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TLE-AFA-AGRI CROP RODUCTION
Quarter 1 – Module 3:
Manual Handling in Preparing
Materials, Tools and Equipment for
Horticultural Production
Technology and Livelihood Education – Grade 9
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 3: Manual Handling in Preparing Materials, Tools, and
Equipment for Horticultural Production
First Edition, 2020

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TLE-AFA-AGRI CROP
PRODUCTION
Quarter 1 – Module 3:
Manual Handling in Preparing
Materials, Tools and Equipment
for Horticultural Production
 What I Need to Know

At the end of the module you should be able to:

1. Check farm tools, materials and equipment for faults and defects based on the
manufacturer's list;

2. Enumerate faults/defects of farm tools and equipment; and

3. Apply sharpening activity to a specific farm tool.

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 What I Know

I. Direction: Read each item carefully and use your notebook to write your answer.
Write the word or group of words that fit the statement.
_______1. A tool used to harvest crops.

_______2. Before sharpening, check the ______ nut of the cutting tool.

_______3. What holds the vise firmly in a vise when sharpening?

_______4. When sharpening, try to maintain the _______ factory bevel or angle.

_______5. Keep the blade flat and move it in a ______ motion.

_______6. Serious injuries or kills many people every year. In fact farm fatalities are
on the rise.

II. Give examples of design defects.

1. 3.
2. 4.

Note: If you get 100% correct in this pre- assessment, skip the lesson but if not and only
get 50% to 99% correct, then proceed with the lesson.

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Lesson
Support Horticultural Crop
3 Work
DANGERS OF DEFECTIVE FARM EQUIPMENT
Working with heavy machinery and equipment on a farm brings risks. In
fact, even the locks require regular maintenance to ensure safety. However,
sometimes that is not enough. Faulty parts and defective farm equipment can
cause serious and even fatal injuries.

What’s In

1. Why are farm tools in agricultural crop production beneficial to the famers/farm
workers?

2. How are you going to avoid being inflicted with the different hazards associated with
exposure to the exposed parts of farm machineries?

Notes to the Teacher

This contains information that will help you in reminding the
learners that faulty parts and defective farm equipment can
cause serious and even fatal injuries.

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 What’s New

Answer the given questions.

1. Why is agriculture dangerous?

_______________________________________________________________________

2. What would happen if a certain part of a machine is exposed?

________________________________________________________________________

3. Which is safer to use, blunt cutting tools or sharp cutting tools?

Why? Explain.
________________________________________________________________________

4. How are you going to maintain your cutting tools to their optimum condition?
________________________________________________________________________

5. What are you going to do with blunt cutting tools?

________________________________________________________________________

What is It

Types of Defective Farm Equipment

Most farmers understand that agriculture is dangerous. They respect
and try to be as careful as possible while working. However, many are injured,
and it is beyond their control. These injuries are from defective farm
equipment. These can include hay balers, plows, tractors, harvesters and other
equipment.

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DESIGN DEFECTS
When a company designs equipment without proper safety guards, shut
off switches and protective enclosures agriculture workers are at risk. This
happens all too often.

Some examples of design defects are:

1. Pinch Points

- points at which two objects on the

machine make it contact, with at
least one of them moving in a
circle.

2. Wrap Points

- any exposed rotating machine

component attached at one end to
a piece of equipment. These can
catch on clothing and one end to
a piece of equipment. These can
catch on clothing and limbs
pulling them into the machine.

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3. Freewheeling
Points

- after a farmer turns off the

machine power, quipment parts
such as rotary motor blades and
baler flywheels, continue to rotate
long after it is has been switched
off.

4. Spring Points

- released springs that cause

injury.

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5. Hydraulic lifts and
Hoses
- hydraulic lifts that raise and
support heavy objects and assist
in steering and braking
equipment can and crush a
worker. The equipment also can
eject high-pressure blasts of oil
that can burn eyes and skin.
Leaky hydraulic hoses can emit
toxic fluids that can burn.

PROCEDURE IN SHARPENING TOOLS

One of the common defects of a farm tool is the malfunction of some
parts. Here, the procedure in sharpening a cutting tool/pruning shears is
stated.
Step 1
Tighten the pivot nut. Before sharpening,
check the pivot nut. It could be loose,
making the blades drift apart while cutting
and tearing the twig instead of cutting it
clean. The nut should be snug with no play
in the pivot. With the nut tightened, check
the tool: if it cuts clearly, it doesn’t need
sharpening. If it still cuts poorly, look down
each blade to make sure it’s not bent. If a
blade is slightly bent, loosen the pivot nut
and separate the blades. To straighten the
blade, put it in the vise, slip on some thick leather gloves and tweak it until it’s
straight.

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Step 2
File the edge to expose clean metal. Clamp the blade firmly in a vise. Examine the
factory edge. Hold the file with both hands and mimic the direction of the bevel like a
golfer taking a practice pull. Now, move the file in one brad stroke away from you
along the entire cutting angle. To reiterate, move the file in one direction away from
you. Don’t use small jerky strokes or you’ll lose the factory edge. As you work, you can
see the clean metal path left by the file. Adjust your angle as needed to file the entire
edge evenly. Repeat the motion several times until you expose clean metal over the
whole edge. Usually it’ll take only about 10 strokes. Do the same with the other
blades.

Step 3
Sand the backside of the
blade. Place a sheet of 300-
grit wet/dry sandpaper on
a smooth flat piece of
plywood. You’ll be able to
feel the burrs (be careful –
they’re sharp) on the
backside of each blade
cause by the filing action.
To remove them, lightly
sand the backside of the
blade. Keep the blade flat
and move it in a circular
motion. After making

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several circles pick the blade and gently feel the edge. When the burrs left by the file
disappear, assemble the blades, and lightly oil the moving parts with 3-in-1 oil.

Step 4
Perform housekeeping.

NOTE: Tools that are worn out should be separated and be fixed immediately
to avoid an accident.

What’s More

I. Design Defect

Select one design defect. Explain and give an illustration of your chosen
design defect. Use a short bond paper for your output.

II. Sharpening of tools

(1) Try to find or borrow a cutting/pruning shear for you to perform “Checking of
faults and defects”. Then perform the procedure in sharpening the blade of the
shears.
(2) While performing the activity you need to assess your performance following the
rubric below:

CRITERIA
The blade is properly sharpened. 25%
The nut is properly removed and returned. 25%
The step by step procedure is correctly followed. 30%
Safety precautions are properly observed. 20%
TOTAL 100%

Note: let your parents observe you while performing the activity and let them
write their comments in your notebook. Document the activity by taking
pictures while performing.

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 What I Have Learned

I have learned that…

___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________

I have realized that…

___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________

I will apply…
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________

What I Can Do

You have already tried sharpening a cutting shear. To improve your skills in
sharpening of tools you are required to look for defective blade of a bolo (blunt
blade –“habol”). This time you apply your skill in sharpening a bolo.
Present pictures that you are doing the activity.
(photos of the bolo before and after sharpening should be provided as well)

CRITERIA
The blade is properly sharpened. 25%
Provided authentic pictures. 25%
The step by step procedure is correctly followed. 30%
Safety precautions are properly observed. 20%
TOTAL 100%

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NOTE: Perform the activity with the supervision/guidance of your parents. Let
your parents write their comments in your notebook using the rubric.

Assessment

I. Direction: Read each item carefully and use your notebook to write your answer.
Write the word or group of words that fit the statement.

_______1. A tool used to harvest crops.

_______2. Before sharpening, check the ______ nut of the cutting tool.

_______3. What holds the vise firmly in a vise when sharpening?

_______4. When sharpening, try to maintain the _______ factory bevel or angle.

_______5. Keep the blade flat and move it in a ______ motion.

_______6. Serious injuries or kills many people every year. In fact farm fatalities are
on the rise.

II. Give examples of design defects.

1. 3.
2. 4.

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Answer Key

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References

• Dangers of Defective Farm Equipment. January 17, 2018.

http://farminjuryresource.com/2018/01/17/dangers-defective-farm-
equipment/

• K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum– Technology and Livelihood

Education Learner’s Module. Agricultural Crop Production.pages
24-27.

• Hydraulic Lifts
https://www.google.com/search?q=types+of+hydraulic+lifts+and+hoses&tb
m=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjW1u2owajqAhUOe5QKHVbpAX0Q2-
cCegQIABAA&oq=types+of+hydraulic+lifts+and+hoses&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAz
oECAAQHlCGzhdYmtsXYOffF2gAcAB4AIABzgKIAaMRkgEHMC40LjUuMZgB
AKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1n&sclient=img&ei=2KX6XtaKIY720QTW0ofoB
w&bih=608&biw=1349&tbs=isz%3Al&hl=en&hl=en#imgrc=S2MYtEfgqcW88
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• Hoses
https://www.google.com/search?q=types+of+hydraulic+lifts&tbm=isch&ved
=2ahUKEwj_tsKbwajqAhUNvZQKHeiJDAcQ2-
cCegQIABAA&oq=+hydraulic+lifts&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgHMgQIABBDMgIIA
DICCAAyAggAMgYIABAHEB4yBggAEAcQHjIGCAAQBxAeMgYIABAHEB4yBgg
AEAcQHjIGCAAQBxAeUKmPAVipjwFg-
78BaABwAHgAgAHMAYgBzAGSAQMyLTGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZw
&sclient=img&ei=vKX6Xv_oIo360gTok7I4&bih=608&biw=1349&tbs=isz%3Al
&hl=en&hl=en#imgrc=Z3FpMUa9wGGJnM

• Spring Points
https://www.google.com/search?q=spring+points+on+machinery+parts&tb
m=isch&ved=2ahUKEwie8uTGwKjqAhXPApQKHRhGCCoQ2-
cCegQIABAA&oq=spring+points+on+machinery+parts&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1
DWcVjLoAFgjKMBaAFwAHgAgAGSAogB-w-
SAQUwLjkuMpgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1n&sclient=img&ei=CqX6Xp7
FNc-
F0ASYjKHQAg&bih=608&biw=1349&tbs=isz%3Al&hl=en&hl=en#imgrc=gJV3
ijzNmp5QTM&imgdii=0s3-EILUoRkOEM

https://www.google.com/search?q=spring+points+on+machinery+parts&tb
m=isch&ved=2ahUKEwie8uTGwKjqAhXPApQKHRhGCCoQ2-
cCegQIABAA&oq=spring+points+on+machinery+parts&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1
DWcVjLoAFgjKMBaAFwAHgAgAGSAogB-w-
SAQUwLjkuMpgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1n&sclient=img&ei=CqX6Xp7
FNc-
 F0ASYjKHQAg&bih=608&biw=1349&tbs=isz%3Al&hl=en&hl=en#imgrc=gJV3
ijzNmp5QTM

• Free wheeling points

https://www.google.com/search?q=free+wheeling+points+on+machineries&t
bm=isch&hl=en&tbs=isz:l&chips=q:free+wheeling+points+on+machineries,on
line_chips:agricultural+machinery&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwi_--
T0vqjqAhUaAaYKHaWpBSkQ4lYoAHoECAEQFw&biw=1349&bih=608#imgrc
=3Ll5jqRr7FHsDM

• Wrap Points
https://www.google.com/search?q=wrap+points+on+machineries&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKE
wjB_ubWvajqAhUG4ZQKHdOoDncQ2-
cCegQIABAA&oq=wrap+points+on+machineries&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1Ch1AVYiOUFYLzqBW
gAcAB4AIABtgeIAfU0kgEHNC0xLjIuNpgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1n&sclient=img&ei=B6L
6XoHfCYbC0wTT0bq4Bw&bih=657&biw=1349&tbs=isz%3Al&hl=en#imgrc=Fk5SmQnZcfw98
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• Pinch Points
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fconveyorguarding.com%2F2017%2
F03%2F16%2Fguardsmart-96-conveyor-pulleys-where-are-the-
hazards%2F&psig=AOvVaw19OFBZF1An8xYEu50_SLA4&ust=1593570284167000&source=im
ages&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCKjuvMbIqOoCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAs

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