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Identifying Safety Needs for Alberta's Agricultural Industry | |
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From the Aug 11, 2008 Issue of Agri-News | |
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The department has engaged a safety education company, HDC Consulting, to facilitate a discussion with interested rural Albertans on how to best move forward with opportunities for safety training that will meet the needs of Alberta's farm owners and workers, and will move the industry toward the goal of safe and healthy farms.
Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development is accepting member nominations until September 5, 2008, to serve on the Safety Training Advisory Committee. Members will be selected based on the following criteria:
- current farming knowledge and minimum of seven years of farming experience
- demonstrated commitment to farm safety
- leader in the community who understands the importance of change
- ability and interest in promoting the safety training pilot program
- knowledge of education and training processes
- balanced representation from a variety of farm operations, industry organizations and regions of Alberta
Albertans are encouraged to nominate individuals who they feel would make a contribution to this committee. Albertans can also nominate themselves if they are interested in this initiative. Letters of nomination should outline how the nominee meets the criteria in one or more areas.
The advisory committee members will be expected to attend two sessions in October and November to discuss options for safety training for farmers. The sessions will be facilitated by HDC Consulting and the session information will be used to develop a proposal for a pilot training program.
Advisory group members will be invited to be part of the resulting pilot training program and will be encouraged to promote the program to their own farming community and industry networks.
All expenses will be covered by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development and a per diem will be offered. Interested persons can contact Laurel Aitken at 780-427-4231 or Jodi Drozda, APF project coordinator, at 780-644-5379 for further information.
This project is funded through the Agricultural Policy Framework, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative that aims to make Canada the leader in food safety, innovation and environmentally responsible agriculture production.
Contact:
Jodi Drozda
780-644-5379
Fax: 780-422-7755
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This document is maintained by Rita Splawinski.
This information published to the web on August 6, 2008.
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