Training School Activities - Safety Culture and Risk Management in Agriculture

Training Schools aim to facilitate capacity building on a topic relevant to the theme of the respective COST Action through the delivery of intensive training on a new or emerging subject. They can also offer familiarisation with unique equipment or expertise and are typically, although not exclusively, considered to be for the benefit of ECI and PhD students. They are not intended to provide general training.

Trainees shall be engaged in an official research programme as a PhD Student or postdoctoral fellow or can be employed by, or affiliated to, an institution, organisation or legal entity which has within its remit a clear association with performing research. Trainees eligible for reimbursement:

1. Trainees from COST Full Members / COST Cooperating Member.
2. Action MC Observer from NNC.
3. Trainees from Approved European RTD Organisations.

Coming Sacurima CA16123 Event:

Training School Program: International Training School On Improvement the safety culture and risk management in agriculture, 26 – 27 of July, 2021 – Institute of Technology, Estonian University of Life Sciences (Virtual meeting).

Course purpose: to acquire knowledge and skills on risk assessment and management in agriculture sector (crop and animal production, forestry and fishery); to introduce the main sources of health risks in agriculture, predict the outcomes and introduce, how to prevent of work accidents and occupational diseases.

Registration link can be found from here.

Target group: certified farmers and young enterpreneurs in agriculture, PhD students and lecturers.

The training will take place in video-bridge of EULS – BigBlueButton environment.
The address, the code and password will be sent to enter into web-training environment (connect with the training course). This information will be sent to the addresses of the participants about one week before the course beginning.
The working language of the training is English. There is no translation into other languages.
Financial resources are covered by SACURIMA Project and for the participants without the participation fee.

Program:

Time: Monday July 26, 2021 09:30 – 16:00

09:00-09.30	Welcome and coffee
9.30-9.45	Opening greetings – University representative
9.45-10.00	Introduction to SACURIMA COST Action Dr. Jarkko Leppälä, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland
10.00-11.00	Agriculture Safety Behavior on various countries in Europe: results on Sacurima survey study Professor Stephan Van Den Broucke, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium Dr. Jarkko Leppälä, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland
11.00-11.45	Safety culture in agriculture veterinary work and working with animals Professor Joze Staric, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
11.45-12.30	Lunch Break
12.30-13.15	Training and managing vulnerable workers safety on farms Professor Athena Ramos, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
13.15-14.00	Farm risk map tool to identify risks on farms Dr. Jarkko Leppälä, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland
14.00-14.15	Coffee break
14.15-15.30	Agriculture safety culture and risk management in Northern America Professor Risto Rautiainen, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, Nebraska, USA Dr. Carolyn Sheridan, Ag Health and Safety Alliance, Iowa, USA
15.30-16.00	Discussion and closing of the day

Time: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 09:30 – 16:00

9.30-10.00	Opening and coffee
10.00-11.45	Trends of health and safety indicators in agriculture in EU countries Professor Eda Merisalu, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia/Dr. Federica Masci and Prof. Claudio Colosio, University of Milan, Italy
11.45-12.45	Lunch breack
12.45-13.30	Agriculture machinery safety study Dr. Jarkko Leppälä, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland
13:30-15.00	Safety culture and risk management case studies Dr. Jarkko Leppälä, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland Professor Eda Merisalu, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia
15.00-15.45	Safety on work – recommendations in agriculture Professor Risto Rautiainen, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) , Omaha, Nebraska, USA
15.45-16.00	Discussion and closing of the day

Wednesday July 28, 10:00-13:00.

Safety risk management exercises and practices on real farm cases or safety program presentations.