Agricultural Machinery Safeguarding – Online Training

Agricultural Machinery Safeguarding – Course Overview

A training program for safeguarding agricultural machinery for protecting the health and safety of agricultural workers includes elements that will guide farm owners, managers and their workers on understanding the importance and design of machine guarding.

• How to recognize workplace hazards
• The types of injuries that can result from unguarded mechanical components
• The importance and utilization of guarding systems
• Types of guarding systems and how they are designed to work
• Key considerations if guarding must be built on site
• Basic responsibilities of employers and workers with respect to machine guarding
• The regulatory requirements that may apply