Technology and Livelihood Education: Agricultural Crops Production
Technology and Livelihood Education: Agricultural Crops Production
Technology and Livelihood Education: Agricultural Crops Production
Livelihood Education
Agricultural Crops
Production
Quarter 3 - Module 5 (Wk 5)
Occupational Health Safety (OHS)
Technology and Livelihood Education/Technical Vocational Livelihood – Grade 9/11
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 3 – Module 5 (Week 5)
First Edition, 2020
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Technology and
Livelihood
Education
Agricultural
Crops
Production
Quarter 3
Module 5 (Wk5)
SUPPORT NURSERY WORK
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Welcome to the Technology and Livelihood Education/Technical Vocational
Livelihood Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on SUPPORT NURSERY WORK!
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators
both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in
helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration
their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:
As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:
The hand is one of the most symbolized parts of the human body. It is often used to
depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands we may learn, create and
accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a
learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant
competencies and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in
your own hands!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities
for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be
enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being an active
learner.
What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.
What’s I Know
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in a separate
sheet.
_____1. It is designed to protect workers from serious workplace injuries or ill-ness.
A. PPA B. PPE C. FPA D. OHS
_____2. The potential for harm or adverse effect on an employee’s health is known
as A. Risk B. Exposure C. Hazard D. Safety
_____3. Which of the following PPE is used to protect hands from injury?
A. Goggles B. Gloves C. Boots D. Earmuffs
_____4. Which is not an example of physical hazards?
A. Electricity B. Floor, Stairs, Ladder
C. Heat, Cold, Radiation D. Excessively loud and prolonged noise
_____5. The first step in reducing the cause of an accident is?
A. Assess the risk B. Identify the hazard
C. Review the process D. Control the risk
_____6. Which of the following is a biological hazard?
A. Machinery B. Pesticides C. Bacteria D. Falling objects
_____7. What preventive action should a student apply when he/she is exposed
to dust? He / She should wear
A. Eye and respiratory production B. Hearing protection
C. Safety footwear D. Hard cap
______8. What work hazard is not possible in the repair of the roof of a nursery
shed?
A. Exposed to hazardous liquid B. Face exposed to extreme heat
C. Prone to fall from above D. Bodies exposed to sharp or rough
surfaces
______9. This includes chemical substances such as acids or poisons and those
could lead to fire or explosion?
A. Physical B. Biological C. Chemical D. Mechanical
_____10. Protection from head injuries?
A. Cap B. Hard hat C. Face shields D. Gloves
_____11. These injuries include bites, kicks, crushing, ramming, trampling and
transmission of certain infectious diseases are caused by
A. Animals B. Heights C. weather D. Workplace
_____12. These include floor, stairs, work platforms steps, ladder, fire, falling
objects, slippery surfaces, manual handling.
A. Biological B. Chemical C. Physical D. Mechanical
_____13. In some cases, workers must shield most of their whole body to protect
from
A. Respiratory injuries B. Eye injuries C. Head injuries D. Body injuries
_____14. Risk management is a __________ process.
A. seven-step B. Six-step C. Five-step D. Four-step
_____15. It occurs when a person comes in contact with a hazard.
A. Control B. Risk C. Exposure D. Hazard
What’s New
Directions: Rearrange the jumbled letters of the following words related to OHS
requirements. Write your answers in a separate sheet.
1. C T I
R A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Control Point
I C L
2. R T D I
V E Personal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
P E T C Equipment
3. A S Y
Occupational Health and
______
F T E
4. S A Y
A S Hazard _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and
L N I Critical Point
What is It
Risk management
Risk management is a four-step process
1. Identify the hazard
The first step in reducing the cause of an accident is hazard identification.
Hazard identification is identifying all situations or events that could cause injury
or illness. Eliminating or minimizing workplace hazards needs a systematic
approach. It is essential to try and anticipate all possible hazards at the workplace
- known as the ‘what if?’ approach elimination, substitution, or engineering
control(s) of hazards at their source or along the path between the source and the
worker. Many methods are available, and those most appropriate to the specific
situation should be used.
Controls are usually placed:
1. At the source (where the hazard “comes from”).
2. Along the path (where the hazard “travels”).
3. At the worker.
Methods for identifying hazards
There are many methods which are useful for identifying hazards, including:
Injury and illness records - review your workers’ compensation data and check the
incidence, mechanism and agency of injury, and the cost to the organiza-tion.
These statistics can be analysed to alert the organization to the presence of hazards
Staying informed on trends and developments in workplace health and safe-ty, for
example via the internet or OHS publications
Reviewing the potential impact of new work practices or equipment intro-duced into
the workplace in line with legislative requirements
Doing walk-through surveys, inspections or safety audits in the workplace to
evaluate the organization’s health and safety system
Considering OHS implications when analysing work processes
Investigating workplace incidents and ‘near hits’ reports - in some cases there may
be more than one hazard contributing to an incident
Getting feedback from employees can often provide valuable information about
hazards, because they have hands-on experience in their work area
2. Assess the risk associated with the hazard
This step involves collecting information and making decisions. It is important for
you to consider the extent of the harm or consequence from a hazard and the cause
of harm that is occurring. If your assessment is an unacceptable risk to health,
introduce controls to reduce the risk to it.
3. Control the risk
The third step in effective risk management is to establish and maintain systems
which give opportunity for regular evaluation and review procedures. Evaluation
means examining control measures to ensure risks are eliminated or reduced and
have not caused new hazards presenting unacceptable risk.
There are three categories of control measures you might take. You can
eliminate the hazard
minimize the risk
Introduce ‘back-up’ controls (when all other options in the previous
categories have been exhausted).
4. Review the process.
The review system applies to the overall risk management process and checks if the
process is working effectively to identify hazards and manage risks.
HACCP (HAZARD ANALYSIS and CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS)
HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points)
- is a process control system designed to identify and prevent microbial and other
hazards in food production.
It includes steps designed to prevent problems before they occur and to
correct deviations as soon as they are detected.
Such preventive control systems with documentation and international
organizations as the most effective approach available for producing safe
food.
Principles of HACCP
1. Conduct a hazard analysis
- Determine if any biological, chemical, or physical property. If not controlled
can cause an safety hazard; identify the preventive measures to control these
hazards.
2. Identify critical control points.
- The Critical Control Point (CCP) is a point in the production process in
which control is applied to prevent, eliminate or reduce safety hazards to an
acceptable level.
3. Determine the critical limits.
- The critical limit is the maximum and or minimum value in which a safety
hazard can be controlled. It is a specific value to which a physical, biological
and or chemical hazard must be controlled, prevented , eliminated, or
reduced to an acceptable level.
4. Define monitoring procedures.
- The monitoring activities are the process which ensure that every process
is under control at each critical control point. The measurements taken, who
is responsible are part of thee monitoring process.
5. Implement corrective actions.
- When a deviation in a critical limit occurs, corrective actions must be
initiated. The corrective action process is put in place to prevent health
hazards and established corrective measures to eliminate deviation.
6. Establish verification procedures.
- Validation ensures that the HACCP plan is working as designed and it is
successfully producing a safe product. Audits, record, reviews, system and
equipment calibration, and product testing may be part of the validation
activities.
7. Create record keeping procedures.
- Documents such as the HACCP hazard analysis, monitoring Documents
such as the HACCP hazard analysis, monitoring CCP, critical limits, and the
corrective action process must be maintained.
What’s More……….
Independent Activity 2
Directions: MATCHING TYPE. Match the examples of hazards in column A
with the types of hazards in column B.
A B
1. Electricity, machinery, equipment, a. Chemical
forklift, cranes
2. Bacteria, viruses, mold, mildew, b. Mechanical
insects, vermin, animals
3.Floors, stairs, work platforms, c. Biological
ladder, fire, falling objects, manual
handling
4.Pesticides, herbicides, cleaning d. psychosocial environment
agents, dusts and fumes
5.Workplace stressor such as e. Physical
workplace violence, workloads
demands, lack of respect, sexual
harassment
Independent Assessment 2
Directions: Give the possible harmful effects of the following hazards. Write
your answer in a separate sheet.
Independent Activity 3
Directions: Arrange in order the four-step process of risk management by
assigning number in every step. Write your answer in a separate sheet.
_____ a. Assess the risk associated with the hazard.
_____ b. Review the process.
_____ c. Control the risk.
_____ d. Identify the hazard.
Independent Assessment 3
Directions: Identify the following principles of HACCP: Write the letter of the
correct answer in a separate sheet.
a. Conduct a hazard analysis.
b. Identify critical control point.
c. Determine the critical limits.
d. Define monitoring procedures
e. Implement corrective actions.
f. Establish verification procedures.
g. Create record keeping procedures.
_____ 1. Point in the production process in which control is applied to prevent,
eliminate or reduce safety hazard.
_____ 2. The maximum and or minimum value in which a safety hazard can be
con-trolled.
_____ 3. Actions to be put in place to prevent health hazards and established
corrective measures to eliminate the deviation.
_______4. Documents must be available to prove that the critical limits are being
followed.
_____ 5. Identify hazards and assess the risks associated with them at each
step.
_____ 6. The process which ensure that every process is under control.
_____ 7. Validation ensures that the HACCP plan is working as designed and it
is successfully producing a safe product.
What I Have Learned
I have learned that there are different types of hazard in the farm,
and these are
Activity # 1
A video presentation of how the different farm tools and equipment are used in the
performance of the different nursery works will be shown to you. Make a
description of what you have seen which may answer the following questions:
1. Do the equipment operators practice proper wearing of PPE’s and handling
safety procedures?
2. What are the observed malpractices in not proper wearing of PPE and handling
of tools and equipment and how are the nursery workers/operator affected?
3. Why is it important to practice safety procedure and proper wearing and
handling of tools and equipment in the nursery workplace?
Summary
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is equipment worn by a worker to
minimize exposure to specific hazards. Examples of PPE include respirators, gloves,
aprons, fall protection, and full-body suits, as well as the head, eye and, foot
protection. Using PPE is only one element in a complete hazard control program
that would use a variety of strategies to maintain a safe and healthy environment.
PPE does not reduce the hazard itself nor does it guarantee permanent or total
protection.
What I Can Do…..
Directions: Fill-in the blanks with the missing word/words to complete the
table. Write your answer in a separate sheet.
Assessment
(Post- Test)
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in a separate
sheet.
_____1. It is designed to protect workers from serious workplace injuries or ill-ness.
A. PPA B. PPE C. FPA D. OHS
_____2. The potential for harm or adverse effect on an employee’s health is known
as A. Risk B. Exposure C. Hazard D. Safety
_____3. Which of the following PPE is used to protect hands from injury?
A. Goggles B. Gloves C. Boots D. Earmuffs
_____4. Which is not an example of physical hazards?
A. Electricity B. Floor, Stairs, Ladder
C. Heat, Cold, Radiation D. Excessively loud and prolonged noise
_____5. The first step in reducing the cause of an accident is?
A. Assess the risk B. Identify the hazard
C. Review the process D. Control the risk
_____6. Which of the following is a biological hazard?
A. Machinery B. Pesticides C. Bacteria D. Falling objects
_____7. What preventive action should a student apply when he/she is exposed
to dust? He / She should wear
A. Eye and respiratory production B. Hearing protection
C. Safety footwear D. Hard cap
______8. What work hazard is not possible in the repair of the roof of a nursery
shed?
A. Exposed to hazardous liquid B. Face exposed to extreme heat
C. Prone to fall from above D. Bodies exposed to sharp or rough
surfaces
______9. This includes chemical substances such as acids or poisons and those
could lead to fire or explosion?
A. Physical B. Biological C. Chemical D. Mechanical
_____10. Protection from head injuries?
A. Cap B. Hard hat C. Face shields D. Gloves
_____11. These injuries include bites, kicks, crushing, ramming, trampling and
transmission of certain infectious diseases are caused by
A. Animals B. Heights C. weather D. Workplace
_____12. These include floor, stairs, work platforms steps, ladder, fire, falling
objects, slippery surfaces, manual handling.
A. Biological B. Chemical C. Physical D.
Mechanical
_____13. In some cases, workers must shield most of their whole
body to protect from
A. Respiratory injuries B. Eye injuries C. Head injuries D. Body injuries
_____14. Risk management is a __________ process.
A. seven-step B. Six-step C. Five-step D. Four-step
_____15. It occurs when a person comes in contact with a hazard.
A. Control B. Risk C. Exposure D. Hazard
Key Answers
What’s More What I Know
Independent Activity 2 1. B
1. E 2. C
2. C 3. B
3. B 4. A
4. A 5. B
5. D 6. C
7. A
What’s More 8. A
Independent Assessment 2 9. C
1. Fall / Cuts 10. B
2. Poisoning, lost of consciousness and 11. A
fatality 12. C
3. Rashes, cramps, dehydration, sunburn 13. D
4. Long-term exposure may result to chronic 14. D
respiratory illness 15. C
5. Musculoskeletal disorders including
sprains and strains What’s In
1. Gloves
What’s More 2. Hard hat
Independent Activity 3 3. Goggles
1. B 4. Boots
2. C 5. Earplug
3. E
4. G What’s New
5. A 1. Critical
6. D 2. Protective
7. F 3. Safety
Independent Assessment 3 4. Analysis
1. 2
2. 4 What’s More
3. 3 Independent Activity 1
4. 1 1. SAFETY EYE GLASS
2. FACE MASK
3. RESPIRATOR
4. SAFETY SHOES
5. GLOVES
6. GOGGLES
7. FACE SHIELDS
8. COVERALL SUIT
9. RUBBER BOOTS
10. EAR PLUG
Independent Assessment 1
1. Gloves - Protection from hand injury
2. Goggles - Protection from eye injury
3. Coverall suit - Protection from body injury
4. Hard hat - Protection from head injury
5. Boots - Protection from leg and foot injury
Additional Activity
(Answer may vary)
References
Agricultural Arts for Secondary
Agricultural Arts (T.H.E., SEDP, NSEC series) by Ramon G. Asuncion et.al.
Farm Mechanics Textbook by Phipps, McColly, Scranton, & Cook p.393 – 689
Growing Vegetables by Tony Biggs p.6 – 7
Growing Rich, Tasty Veggies in Harmony with Nature, vol. 1 by Jef Van Haunte-
Lyds Quileste Van Haunte p.117-120
A Practical Safety Guide for the Horticulture Industry in the Murray Valley
TESDA, CBLM - Agricultural Crop Production NC I
LM / TG, TLE - Agricultural Arts Crop Production NC I
LM / TG, TLE –Agricultural Arts Horticulture NCII
LM, TLE - Horticulture Exploratory Course
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