Course Outline
Agriculture has one of the highest fatal injury rates of any industry in Great Britain, but is the only high-risk industry that has to deal with the constant presence of children. Farms are homes as well as workplaces, and visitors, including children, may also be present on farms.
Children and young people up to the age of 18 are regularly killed and injured on farms, either because they are working on the farm or because they are playing there.
The ways in which children are killed varies little from year to year. The most common causes of death and major injury in the last decade were:
Course Content
- falling from vehicles;
- being struck by moving vehicles or objects;
- contact with machinery;
- driving vehicles;
- falls from height;
- drowning and asphyxiation;
- poisoning;
- fire;
- contact with animals.
Who Is This Course For?
This qualification has been designed for children to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills for working at height and will enable them to work safely, effectively and efficiently in the workplace.