Title: Describe safety requirements specific to turf care.
Course: Agricultural Education - Preparation (18003-II) > Section: Investigating the Landscaping Industry

Description should include identifying all recommended safety procedures, guidelines, and industry-accepted safety practices for equipment used in the landscape and turfgrass industries, including Purdue University’s tractor safety program and the Virginia FFA Association Tractor Operator Rules.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are possible consequences of not following safety requirements?
- How do safety requirements evolve?

Teacher Resources:

- Gearing Up for Safety, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Purdue University
- Lawn Tractor Operators, Virginia FFA & 4-H
- Safety First
- § 40.1-100. Certain employment prohibited or limited., Code of Virginia, Virginia Law, Legislative Information System
- Teens and Employment, Virginia Rules, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia
- Chapter 30. Virginia Rules and Regulations Declaring Hazardous Occupations, Administrative Code, Virginia Law, Legislative Information System
- 16VAC15-30-10. Hazardous occupations., Administrative Code, Virginia Law, Legislative Information System