Senior Agriculture students recently participated in the Gear Up For Safety program run by the Farmer Health Network and Deakin University. In this four-hour incursion, students learned about the common causes of farm injuries and accidents, how to prevent them, significant risks within primary production and safe approaches to managing risk.
Covering a range of topics, from hearing loss to lethal poisoning, mental health and child safety, students undertook hands-on and engaging theoretical activities to better understand rural risk management.
One of the more popular activities was dressing up in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and then being exposed to a ‘chemical’ (shaving foam). The students then had to remove the PPE safely without coming into contact with the foam. This was not as easy as it looked.
We really value the time spent talking safety and would like to thank the team from Western Health who delivered the program.
