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Impact Report

For plan Integrated Pest Management Systems (Bernalillo County)
Date October 14, 2008, 5:04 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Bernalillo County 2008 Grounds Maintenance CEU Workshop: The Bernalillo County Grounds Maintenance workshop was conducted to provide 23 local Bernalillo County Grounds Maintenance applicators four credit units of training for them to re-certify and renew NMDA Public Applicator pesticide licenses. The four hour program was designed to provide the training required and prior approval and certificates were obtained from NMDA, the regulating agency. The class designed was one hour each on the following topics: Pesticide labels (2 hours), and one hour each on Calibration & Small animal damage control. The workshop was coordinated with the grounds maintenance crew of 23 and also advertised via NMSU e-mail system. Twenty-three grounds maintenance crew members attended and saved the County over $1,000 of registration fees had they attended other workshops. The crew members recertified with the NMDA pesticide division, which is a condition of their employment. Ray Balduini, the field supervisor thanked me for presenting the workshop at a time of year that the maintenance was “slower” and the crews needed the training to keep their employment. He estimated the annual salaries from these 31 workers was over $750,000 which contributes to the local economy.