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Youth tractor safety training
Fri, Apr 30th, 2010
Posted in Agriculture
Posted in Agriculture
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The twentieth-first joint annual youth tractor safety training is being planned for Tuesday, June 8, through Friday, June 11. The training sessions begin at 8:30 a.m. and will end at 2:30 p.m. each day. Brad Harguth, Caledonia Ag Instructor, has offered to host the training at Caledonia High School, Caledonia. Instructors include ag teachers: Tim Willette, Lanesboro High School; Dennis Rud, Mabel-Canton High School; Brad Harguth, Caledonia High School; Jerrold Tesmer, Extension Educator Fillmore/Houston Counties; and others may be joining us. Classroom instruction, videos, safety demonstrations, and actual tractor driving are key parts of the course.
Students must be at least 12. There is a $10.00 charge to cover the cost of the certificate and materials. Students are asked to bring a sack lunch. Beverages are provided at a nominal cost.
If you have any questions, please contact one of the ag instructors or the Extension Office. To enroll a student, contact the Fillmore County Extension Office at 507-765-3896.
A few years ago, Dr. John Shutske, University of Minnesota Extension Agricultural Safety & Health Specialist, working with a group from the U.S. and Canada, established guidelines on "How Old Should Kids be to Drive a Tractor?"
The checklist included:
•Height and length of arms and legs (can the child operate all controls?)
•Strength
•Vision
•Level of physical coordination (such as being able to run and bounce a basketball at the same time)
•Ability to remember and follow step-by-step directions
•Reaction time
•Knowledge of farm hazards and problem solving
•Training in safe tractor operation
•Risk-taking tendencies of the child
•Level of supervision available
If the child can fulfill all of the criteria, then at 12-13 years of age they may be able to handle a tractor with less than 70 horsepower.
Although this is not a competition, many of the youngest students become very discouraged when they are unable to do the same things as those students who are only a year or two older and are able to do very well. Parents need to give considerable thought to whether or not their child is ready to operate a tractor!
Youth ages 14 and 15, employed on a farm, should have a Tractor Safety Training Course, and have a "Certificate of Training" in accordance with the Child-Labor Requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Minors under age 16 working for their parents are exempt from this law. However, if your son/daughter age 12 and up, operates tractors or other equipment on your farm, we encourage them to participate in the tractor safety training.
Please register by Monday, May 17.
Students must be at least 12. There is a $10.00 charge to cover the cost of the certificate and materials. Students are asked to bring a sack lunch. Beverages are provided at a nominal cost.
If you have any questions, please contact one of the ag instructors or the Extension Office. To enroll a student, contact the Fillmore County Extension Office at 507-765-3896.
A few years ago, Dr. John Shutske, University of Minnesota Extension Agricultural Safety & Health Specialist, working with a group from the U.S. and Canada, established guidelines on "How Old Should Kids be to Drive a Tractor?"
The checklist included:
•Height and length of arms and legs (can the child operate all controls?)
•Strength
•Vision
•Level of physical coordination (such as being able to run and bounce a basketball at the same time)
•Ability to remember and follow step-by-step directions
•Reaction time
•Knowledge of farm hazards and problem solving
•Training in safe tractor operation
•Risk-taking tendencies of the child
•Level of supervision available
If the child can fulfill all of the criteria, then at 12-13 years of age they may be able to handle a tractor with less than 70 horsepower.
Although this is not a competition, many of the youngest students become very discouraged when they are unable to do the same things as those students who are only a year or two older and are able to do very well. Parents need to give considerable thought to whether or not their child is ready to operate a tractor!
Youth ages 14 and 15, employed on a farm, should have a Tractor Safety Training Course, and have a "Certificate of Training" in accordance with the Child-Labor Requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Minors under age 16 working for their parents are exempt from this law. However, if your son/daughter age 12 and up, operates tractors or other equipment on your farm, we encourage them to participate in the tractor safety training.
Please register by Monday, May 17.