Video Series on Farm Safety for TY Students

Agri Aware has teamed up with University College Dublin (UCD) School of Agriculture and Food Science to bring two farm safety videos to participants of Agri Aware’s new transition year (TY) programme ‘Farm Safety First’.

Farm Safety First is Agri Aware’s latest TY offering and is supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).

Assistant professor in Behavioural Science in Agriculture at UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, Dr. Sinéad Flannery with Agri Aware education officer Robert Corroon

The short video series which has been produced to complement the programme, explores topics that cause the most accidents and fatalities on farms involving machinery and livestock.

Agri Aware’s education officer Robert Corroon is joined by assistant professor in Behavioural Science in Agriculture at UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, Dr. Sinéad Flannery in the videos.

They discuss a variety of topics including the risks associated with handling livestock, particularly in livestock handling facilities, emphasising the importance of regular machinery spot checks, awareness of machinery blind spots, and safety around the power take-off shaft.

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