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Lesson 1: Tools, Technologies, and Innovative Work Practices in Agriculture

Lesson 1: Tools, Technologies, and Innovative Work Practices in Agriculture. 1-1. Introduction (Click picture to play). Video not working?. Need captioned video?. 1-2. Tool: Definitions. A device, such as a saw, used to perform or facilitate manual or mechanical work.

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Lesson 1: Tools, Technologies, and Innovative Work Practices in Agriculture

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  1. Lesson 1: Tools, Technologies, and Innovative Work Practices in Agriculture 1-1

  2. Introduction (Click picture to play) Video not working? Need captioned video? 1-2

  3. Tool: Definitions • A device, such as a saw, used to perform or facilitate manual or mechanical work. • Something regarded as necessary to the carrying out of one's occupation or profession. 1-3

  4. The Toolbox • A resource with more than 750 ideas or tools to assist farmers with disabilities, as well as those without. 1-4

  5. Toolbox Product Categories • Tractors & Self-Propelled Equipment • Livestock Handling & Housing • Crop & Materials Handling/Storage • Agriculture-Related Enterprises • Shops & Shop Tools • (cont.) 1-5

  6. Toolbox Product Categories (cont.) • Trucks and Off-Road Vehicles • Outdoor Mobility • Lawn & Garden • Outdoor Recreation • Safety & Health • Case Studies • Plowshares Technical Reports 1-6

  7. Nail Starter Hammer • Purpose: • Starts nails with only one hand • Special Benefit for People with disabilities (PWD): • Allows a person with only one hand to start nails easily 1-7

  8. DR Powerwagon • Purpose: • Heavy-duty powered wheelbarrow • Special Benefit for PWD: • Allows those with limited strength or arthritis to transport heavy materials 1-8

  9. Attachmatic Hitch • Purpose: • Automatically hitches a wagon tongue to the tractor drawbar • Special Benefit for PWD: • Allows people with mobility impairments to hitch/unhitch without leaving tractor 1-9

  10. Tractor Hand Control • Purpose: • Engages brake by hand instead of foot • Special Benefit for PWD: • Allows people who can’t use one or both legs to engage brake 1-10

  11. Air Stream Helmet • Purpose: • Provides filtered air to wearer • Special Benefit for PWD: • Allows people with respiratory impairments to work in dusty environments 1-11

  12. Yak Trax • Purpose: • Increases foot stability on slick surfaces • Special Benefit for PWD: • Allows people with mobility impairments and arthritis to walk more safely on slick surfaces 1-12

  13. Hydroponic Towers • Purpose: • Allows for growing gardens on vertical surfaces • Special Benefit for PWD: • Allows wheelchair users to easily access garden beds 1-13

  14. MobilVision Video Camera • Purpose: • Provides remote views around the tractor • Special Benefit for PWD: • Allows people with impairments to see views that normally require climbing or turning 1-14

  15. Cushioned Parlor Mats • Purpose: • Provides softer surface for dairy farmers who must stand for long periods • Special Benefit for PWD: • Reduces stress and pain for farmers with arthritis and other impairments 1-15

  16. Deck Chair • Purpose: • Restrains sheep and goats • Special Benefit for PWD: • Allows people with strength or mobility impairments to administer health care to animals 1-16

  17. LevAlert • Purpose: • When installed on side of a grain bin at different heights, shows level of grain inside bin • Special Benefit for PWD: • Allows people with disabilities to check grain level without climbing 1-17

  18. Click Rule • Purpose: • This ruler has raised markings and clicks every 1/16th inches when expanded • Special Benefit for PWD: • Allows users with visual impairments to measure accurately 1-18

  19. Kawasaki Mule • Purpose: • All-purpose Utility Vehicle • Special Benefit for PWD: • Allows farmers and ranchers with mobility impairments to travel distances and over rough ground easily 1-19

  20. Arlan Bookwalter(Click picture to play) Video not working? Need captioned video? 1-20

  21. Dale Baerg(Click picture to play) Video not working? Need captioned video? 1-21

  22. Sling Lift for Tractor • What potential hazards do you see? 1-22

  23. Truck Ramp • What potential hazards do you see? 1-23

  24. This concludes Lesson 1For curriculum updates, seewww.agrability.org/youth Teachers, please remember to complete our 5-question evaluation survey after Lesson 3 1-24

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