non-
restricted) pesticides are
used To qualify for this
license, an individual must
receive a passing score on
the P rivate P esticid e
A pplicator Exam ination.
Once the applicant passes,
he/she becomes “certified”
(eligible to obtain a license)
and may submit a license
ap p licatio n and fees to
O regon D epartm ent o f
Agriculture (ODA) to obtain
a private pesticide applicator
license. Both the license and
the c ertificatio n period
expire on Dec. 31 o f the fifth
year o f certification. (Just
passing the required
exam inations alone does
NOT mean an individual is
licensed, you must complete
the licensing process by
submitting an application
and the p ro p er fees to
ODA)
Recertification is the
pro cess
o f renew ing
pesticide certification This
may be accom plished by
either o f two methods:
-Accumulating the
required number o f credit
hours during the current
c e rtific a tio n period by
attending training programs
accredited by the ODA.
-R etak in g
and
passing
all
required
examinations.
Private applicators
must accumulate a total of
16 credit hours during their
certification period. Four o f
these hours must be “Core”
train in g and 12 can be
“o th e r” O D A -accredited
training No more than eight
credit hours (including Core)
may be accumulated in any
one calendar year (Jan 1-
Dec 31). C redit hour
accumulation may begin the
day after the licensee is
certified
Master Gardener training
prepares volunteers
Do you spend the
winter months reading seed
catalogs and dreaming o f
spring? V olunteering to
becom e an OSU M aster
G ardener may help beat
those winter gardening blues
according to Mary Corp,
OSU Extension Agent.
M aster G ardeners
are people like you, she
su g g ests, in terested in
learning more about the art
and science of growing and
caring for plants for the
garden, the landscape and
the home In exchange for
classroom
in stru ctio n ,
Master Gardeners then help
O SU E xtension agents
extend garden information to
the local com m unities
throughout Umatilla County
Classes are taught by OSU
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extension agents, specialists
and local e x p erts will
prepare volunteers with a
well-rounded knowledge of
plants. The program offers a
basic, practical course in
plant
science
and
horticulture
C lasses include:
cultural methods of growing
gardens, lawns, fruit trees
and landscape plants; pest
identification and control
methods, soil management
and plant nutrition; and
diagnosis of plant problems.
The classes, which
begin Jan 11, are held
Tuesdays and Thursdays for
a to tal o f eight weeks.
Classes go from 6:30-9:30
p.m at BMCC in Pendleton.
For an application packet
and additional information,
co n tact OSU Extension
Service at (541) 278-5403.
A pplications are due by
Friday, Dec. 3 Application
materials are also available
on-line
at
extension oregonstate edu/
umatilla
Real Estate
For
m ore
information or if you need
information on another type
o f p e sticid e a p p lic a to r
license please contact either
the
W heeler
C ounty
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