The primary purpose of this training is to prepare Community Lead Instructors who will then educate Vermont youth in their own communities on safer operation of tractors and machinery.

What Is This Training About?

This Train-the-Trainers workshop will offer guidance to instructors on some standard content and options for tractor instruction, and develop a peer mentorship community for instructors to be able to support each other's efforts.

As you may already know, Tractor Safety Certification is a legal requirement for any young person 14 or 15 years old who is employed by anyone other than their immediate guardian to operate a tractor greater than 20 horsepower.

Additionally, while young people who operate tractors on their family farms - and those 16 and older - are not required to be certified by law, the rate and severity of youth farm injuries related to tractors and machinery clearly indicate that this training is important for all youth operators.

We're very excited that more young people will be able to receive this important training and thank you for contributing to the safety of Vermont youth and our agricultural community.

This instructor training course uses the National Safe Tractor and Machinery Operation Program curriculum, created under the Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification Program to support agricultural education through Hazardous Occupations Safety Training in Agriculture.

For more information, please visit:

Hazardous Occupations Safety Training in Agriculture - Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification Program

National Safe Tractor and Machinery Operation Program

Who Should Attend?

Individual instructors or teams who have planned, organized, and led tractor education courses in other parts of the country have included:

• Extension agents / educators and agricultural education instructors
• Farmers (active and retired)
• Implement dealers, service technicians, and sales staff
• Agricultural chemical dealers
• Private farm managers and consultants

It is expected that following this training, workshop participants will take action toward offering a course that includes the required 24 hours of educational content (includes time spent in-class, in the community, and through independent study).

Registration Information

Registration fee includes workshop materials (including instructor guide and student manual), training, continental breakfast and lunch. Morning refreshments will be available starting at 8:30am, and the class will start promptly at 9:15.

Registration deadline is January 30, 2012 at 5:00 pm.

NOTE: Dress appropriately for spending part of the day in an unheated training space and/or outside.

Individuals requesting a disability-related accommodation to participate in this program should contact Liz Kenton at 802-257-7967 or 800-278-5480 by January 18, 2012.

Location

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The training will take place at the Associated General Contractors of Vermont's Northeast Regional Training Facility, located at 8 Three Mile Bridge Road, Montpelier.

Please direct all questions about this event to Liz Kenton at ekenton@uvm.edu, 802-257-7967 or 800-278-5480.

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