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A division of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture Technical Services
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Technical Services. A division of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture. Technical Services. Goals: Assure that consumer products are safe and truthfully marketed Reduce human health related hazards Expand opportunities to promote protection of our natural resources. Technical Services. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A division of the Wyoming Department
of Agriculture
Technical Services
Technical Services
Goals:• Assure that consumer products are
safe and truthfully marketed• Reduce human health related hazards• Expand opportunities to promote
protection of our natural resources
Technical Services
Goals:• Provide education to the private
sector in all program areas• Foster partnerships with the public
and federal, state, county & local agencies
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The Technical Services Division is comprised of seven major
program areas
• Administration• Plant Industry• Weight & Measures• Weed & Pest
• Pesticide Program
• Rodent & Predator
• Grain Warehouse
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Administration:The administrative
functions are primarily:• Administrative Support• Apiary Registration• Commercial and Private
Pesticide Applicator Licensing
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Administration:The administrative functions are primarily:
• Establishment Licensing
• Product Registration
• Registering Weights & Measures Service Technicians
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Administration:The administrative
functions are primarily:
• Permitting Pilots & Gunners for Aerial Hunting of Predators
• Pesticide and Predator Aircraft Licensing
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Plant Industry:
The Plant Industry functions are primarily:
• Apiary (honey bee) inspection
• Leaf Cutter Bee inspection & sampling
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Plant Industry:The Plant Industry
functions are primarily:
• Feed, Seed and Fertilizer sampling & label reviews
• Commodity grading (dry beans, potatoes)
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Plant Industry:The Plant Industry
functions are primarily:
• Nursery Stock & Greenhouse inspections
• Export Certification
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Weights & Measures:
The Weights & Measures functions include the testing, inspection & certification of:
• Large Capacity (vehicle/livestock/mineral) scales
• Small/Medium (e.g. grocery store/platform) Capacity Scales
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Weights & Measures:
The Weights & Measures functions include the testing, inspection & certification of:
• Gas Pumps• Package Checking
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Weed & Pest:The Weed & Pest functions
include:• Manages and coordinates weed
and pest activities for the State among Wyoming Weed and Pest Control Districts, Wyoming Weed and Pest Council, Federal agencies, Municipalities, Trade Associations, other states, and other organizations as well as the private sector
Weed & Pest:The Weed & Pest
functions include:• Coordinates and manages
grant programs from the federal and state agencies which benefit the Weed and Pest District programs
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Weed & Pest:The Weed & Pest functions
include:• Assists Districts in the
management of state designated or declared noxious weeds and pests on private, state, federal and municipally owned lands
• Coordinates the Emergency Insect Management Program
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Pesticide Program:The Pesticide Program
functions include:• Compliance Assistance and
enforcement of the WY Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1973
• Compliance Assistance with EPA Rules and Regulations
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Pesticide Program:The Pesticide Program
functions include:• Training, licensing,
certification and/or inspection of pesticide users, dealers, commercial applicators and public agencies using restricted use pesticides
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Pesticide Program:The Pesticide Program
functions include:• Management of the
pesticide/groundwater State Management Plan (SMP)
• Work Protection Standards (WPS) Training & Enforcement
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Rodent & Predator Program:
The Rodent & Predator Program functions include:
• Administrative support for the Animal Damage Management Board (Governor Appointed) for enhancement of wildlife and a decrease in livestock loss caused by depredation
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Rodent & Predator Program:
The Rodent & Predator Program functions include:
• Coordination of activities with the State Predatory Animal Advisory Board
• Coordination of activities with the 23 County Predatory Animal Districts
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Rodent & Predator Program:
The Rodent & Predator Program functions include:
• Training of pesticide applicators for the M-44, Livestock Protection Collar, and small animal management supplies and techniques
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Rodent & Predator Program:The Rodent & Predator Program
functions include:
• Working with Federal, State, County, local agencies and related wildlife and livestock associations in areas of wildlife and predatory animal issues
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Rodent & Predator Program:
The Rodent & Predator Program functions include:
• Issuance of aerial hunting permits to pilots and gunners in accordance with the state and federal laws
• Predator aircraft licensing
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Grain Warehouse Program:
The Grain Warehouse Program functions include:
• Audit of grain warehouses records
• Audit of grower owned commodities held in storage at the facility
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Technical Services Summary:
• Is comprised of 20 Staff Members• Is guided in its functions under
fourteen (14) Wyoming laws:– Apiary, Seed, Feed, Fertilizer, Animal
Remedies, Nursery Stock, Grain Warehouse, Leaf Cutter Bee, Pesticide, Weights & Measures, and Predator Control
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Technical Services Summary:
• Operates four (4) laboratories:– 2 Bean Grading Labs– 1 Leaf Cutter Bee Lab– 1 Metrology (Weights & Measures Lab)
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Technical Services Summary:
• Inspection equipment – large & small:
5-Gallon Prover Package Checking Russell Balance Balance
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Technical Services Summary:
• Inspection equipment – large & small:
High Volume Prover 30 lb. Scale 50 lb. Test Weights Test Kit
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Technical Services Summary:
• Inspection equipment – large & small:
5 Gallon Seed Probe Test Measure
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Technical Services Summary:
• Inspections will require heavy lifting
• Including– Test Equipment– Bagged &
Packaged Commodities
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Technical Services Summary:
• Inspections will require strenuous physical activity:– Climbing ladders onto platforms or other
potentially dangerous elevations– walking on trailers and lifting objects while
standing on trailers, ladders or platforms
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Technical Services Summary:
• Working in Technical Services requires a mechanical aptitude that spans a wide range of equipment, both using and in maintaining --- including:– Large vehicles and scale trucks– Refined and compressed gas meter provers
– large and small testing trailers
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Technical Services Summary:Mechanical aptitude skills – continued:• working/maintaining pickup trucks, motors,
pumps• You may also be required to change tires• Hookup, tow, and level test trailers• Determine safe operability of equipment
based on sound, change or repair valves, pumps or other plumbing and electrical fittings or parts
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Technical Services Summary:
• For more information:– Phone: 307-777-7324–Web Site:
http://agriculture.wy.gov/divisions/ts
