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Agricultural Safety Challenge

Each year agricultural students from Taranaki Secondary Schools test their safety knowledge and skills in the Agricultural Safety Team Challenge event held at Francis Douglas Memorial College

Farm safety day               Hawera - winning team               Farm safety day - tractor

The Taranaki Secondary Schools Agricultural Safety Challenge is a hands-on, practical event that aims to increase students awareness of agricultural hazards and safe farming practices. It is organised by Agriculture New Zealand and funded by New Plymouth injury Safe. It has the support of a number of local organisations including Taratahi, New Plymouth Police, NZ Fire Service, Norwoods Farm Machinery, Department of Labour and Francis Douglas Memorial College.

Teams, up of four students from each school, undertake up to 8 safety challenges focusing on tractor driving, use of firearms, ATV driving, chemical handling, fire safety, livestock handling, first aid and working at heights. They are marked on their safety knowledge and skills and provided with feedback at the end of each session. Hawera High School have won the Agricultural Safety Challenge trophy for the last 3 years.

Video footage from the 2009 Agricultural Safety Challenge can be seen below.

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