This interactive lesson teaches about safety behavior, legislation and recognition of job-related hazards. Furthermore, the lesson is a guide in hazards that are common in the broad range of agricultural work, including working alone, violence, working with chemicals, slips and falls, lifting by hand, machinery and equipment, confined spaces, electricity, and handling animals. The lesson is especially made for new workers in agriculture, since these workers appear to have higher rates of injuries in the first months after starting their job. The situations and legal aspects describe the specific Canadian situation, but also hold more in general. The lesson consists of three parts: (1) Introduction: recognition and laws, (2) Overview: safe working and safety programs, and (3) Examination. The lesson can followed on-line free of charge UNTIL NOVEMBER 2012 and consists of ready-to-use material. The text can also be downloaded. The material is appropriate for any worker in agriculture and no prerequisites are demanded. Registering is necessary before the lesson can be approached. The lesson can be followed in about 2 hours. It includes several questions, feedback on these and a self test. The lesson is available in two languages: English and French. For the direct link to the French version of the lesson, see the comments block in the full metadata description (this can be found by clicking above on the title of the short-view description).

This material consists of a series of training manuals, made for educators of agricultural workers to tackle their health, safety and environmental problems. The manuals do not generally consist of ready-to-use material, but need adaptation (e.g. restriction of the topics, translation into local language, integration of local regulations, usage of examples that meet the participants’ experiences, or addition of the specific needs of the participants). The material merely pays attention to the approach and organization how to handle with hazards at work. Especially the so-called Trade Union’s approach is described in detail. The hazards themselves are listed shortly, but can be elaborated in more detail on initiative of the teacher. The material is meant as a help for educators. An extensive educator’s guide is added that describes possibilities for preparation, planning, organization (including kinds of activities), and evaluation of meetings with participants. The material (344 pages) can be downloaded and printed for immediate use.

Workplace violence is not only detrimental to the health and dignity of people at work but also to the productivity and profitability of an organization. This training manual presents an activity plan with ready-to-use PowerPoint sheets, assignments, and forms for a 3 day interactive and participative course in recognizing, preventing and counteraction workplace violence. The course is directed towards both physical and psychological violence. The training is addressed to a large audience, amongst others health personnel, representatives of professional organizations, trade unionists, administrators, managers and decision makers. The manual (132 pages) can be downloaded and the forms are ready and can be printed for immediate use. Although many examples and assignments come from the health care sector, it is possible to reformulate important parts so that the course will be suited also for other sectors. This will demand for a serious preparation by the teacher.