Training Room 3: Using the Equipment and Methods Available for Safety in an Agricultural Environment
Welcome!
You are about to enter Training Room 3. Here you will learn to identify methods that help you deal with hazards in your workplace and reduce your risk of injury to an acceptable level.
control: something that reduces the incidence or severity of an incident to a safe level
Courtesy of Claude LeBlanc and The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association
In this training room you will find information about Project 3: Creating a Health and Safety Action Plan. 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 3
When you have completed the sessions of this training room, you will understand and be able to demonstrate methods for dealing with potential hazards in an agricultural area. You will focus on these areas:
- use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
- ergonomic safety procedures
- animal-handling safety practices and equipment
- emergency services available to rural areas
Estimated Required Time
- It will take you about 5–7 hours to complete this training room.
Setting Your Timeline: Determining Your Goals
The Training Room 3: Goal Setting Workplan will help you 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.