The ChemCERT head office will be closed for the Festive season from 12pm Friday 20th December and will return on the 6th January 2025. If you have any issues with your e-Learning course, please email elearning@chemcert.com.au. All e-learning enrolments submitted during the break will be processed once we return.

The 22661VIC Course in Minimising Risks in the Use of 1080 and PAPP Bait Products for Vertebrate Pest Control is a short course for students who have completed the AQF3 (or its equivalent) and who wish to purchase and use 1080 or PAPP pest animal baits in Victoria.

This course has been designed to give you the skills you’ll need to identify and manage the risks involved in purchasing, planning and laying 1080 or PAPP animal baits.

On completion you will be eligible to apply to Agriculture Victoria for an Agricultural Chemical Users Permit (ACUP) with a 1080 endorsement.

VU23656
Implement the legislative requirements for the use of 1080 and PAPP pest animal bait products

  • Benefits of integrated pest management

  • Government legislation and requirements and occupational health and safety requirements

  • Monitoring of pest animal infestations

  • Types of 1080 and PAPP pest animal bait products

  • 1080 and PAPP risk assessment

  • Plan and schedule a 1080 and PAPP pest animal baiting programs and understand bait laying techniques

  • Requirements for the purchase, transport, use and storage of 1080 and PAPP pest animal bait products

  • Post-baiting requirements and record keeping requirements.

Our ChemCERT trainers are excited to be able to offer our Victorian students this most up-to-date version of the 1080 course.

Brenden McMahon, Senior Executive ChemCERT

  • Farm owners and workers

  • Amenity horticulturists

  • Conservationists and land managers

  • Forestry workers

  • Public land managers

  • Chemical suppliers and retailers