Objectives |
Youth will:
- learn to use the tractor operator's manual for maintenance information.
- be able to identify the basic items to check as part of daily maintenance and their
importance to safety.
- complete a tractor hazard inspection checklist.
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Resource Materials |
Safe Operation of Agricultural Equipment, student manual
Tractor operator's manual
Tractor for demonstration
Tractor Hazard Inspection Checklist, Wisconsin Center for Agricultural Safety and
Health
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Video Resources |
Tractor Accidents - Its Not Gonna Happen to Me
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Activity Ideas |
- Have the class meet at a local implement dealership or tractor repair shop or invite in
a tractor mechanic to explain the basics of tractor maintenance.
- Conduct a tractor hazard inspection on the demonstration tractor to explain the items.
Ask youth to take a tractor hazard inspection checklist home and complete it for a tractor
they will be using. At the next class session, list the number of hazards that were
identified and how each of the hazards can be corrected.
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Checksheet Answers |
Answer true or false.
- False (page 27)
- True (page 29)
- True (page )
- False (page 33)
- False (page 29)
Answer the following by placing the letter of the correct answer
in the blank.
- C (page 27) [90,000 is correct answer which makes this theclosest
answer]
- B (page 30)
- C (page 34)
- B (page 34)
- C (page 35)
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