Professional Resource Manual

The NAGCAT Professional Resource Manual (PRM) was published in June, 1999, as the professional companion to the NAGCAT parent guideline posters.The PRM is intended for safety professionals, extension educators, healthcare professionals and other professionals engaged in agricultural injury prevention research, education, health promotion and training to farm parents of children working in production agriculture.

The PRM distinguishes the developmental requirements necessary for a child to safely complete an agricultural job.The PRM also includes information on agricultural hazards, supervision, and parental responsibilities to create safe working environments for working children.

A job hazard analysis framework and child development checklist is available for each of 61 agricultural jobs. The complete PRM is available online. See links below.

Included in the Professional Resource Manual:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Background
• Methodology
• Terminology
• Development of Core Content
• Development of Resources
• Principles of Child Development
• Issues and Implications
• Safety
• References
• Professional Training Module (Powerpoint training presentation)
• Project Team
• Job Hazard Analysis Framework
• Child Development Checklist for 61 Different Jobs.

The "North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks" contains several errors and omissions that appear in the 1999-2001 publication. Please accept our regrets and note the errata sheet that lists these errors and omissions.

Helping kids do the job safely is our goal!