Training Room 2: Keeping Safe and Healthy—Standards and Practices in an Agricultural Environment
Welcome!
You are about to enter Training Room 2. Here you will learn to recognize the standards and practices that help farm workers manage and control different hazards in the workplace.
standards: something established by authority or common agreement as good examples or as the rules for quality
practices: particular ways of accomplishing something or acting
In this training room you will find information about Project 2: Creating a Risk Management Tutorial. You will work on this project throughout the training room and submit it at the end of the training room. You will also work through a series of sessions, each of which will support your learning and provide you with resources to complete your project.
Learning Objectives of Training Room 2
When you have completed the sections of this training room, you will have examined standards (guidelines) and practices (procedures) associated with agricultural health and safety and identified ways to prevent injury. You will focus on these areas:
- fire safety
- electrical safety
- ladder safety
- workplace chemical safety
- confined space safety
Estimated Required Time
It will take you about 7–10 hours to complete this training room.
Setting Your Timeline—Determining Your Goals
You can click on the Training Room 2: Goal Setting Workplan to anticipate the work that you will be responsible for in this training room. Save the workplan document and set goals for yourself regarding the timeline you plan to follow to complete the assigned work.
- On the workplan, indicate the date when you expect to submit each of the assignments.
- Submit your workplan to your teacher.
- Keep track of your completion dates and be prepared to share with your teacher your reflections about your successes and challenges in meeting your goals.