Treat Weeds Online Course NT

Online Training:

• Reading materials, slides, videos and websites are provided to students via the online website Treat Weeds Online and you can contact the trainer by email anytime
• You do not have to download or upload or save documents.  No special software or readers
• You can do this course in your own time
• Each section to be completed prior to moving onto another section starting at Introduction followed by section 1, 2 etc. working through the information and knowledge
• The online course will take about 10 - 12 hours at own pace and you have up to eight (8) weeks to complete the course, If you complete the tests in less than 1.5 hours, you will have to make a video of yourself doing the online chemical label test.
• You must have access to spray equipment and PPE to undertake the practical test
• Online tests are open book

You must have the following skills and computer software & hardware:

• Read English and have a high school year nine (9) level of mathematics
• Computer knowledge, skills and email
• Smartphone or digital camera to make video and email to the trainer
• Internet access
• PC or laptop
• Web browsers to navigate pages and websites

The assessment is a combination of theory and practical:

• Online tests - true/false, multiple choice
• Phone call verbal test - random questions
• Practical test video - you must make a video of your self mixing herbicide and spraying weeds

Cheating Online Tests

If you complete the online tests in less than 1.5 hours, you will be suspected of cheating, therefore to prove the tests were completed by you, you will have to make a video of yourself doing the online chemical label test.

Practical Test Video

Demonstration of skills will be assessed by the submission of a video where you demonstrate the skills in a workplace or simulated work environment. In the video you must read the herbicide label, mix the chemical, wear the correct PPE, apply the herbicide to the weeds.  The video must identify the student and is texted or emailed to the trainer.  Watch the example video below.