Registration is open for the 19th annual Agriculture Safety Day, presented by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries and the Washington State Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Advisory Board. 

These in-person events, with 16 sessions available in English and Spanish, are planned in Yakima and Wenatchee: 

—Feb. 1 at the Yakima Convention Center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

—Feb. 22 at the Wenatchee Convention Center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Also in Wenatchee, on Feb. 21, two Spanish-language training sessions are scheduled: 

—Worker Protection Standard pesticide handler training from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

—Pesticide recertification course from 8 a.m. to noon. 

For more information and registration links, go to: https://na.eventscloud.com/website/50543.

If you have further questions, call the Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Advisory Board at: 888-451-2004 or send an email to: info@gishab.org.

by Jonelle Mejica