Apply Safety Measures in farm Tools

COMPETENCY-BASED
LEARNING MATERIALS

SECTOR: AGRI-FISHERY

QUALIFICATIONS: AGRI-CROPS NC I
ANIMAL PRODUCTION NC II
ANIMAL HEALTH CARE & MANAGEMENT NC III
AGRICULTURAL CROP PRODUCTION NC I & III
AQUACLUTUE NC II
FISH CAPTURE NC I & III
FISHING GEAR REAPIR & MAINTENANCE NC III
FISHPORT/WHARF OPERATIONS NC I
HORTICULTURE NC II & III
LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION & MAINTENANCE

NC II
PEST MANAGEMENT NC II
RICE MACHINERY OPERATIONS NC II

UNIT OF COMPETENCY: APPLY SAFETY MEASURES IN FARM
OPERATION

MODULE TITLE: APPLYING SAFETY MEASURES IN FARM
OPERATION

HOW TO USE THIS LEARNER’S GUIDE

Welcome to the learner’s guide for the module Apply Safety Measures in Farm
Operations.

This learner’s guide contains training materials and activities for you to complete
within 3 weeks.

This unit of competency, Common Competency contains the knowledge, skills
and attitude of students. It is common at National Certificate Level (NC II).

You are required to so through a series of learning activities in order to complete
from (4) learning outcomes of the module. In each learning outcome, there are
Information Sheets, Resource Sheets and Reference Materials for further reading to
help you better understand the required activities. Follow these activities on your own
and answer the Self-Check at the end of each learning outcome. Use the blank answer
sheet at the end of the module to reflect your answer for each self-check. If you have
questions, please feel free to ask for the assistance of your facilitator.

Recognition of PRIOR LEARNING (RPL)

You may already have some or most of the knowledge and skills covered in this
learner’s guide because you have:

¾ been working for sometime
¾ already completed training in the area

If you can demonstrate to your trainer that you are competent in a particular skill,
you don’t have to do the same training again.

If you have some of the skills, talk to your trainer about having them formally
recognized. If you have a qualification or certificate of competence from previous
training, show it to your trainer. If the skills you require are still current and relevant to
the units of competency, they may become part of the evidence you can present RPL. If
you are not sure about the currency of your skills, discuss this with your trainer.

A Record of Achievement is also provided for your trainer to complete /
accomplish once you have completed the module. This will show your own progress.

DIRECTION FOR USE OF THIS LEARNER’S GUIDE

This Learner’s Guide was prepared to help you achieve the required competency
in Applying Safety Measures in farm Operations. This will be the source of information
for you to acquire knowledge and skills in this particular module with minimum
supervision or help from your instructor with the aid of this material you will acquire the
competency independently and at your own pace.

• Talk to your trainer and agree on how both will organize the training of this
result. Read through the learning guide carefully. It is derived into sections,
which covers all the skills and knowledge you need to successfully complete
in this module.

• Work through are the information and complete the activities in each section.
Read information sheets and complete the self-check suggested references
are included to supplement the materials provided in this module.

• Most probably your trainers will also be your supervisor or manager. He/she
is there to support you and show you the correct way to do things. Ask for
help.

• Your trainer will tell you about the important things you need to consider when
you are completing activities and it is important that you listen and take notes.

• You will be given plenty of opportunity to ask questions and practices on the
job. Make sure you practice your how skills during regular work shift. This way
you will improve both your speed and memory and also your confidence.

• Talk to more experience workmates and ask for your guidance

• Raise the self-check questions at the end of each section to test your own
progress.

• When you are ready, ask your trainer to watch you perform the activities
outline in the learning guide.

• As you work through the activities, ask for written feedback on your progress.
Your trainer keeps feedback pre-assessment reports for this lesson. When
you have successfully completed each element as your trainer to mark on the
reports that you are ready for assessment

• When you have completed this module (or several modules), and feel
confident that you have had sufficient practice. Your trainer will arrange an
appointment with registered assessor to assess you. The results of your
assessment will be recorded in your Competency Achievement Record.

Unit of Competency: Apply Safety Measures in Farm Operations

Module Title: Applying Safety Measures in Farm Operations

Module Description: This module covers the outcomes required to comply with
regulatory and organizational requirements for Apply Safety
Measures in Farm Operations.

Suggested Duration: 54 Hrs.

Level of Qualification: NC II

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify hazard and risks
2. Evaluate hazards and risks
3. Control hazard and risk
4. Maintain OHS awareness

Assessment Criteria:

1. Safety regulations and workplace safety and hazard control practices and
procedures are clarified and explained on organizational procedures.

2. Hazard / risks in the workplace and their corresponding indicators and
identified to minimize or eliminate risk to co-workers,, workplace and
environment in accordance with organization procedures.

3. Contingency measures during workplace accidents fire and other
emergencies are recognized and established in accordance with occupational
procedures.

4. Terms of maximum tolerable limits which when exceeded will result in harm
or damage are identified based on threshold limits values (TLV).

5. Effects of the hazards are determined

6. OHS issues and / or concern and identified safety hazard are reported to
designated personnel in accordance with workplace requirements and
relevant workplace OHS legislation.

7. Occupation Health and Safety (OHS) procedures for controlling hazards / risk
in workplace are consistently followed.

8. Procedures for dealing with workplace accidents, fire and emergencies are
followed in accordance with organization OHS policies.

9. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is correctly used in accordance with
organization OHS procedures and practices.

10. Appropriate assistance is provided in the event of a workplace emergency in
accordance with established organization protocol.

11. Emergency – related drills and trainings are participated is as per established
organization guidelines and procedures.

12. OHS personal records are completed and updated in accordance with
workplace requirements

Resources / Condition:

1. Workplace or assessment location
2. OHS personal records
3. PPE
4. Health records

Definition of Terms:
1. Hygiene – is science which deals with the maintenance of health
2. PPE – Personal Protective Equipment

3. OHS – Occupational Health and Safety
4. Tourism – to travel around, or to visit as a part of tour
5. Hazard – chance, risk, state in a gamble

6. Risk – possibility of loss of injury
7. Health – is the optimum, physical / mental social efficiency of well being
8. Physical Hazard – impact, illumination pressure noise vibration, temperature,

prediction
9. Biological Hazard – bacteria, viruses, plants parasites, mites, molds, fungi insect

10. Chemical Hazard – dust, filters, mists, fumes
11. Psychological – own exertion excessive force, awkward static position, fatigue,

direct pressure
12. Physiological – varying metabolic cycles, monetary, personal relationship

workout cycle
13. Parasites – bodies of other plants and animals
14. Parasites – they become able to live in and on the bodies of other plants and

animals
15. Fungi – a form of plant like that lives best in the dark, warm, moisture

16. Dust – a group of micro organism that includes mold and yeast
17. Radiation – an invisible form of energy that comes from the splitting of atoms

18. DOLE – Department of Labor and Employment
19. ECC – Environmental Compliance Certificate
20. Fiber – the rough part of plant foods of the walls and leaves fruits seed, bulbs

and covers. These are needed for proper digestion

Qualification: Horticulture- NC II

Unit of Competency: Apply Safety Measures in Farm Operations

Module Title: Applying Safety Measures in Farm Operations

Learning Outcome: Identify Hazard and Risks

Assessment Criteria:

1. Safety regulations and workplace safety and hazard practices and
procedures and classified and explained on organization procedure.

2. Hazard / risks in the workplace and their corresponding indicators are
identified to minimize or eliminate risk to co-workers workplace and
environment in accordance with organization procedures

3. Contingency measures during workplace accidents, fire and other
emergencies are recognized and established in accordance with
organization procedure.

Resources:

• Health and Safety book
• First Aid book
• Health records
• OHS personal records

Learning Experiences: Special Instruction
Learning Outcome # 1: Identify Hazard and Risk

Learning Activities

1. Read and understand Info No. 1 of • Take note on the different safety
Safety regulations regulation, apply and observe them
properly

Information Sheet # 1: Safety Regulations
Safety regulations will help you maintain total health, physical and social well

being. Its focus is on preventive health and safety measures. It encourages improving
and safeguarding your health through the implementation and observation of the
following code and regulations of the Government such as Clean Air Act, Building
Codes, National and Electrical and Fire Safety Code, Waste Management Statutes and
Rules, Philippine Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Pole Regulations on
Safety Legal Requirements and ECC Regulations.

Self-Check:
1. State some Government safety regulations

Answer Key:
• Clean Air Act
• Building Codes
• National and Electrical and Fire Safety Codes
• ECC Regulations

Learning Experiences:

Learning Outcome # 1. Identify Hazard and Risks

Learning Activities Special Instructions

1. Read info sheet no. 2 on the • Understand carefully Info sheet No.
different hazard / risk 1 and get down different hazard /
risk
2. Differentiate the different hazard /
risk • Report your work to your TI for
evaluation
3. Identify the different hazard and risk
in the workplace • Record and submit to your TI for
evaluation
4. Determine contingency measures of
the different types of accidents

Information Sheet # 2. Hazard / Risk
Keeping the environment healthy is the responsibility of the government, society

and each individual. Today, many new problems must be solved in order to save our
national resources and to protect people from environment a safe and healthy one to
live in. But there are still many hazards / risk that may affect our health in the future. The
success of laws to control these dangers depends on the cooperation of each individual.
All of us must have knowledge of environmental problems such as the following:
physical hazards, biological hazards, chemical hazards, and ergonomics. To these
dangers we must do our part to make the world a safer place, not just for ourselves and
our neighbors, but for future generations.

Self-Check:
1. What are the different hazards that belong to physical?
2. Differentiate biological hazard from chemical hazard.
3. What are ergonomics?

Answer Key:

1. impact
• illumination
• pressure
• noise
• vibration
• temperature
• radiation
•

2. Biological hazards are bacteria, viruses, plants, parasites, mites, molds, fungi
and insects while chemical hazard are dust, fibers, mists, fumes, smoke, gasses
and vapors.

3. Ergonomics are:
• Physiological factors (over exertion, excessive force, etc.)
• Psychological factors (monotony, personal relationship and workout cycle)

Learning Experiences:

Learning Outcome No. 1. Identify Hazard Risk

Learning Activities Special Instruction

1. Read Info sheet no. 3 and apply • Jot down fire safety tips and
them properly to prevent fire observe them properly to prevent
accidents fire accident

Information Sheet No. 3. Fire Safety Tips
1. Do not let your children play with matches
2. Avoid octopus connection and overloading of electrical circuit.
3. Do not leave your electrical iron unattended
4. Do not place mosquito coil near combustible rugs
5. Do not leave lighted stove unattended while cooking
6. Discard your cigarette butts properly
7. Do not place lighted candle near the window or any place with curtains
8. Do not store flammable materials inside your house

Unit of Competency: Apply Safety Measures in Farm Operations

Module Title: Applying Safety Measures in Farm Operations

Learning Outcome: Evaluate Hazard and Risk

Assessment Criteria:

• Terms of maximum tolerance limits which when exceeded will result in harm or
damage and identified based on Threshold Limit Values (TLV).

• Effects of the hazards are determined.

• OHS issues and / or concerns are identified safety hazards are reported to
designated personnel in accordance with workplace requirements and relevant
workplace OHS legislation.

Resources:

• Workplace or assessment location
• OHS personal records
• PPE
• Health records

References:

• Health and safety for you
• First aid pamphlet
• CBLM

Learning Experiences:

Learning Activities Special Instruction

• Move to the workplace and − Record observed hazard / risk that
observes hazard / risk that occur occurs during the work / activity
during the work
− Reports determined expects of
• Determine effects of hazard hazard and identified OHS issues /
concern to your TI
• Identify of OHS issues / concerns

Information Sheet No. 1.

Accident are increasing today than ever before because of our modern lifestyle.
More dies today as a result of accidents than from any other single cause. This partly
because death from other causes have drastically reduced as medical science has
made as possible for as to protect our youngs from a range of preciously fatal diseases,
with this welcome development, however comes as corresponding increase in the
exposure of youngs to mechanical and electrical appliances, such electric households
appliances and fires and household products can be poisonous to young if consumed,
such as disinfectant, cleaning agents and insecticides. There is a greater need,
therefore, to be vigilant and prepared to meet any emergency.

It is very common today that young parents are want sufficiently aware of the
increasing sources of accidents and quite unprepared to take the necessary first aid
steps to deal with accidents until medical help is available to reduce injury and save the
life of young’s theres a need to be familiar with the different kinds of hazards / risk in all
areas of concerns and they are the following: physical hazards that excludes impact
elimination, pressure, noise vibration, temperature and radiation: Biological hazards,
bacteria, viruses, plants, parasites, molds, fungi and insects: Chemical hazards, dusts,
fibers, mists, fumes, smoke, gasses and vapors and the ergonomics: the physical
factors and the psychological factors.

From these different hazards mentioned we should know how to evaluate in
order for us to control accidents.

Self-Check

1. What is Hazard?
2. Why is it necessary to be familiar to the different hazard?
3. Give some appliances that causes injury?
4. What should you do to meet emergency?

Answer Key:

1. Hazard – risks stake in a gamble
2. to reduce injury / accidents
3. a. mechanical

b. electrical
4. You should be vigilant and prepared to meet any emergency.

Unit of Competency: Apply Safety Measures in Farm Operations

Module Title: Applying Safety Measures in Farm Operations

Learning Outcome: Control Hazard and Risk

Assessment Criteria:

• Applying safety measures in farm operations for controlling hazard /
risk in workplace are consistently followed

• Procedures for dealing with workplace accidents fire and emergencies
and followed in accordance with organization OHS policies

• Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) correctly used in accordance
with organization OHS procedures and practices

• Appropriate assistance is provided in the event of a workplace
emergency in accordance with established organization protocol

Resources:

• Learning Materials
• First Aid Kit
• First Aid book
• Health and Safety book
• PPE

Learning Experience :

Learning Activities Special Instruction

1. Always follow instruction of your TI • Always observe safety measures
when going to work while working.

2. Do not forget to wear PPE while • Report to your TI if there are hazard
doing the activity / risk you encounter in the
workplace

Information Sheet No. 1: Ways in Controlling Hazard / Risks

Safety Precautions:
1. Implementation of regulatory control and policies relative to treatment of area and
application of chemicals

2. Proper disposal of waste materials

Codes of Regulations:
1. Compliance to health programs of DOH and DENR

2. Hazards identification

3. Emergency procedures

Tools and Equipment uses and specification
1. Masks, gloves, boots, overall coat, and for health protection

Maintenance:

1. Regular check-up and repair of tools materials and outfit before and after use.

Self-Check:
1. What are the safety precautions for hazard /risk
2. Give 1 codes of regulation in controlling hazard
3. Estate 4 equipment, tools needed to control hazard
4. How to maintain tools and equipment to prevent hazard

Answer Key:

1. a. implementation of regulatory controls and practices relative to treatment of
area and application of chemicals

b. proper dispose of waste materials

2. Hazard identification

3. a. Mask
b. Gloves
c. Boots
d. Overall coats

4. Regular check up and repair of tools and materials

Unit of Competency: Apply Safety Measures in Farm Operations

Module Title: Applying Safety Measures in Farm Operations

Learning Outcomes: Apply safety measures in farm operation

• Emergency related drills and trainings are participated in as per established
organization guidelines and procedures

• OHS personal records are completed and updated in accordance with
workplace requirements

Resources:

• Reading Materials
• Workplace
• OHS personal records
• PPE
• Health records

References:

1. Fire books
2. Pamphlets of First Aid
3. Brochures, Health and Safety

Learning Experiences: Special Instructions

Learning Activities • Ask help to your TI if you could not
follow instruction
1. Move to the practical area and look
into Medical Health records
incidents reports, accident reports
and OHS related training completed

Information Sheet No. 1

Refer to the School Nurse any problem encountered regarding records like
Medical Health, incident report, accident reports and OHS related for further information
regarding their uses.

Self-Check:
1. What are the different records use in OHS

Answer Key:

1. Medical Health record
2. Incident record
3. Accident reports
4. OHS related training completed

Evidence Plan: Assessment Instrument

Competency Standard: Common Competencies

Unit of Competency: Apply Safety Measures in Farm Operations

Ways in which evidence will be collected Question and
(thick the column) Interview

Demonstration

The evidence must show that the candidate:
1. Explain clearly established workplace safety and hazard
control practices and procedures

2. Identify hazard/risks in the workplace and its
corresponding indicators in accordance with company
procedures

3. Recognize contingency measures during workplace
accidents fire and other emergencies

4. Identify terms of maximum tolerable limits

5. Follow Occupational Health and Safety Procedures for
controlling hazards / risks in workplace

6. Use Personal Protective Equipment in accordance with
company procedures and practices

7. Complete and update OHS personal records in
accordance with workplace requirements

Questioning Interview:

Candidate Name: ________________________________

Unit of Competency: ______________________________

Competency Standard: ____________________________

Oral / Interview Questions Satisfactory Response
Yes No

1. How do you implement workplace safety and hazard
control practices

2. What are the indicators of the different hazard and risk
in accordance with company procedures

3. Are there contingency measures for workplace
accidents like fire

4. State some healthy and safety procedure for
controlling hazards/risk in the workplace

5. What is the meaning of PPE