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MembershipOverview
Agricultural workers can be injured, become ill, or even be killed due to their work. This course will provide best practices in agricultural industries to reduce work-related fatalities, illness, and injuries.
Who Needs Agricultural Worker Training?
The course is for personnel who are workers and supervisors in the agricultural industry.
Course Outline
About the agricultural worker
- What is an agricultural worker
- Benefits of managing risks
- Hazards of farming
- Causes of death
- Injuries
- Illness
- Unsanitary conditions
Health and safety hazards
- Musculoskeletal injury
- Respiratory illnesses
- Zoonoses
- Chemical hazards
- Noise
- Skin problems
- Stress from heat and cold
- Building work
- Farm vehicles
- Machinery
- Heights
- Livestock
- Electricity
- Workplace safety
- Hazards for youth
- Chainsaws
Minimizing Disease, Illness and Health Issues
- Musculoskeletal injury
- Respiratory illnesses
- Zoonoses
- Chemical hazards
- Noise
- Skin problems
- Stress from heat and cold
Hazard control measures
- Engineering controls
- Personal protective equipment
- Safe practices
- Handling
- Refilling
- Disposal
Overcoming safety hazards
- Vehicle use
- Machinery
- Heights
- Livestock
- Electricity
- Youth safety hazards
- Building work
- Chainsaws
Regulations and responsibilities
- Protection of workers
- Canadian regulations on work at hot and cold temperatures
- Complaints
- Violations
- Employer responsibilities
- Immigrants