Recordkeeping of WPS Pesticide Safety Training
Employers are required by the Revised Worker Protection Standard regulations to retain records of WPS training for 2 years. The 2020 revised New Jersey regulations on worker and handler training recordkeeping are more stringent, requiring that training rosters be maintained by both the trainer and the agricultural employer for three years. The NJDEP Worker Protection website has downloadable forms for trainer recognition, worker training rosters, and handler training rosters; see https://www.nj.gov/dep/enforcement/pcp/pcp-wps.htm for forms and retention times and responsible parties.
As a public service, Rutgers NJAES PSEP has produced pdf and Word formats of training rosters for WPS recordkeeping at its new webpage WPS Training Recordkeeping. Click and save files to your computer.
Handler Training Rosters
- must be sent to the NJDEP by the trainer or agricultural employer within 30 days after each training session.
- must be maintained on file by both the trainer and agricultural employer for three years.
- Download Rutgers NJAES Handler Training Roster Word document
- Download Rutgers NJAES Handler Training Roster editable pdf document
Worker Training Rosters
- records are no longer required to be sent to the NJDEP, but must be available upon request.
- must be maintained on file by both the trainer and agricultural employer for three years.
- Download Rutgers NJAES Worker Training Roster Word document
- Download Rutgers NJAES Worker Training Roster editable pdf document
All rosters must be maintained in New Jersey on file for 3 years by BOTH the WPS trainer and the agricultural employers.
For Further Information: Contact Rutgers NJAES PSEP Coordinator Pat Hastings by phone at 848-932-0176 or email at pdh@rutgers.edu.
See the NJDEP Worker Protection website. For specific questions about NJDEP’s implementation of the revised WPS, please contact Supervisor of the Worker Protection Unit Nancy Santiago at 609-984-6568, or contact her by email at pcp@dep.nj.gov.