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To date none of my staff have.
Anyone born before the 31st December 1964 does not need to be registered to apply chemicals commercially (although you may find that local authorities or commercial companies will require you to be certificated if you are employed on thier premises).
I also understand that an operator, who is born after 31st December 1964 may work with an operator who qualifies through age (Grandfather rights) or is themselves covered under a certificate.
It is my view that every person, and that includes members of the public, who apply chemicals, should at least take a proficiency test to learn calibration and understand drift or avoidance of contaminating areas other than those intended to be sprayed.
From what I remember from the certificate training, I think that anyone can spray herbicides and pesticides (with or without holding a certificate) as long as they are being supervised by someone who has. I would imagine that also applies to the age issue?
Yes, this is what I meant to say in the previous post but I didn't make myself very clear.
born after 1964 and its off on a training course.