Golf Course Pesticide Inspection

• Document No.

• Audit Title

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• EPA Officers

B ackground information

• Name of Golf Course representative

• Name Golf course

• Postal Address

• LGA

  Select Bega Valley Snowy River Cooma Monaro Eurobodalla Palerang Queanbeyan

  • Bega Valley
  • Snowy River
  • Cooma Monaro
  • Eurobodalla
  • Palerang
  • Queanbeyan

• Phone nr.

• Owner Golf Course

• Owner Land

• Number of employees

• What do they do?

• How long has this been a golf course ?

• How long have you been working here ?

• Tell me about the size of the golf course (holes, fairways , ties, green)

• What types of turf do you grow on this course?

• Which operations occur today?

• Add any additional information

Pesticide Application

• What are your main insects & diseases/ problems ? When are they an issue?

• What are your main weeds ?

• Who makes the decision about what is sprayed and when ?

• Who does the spraying?

• Which application method do you use ?

• Do you notify neighbours of your spraying activities ?

• When did you last spray?

• Do you have a regular spray day ?

• Do you carry out any integrated pest management (IPM) procedures (predators, attractants , lures , traps)?

  Yes

  No

• specify IPM :

• Add any additional information

Training/ Qualification

• Do all workers have current licenses ?

  Yes

  No

• Qualification

Qualifications

• Name

• Type of qualification

• Licence number

• Date of course

• Expiry date

• Photo

  Media

• When did they do the pesticides training and where ?

• Have they done renewal / recertification courses?

  Yes

  No

• When / where ?

• Add any additional information

Record keeping

• Record book available for inspection?

  Yes

  No

• refer to the Pesticides Regulation 2009 , record keeping is a legal requirement since 31/7/2002 , records need to be kept for at least 3 years

• Look at the current month : Do the records contain the relevant info?

  Yes

  No
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• Missing information

  Select Name of pesticide Where it was used Rate of application Description of equipment Date and time Weather (wind/temp/hum/rain) Name of person who applied pesticide

  • Name of pesticide
  • Where it was used
  • Rate of application
  • Description of equipment
  • Date and time
  • Weather (wind/temp/hum/rain)
  • Name of person who applied pesticide

• Look at another month (October-March ) , do records contain relevant information?

  Yes

  No
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  Select Name of pesticide Where it was used Rate of application Description of equipment Date and time Weather (wind/temp/hum/rain) Name of person who applied pesticide

  • Name of pesticide
  • Where it was used
  • Rate of application
  • Description of equipment
  • Date and time
  • Weather (wind/temp/hum/rain)
  • Name of person who applied pesticide

• Which month?

• If they have a legitimate excuse for not having a record book : ask them to send a copy of it by fax 62297006 or email to queanbeyan@epa.nsv.gov.au

• Add any additional information

Inspection of chemical storage

• Are products stored on a bunded facility ?

  Yes

  No

• Take a photo of the storage

  Media

• Chemicals

Product

• Product name

• Volume of container(litres)

• Container quantity (number)

• Registered APVMA

• Take a photo of the product

  Media

• Information:

• Do they have a separate wash down bay?

  Yes

  No
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• specify below

• Take a photo of the wash down bay

  Media

• How do they dispose of empty pesticide containers ?

Brief summary of the findings

• Add any additional information/ questions