WPS Field Worker Training for Workers. Tuesday, January 17, 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. Modesto: UC Cooperative Extension, 733 County Center III Court, Scenic Dr. and Oakdale Rd. Workers will earn a certificate showing they have received training as required by the EPA Worker Protection Standard. To preregister for this free meeting, phone Melynda Ange at 209/525-6654.
Meeting for Farm Labor Contractors, in Spanish. Tuesday, February 28. To be co-sponsored with the California Employment Development Department. For more information, contact Gregory Billikopf at 209/525-6654.
Ag Employers' Seminar. Wednesday, April 5, 9:00 a.m. to noon. Madera: Madera County Fairgrounds. Mike Hogan, agricultural labor attorney, will give a practical guide to the Agricultural Labor Relations Act and will discuss sex discrimination in agriculture. Presentations will also be made by representatives of the INS Border Patrol, Internal Revenue Service, and Cal/OSHA. For information, call Steve Sutter at 209/456-7560.
Seminar Series UC Agricultural Health and Safety Center. Fridays, at 12:10 p.m. UC Davis: Conference Room Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Health (ITEH), Old Davis Road. Phone 916/752-5253 for Seminar Information. Programs held on the first Friday of the month will include the following in the late spring:
May 5. "Agricultural Ergonomics Case Studies from the Nursery Industry," Ira Janowitz, M.P.S., P.T., Ergonomics Program, UC Riverside.
June 2. "The Farm Bureau Approach to Agricultural Health and Safety," Pene Wilson, Program Director of Rural Health and Safety, and Donna Mast, Rural Health and Safety Chair, California Farm Bureau Federation.
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