The first graduates of the California Agricultural Safety Certificate Program met in Fresno this fall to complete final training prior to receiving their certificates of completion.

The training consisted of successful completion of Module five, the practical experience workshop, where participants gave oral presentations outlining how they would apply the information they had learned in the first four modules to their own company’s safety program.

The safety certificate program was launched in January 1999 in response to expressed needs in the agricultural and agribusiness industries for advanced training for company safety coordinators, explained Kimberly Naffziger, director of AgSafe and program development specialist for the Center for Agricultural Business (CAB). Both AgSafe and CAB are key sponsors of the safety certificate program.

The program includes 20 hours of training in California safety laws and regulations; principles of agricultural health and safety; strategies for injury prevention; and techniques for delivering safety training. It is specifically aimed at helping those persons assigned responsibility for implementation of California’s required workplace injury and illness prevention program. Modules have been offered over the past year in a variety of locations and times.

Additional program modules will be offered at the upcoming AgSafe Conference slated for Feb. 2 and 3 in San Luis Obispo, California (see related article on Page 1). For more information on the California Agricultural Safety Certificate Program call (559) 278-4404.

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