Closing Soon: 2013 APPLICATIONS Pesticide Risk Management Programme, University of Cape Town - 31 Aug
Hemantha Withanage
Reply-To: <andrea...@uct.ac.za>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 10:37:56 +0200
Cc: Cynthia Lewis <cynthi...@uct.ac.za>
Subject: Closing Soon: 2013 APPLICATIONS Pesticide Risk Management Programme, University of Cape Town - 31 Aug
Please note that the closing date for applications is encroaching - 31 August, 2012.
For those of you who are interested in the programme but unable to apply for the full programme, please note that you are able to apply to take a single module which interests you as an occasional student. Successful completion of a module as an occasional student can also be used in future toward the full diploma should you wish to continue. Please contact Cynthia Lewis for details about costs and applying as an occasional student.
Kind regards,
Andrea
Call for applications is now open for the 2013 Postgraduate diploma in PESTICIDE RISK MANAGEMENT, UCT
Closing date for applications
31 August 2012
The Postgraduate Diploma in Pesticide Risk Management (DPRM), offered by the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, aims to equip candidates with the knowledge and skills to enable them to practice as a Pesticide Risk Manager in line with the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides.
The curriculum covers the following:
--Pesticide risk management polices and principles
--Legal framework for pesticide management
--Health and safety management including pesticide epidemiology and toxicology
--Management of environmental risk including ecotoxicology, risk assessment and basic environmental chemistry
--Alternatives and risk reduction strategies
--Obsolete pesticide management
--Containers and contaminated site management
--International chemical conventions, and
--Management of public health pesticides
Requirements
This programme is open to students with an undergraduate degree in Agriculture, Public Health, Toxicology, Social Science or other relevant field.
Duration
Two-year part-time learning programme.
Delivery mode
Web-based courses with mandatory face-to-face learning.
For Further Information: Contact Mrs Cynthia Lewis, Health Risk Management Programme, School of Public
Health & Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Observatory 7935, South Africa
Tel: +27 21 404 7661
E-mail: cynthi...@uct.ac.za
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