ABSTRACT

Purpose: Agriculture and forestry is still one of the sectors with the highest rate of work-related injuries, and it is essential that future farmers and employees in the agricultural sector, at an early stage, gain knowledge and insight into the importance of the work environment for safe, secure, and good working conditions in order to create an improved safety culture. The purpose of this study was to survey and analyze the occupational health and safety education provided at Swedish agricultural high schools (16–19 years-of-age).

Method: All 29 schools with agricultural programs received surveys, with slightly different content for principals, operating managers, teachers, and instructors with questions about education, teaching materials, communication, and related issues.

Results/Findings: The results (response rate 33%) showed that the agricultural high schools had a high standard of safety awareness and well-established procedures for injuries and incidents, and this was well known and perceived as well-functioning procedures by the staff in this study, with a tendency for the instructors to be less satisfied with the follow-ups and actions taken. The basic work environment education placed within the general course “Natural resources management” showed a varying amount of lessons due to the lack of specified minimum teaching time and difficulties in finding adequate teaching material. The widely differing backgrounds of the teachers and their sometimes low motivation for owning initiatives to develop this subject give further argument to the need for relevant and coherent literature. Altogether the results also indicated that teaching in the subject courses (such as “Farm animals” and “Agricultural mechanization”) generally did not take into account the evolving role to be played regarding work environment issues, according to the syllabus’s objective description and central content. Possible explanations could be teaching materials lacking connection and update to current course objectives, individual teachers’ interest in the matter, and/or ambiguities about what is to be taught in the actual course. The insight into how important the instructors or trainers in the practical farming at schools are as role models should lead to increased focus on training them further in health & safety issues.

Practical application: The results of this study show that the education regarding health & safety at agricultural schools has some problems regarding the amount and quality of the content. There is a need for improvements and it needs to be further prioritized in the agricultural schools which often form the basic knowledge for the future of our farmers.

摘要

目的：农业和林业仍然是与工作有关的伤害率最高的部门之一，至关重要的是，早期的农业部门的未来农民和雇员应早日了解和了解工作的重要性安全，有保障和良好的工作条件的环境，以建立更好的安全文化。本研究的目的是调查和分析瑞典农业高中（16-19岁）提供的职业健康和安全教育。

方法：所有29所接受农业计划的学校都接受了调查，对校长，运营经理，教师和讲师的内容稍有不同，但对教育，教材，沟通和相关问题均存在疑问。

结果/发现：结果（答复率为33％）表明，农业高中的安全意识水平很高，并且制定了完善的伤害和事故征候程序，在本研究中，这是工作人员众所周知并认为其运作良好的程序，这会使讲师对后续措施和所采取的措施不太满意。由于缺乏指定的最短教学时间和难以找到足够的教材，在“自然资源管理”普通课程中进行的基本工作环境教育显示出不同的课程数量。老师的背景千差万别，有时他们缺乏主动去发展这个学科的动力，这进一步证明了对相关和连贯文献的需求。总体而言，结果还表明，根据课程大纲的客观描述和中心内容，在课程中的教学（例如“牲口动物”和“农业机械化”）通常没有考虑到在工作环境问题上扮演的角色。 。可能的解释可能是教材缺乏与当前课程目标的联系和更新，个别教师对此事的兴趣和/或对实际课程中所教课程的含糊之处。对讲师或培训师在学校实际耕作中作为榜样的重要性的深刻理解应导致人们更加关注对他们进行健康与安全问题的进一步培训。

实际应用：这项研究的结果表明，农业学校的健康与安全教育在内容的数量和质量方面存在一些问题。需要改进，在农业学校中需要进一步优先考虑，这些学校通常构成了我们农民未来的基本知识。