Hi all,
In WA most contractors ARE NOT licensed Herbicide sprayers - ie legally licensed to spray for weeds.
I have bitten the bullet even though most told me not to worry about it and gone through the process;
1. $470 for the TAFE training course on herbicides and spraying
2. $240 to register my business as a "Western Australian Health Department" legal Herbicide sprayer and
3. $150 for my individual contractors spraying licence - ( cant get the individual one unless your employed by a registered business and if its your business you have to go through step 2 before you get to step 3!
This has been a frustrating process but the reason I decided to go through it are as follows;
1. Spraying in WA without being licenced for commercial gain $5000 on spot fine
2. Spraying in WA on behalf of your own business and your business is not registered up to $25000 fine.
3. Spraying without clear signage on your vehicle of your health department registration number up to $25000
4. Spraying without putting up warning sign indicating Herbicide spraying in progress, i think was again around the $5000.
Im wondering what the situation is in other states?
Although i has been a pain and ive got one more hoop to skip through- my ute is being inspected by and EPA inspector on Tuesday to ensure it meets all 25 checks outlined by EPA and health department, the upside is i can now promote myself as a fully licensed qualified sprayer and this will im sure help make me some good money and give me a step other over others who are not going through the process....
Your thoughts????
TOPNUG aka Stu