Ways that YOU can use NAGCAT
Overview
See below for recommendations of ways various groups
can use the North American Guidelines.
Business / Industry
- Encourage "best practices"
among your customers who work in agriculture
- Make a display with NAGCAT for customers
to see during Farm Safety and Health Week (mid September)
- Post NAGCAT booklets in waiting areas,
meeting rooms or place on magazine tables for customers to read
- Include NAGCAT in displays at farm
shows, county fairs and trade shows
Educators
- Learn or teach the risks and hazards
of specific farm jobs based on NAGCAT
- Keep NAGCAT booklets with your other
agricultural safety and injury prevention resources
- Incorporate NAGCAT into students'
assignments and class projects
Farm Organizations
- Help parents learn about agricultural
safety by offering presentations, discussions, or displays based
on NAGCAT
- Use NAGCAT booklets as a membership
gift or project theme
- Print NAGCAT on promotional materials
(posters, greeting cards, place mats, calendars) or include them
as a gift
Farm Safety Programs
- Distribute NAGCAT booklets to parents
of children who receive tractor certification
- Provide NAGCAT as a teaching resource
for presenters and volunteers
- Provide a session on NAGCAT for parents
to assess their children's abilities
Health Care Professionals
- Learn about the principles of child
development as they relate to agricultural work
- Encourage parents to assess their
children's readiness for agricultural work
- Post NAGCAT booklets in waiting rooms,
offices, exam rooms, meeting rooms and place on magazine tables
Farm Owners / Parents / Grandparents
- Use the checklist in NAGCAT to assess
your child/workers abilities to complete a job
- Encourage "best practices"
among friends and neighbors
- Recognize different levels of supervision
For more information on NAGCAT, contact the National Children's Center
for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety at 800.862.6900 or www.nagcat.org.
Helping kids do the job safely is our goal!
