Following the release of the ‘TAP into Farm Safety’ podcast for the the ‘VFF ‘Making Our Farms Safer’ project we were asked to present a workshop at the Cream of the Crop conference in Koroit on farm safety. John Darcy, the VFF Senior Farm Safety Advisor, introduced the Making Our Farm Families Safer project that is aimed at parents and grandparents with tools to keep their families safe. Attendees were made aware that farms are most dangerous / deadly worksites in Australia with a disproportionate number of workplace injuries or fatalities. Wearing three hats, as a dairy farmer, Ambulance Victoria volunteer and TAP Coordinator, Andrea Vallance was able to help guide conversations around farm safety and explained that it is a shared community responsibility. A suite of resources including the VFF ‘Making Our Farms Safer’ project, the Year 5/6 TAP into Farm Safety unit, the National Centre for Farmer Health’s Year 9/10 Gear Up workshops, Primezone resources and George the Farmer’s Farm Safety projects were introduced to inspire conversations. We tapped into the experience and expertise of conference attendees to create key safety messaging for five cohorts; Under 25’s, Young families, Families with teens, Farm teams, Grandparents as part of the required multi- faceted, cross generational response to help keep our farm families safe. Comments are closed.
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