Supervision of Non-Certified Fertilizer Applicators
- All for-hire fertilizer use (application, handling, transporting) and all use of manure from a Confined Fertilizer Operation (CFO) must be performed by certified and licensed applicators or by trained employees working under the direct supervision of a certified and licensed supervisor.
- Direct supervision of non-certified fertilizer applicators may be accomplished by the certified applicator:
- Ensuring the non-certified employee has received OISC-approved training. View Training Requirements for Non-certified Employees Using Fertilizer Materials for Agricultural Crop Production (pdf, 35kb);
- Keeping a record of the employee training;
- Providing the employee with equipment and instructions to:
- contact the supervisor; and
- contact IDEM to report spills;
- contact the supervisor; and
- Making employee work assignments; and
- Knowing status of work assignments.
- Ensuring the non-certified employee has received OISC-approved training. View Training Requirements for Non-certified Employees Using Fertilizer Materials for Agricultural Crop Production (pdf, 35kb);