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Technology and
Livelihood Education
Quarter 1, Wk.3 - Module 4
Required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in
Horticultural Work

Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines

Technology and Livelihood Education- Grade 9
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Quarter 1, Wk.3 - Module 1: Required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in
Horticultural Work
First Edition, 2020

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Technology and
Livelihood
Education
Quarter 1, Wk.3 - Module 1
Required Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE) in Horticultural Work

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 Table of Contents

What This Module is About ................................................................................................................... i

What I Need to Know .............................................................................................................................. ii
How to Learn from this Module ...........................................................................................................ii
Icons of this Module ...............................................................................................................................iii

What I Know ........................................................................................................................................... iii

Lesson 1:
Required Personal Protective Equipment in Horticultural Work ..................................... 1
What I Need to Know.................................................................................................. 1
What’s New ............................................................................................................... 1
What Is It ........................................................................................................................ 1
What’s More ................................................................................................................. 5
What I Have Learned.................................................................................................. 7
What I Can Do .............................................................................................................. 7

Summary ……………………………………………………………………………………..……..8
Assessment: (Post-Test)…………………………………………………………………………..8
Key to Answers……………………………………………………………………………………..……….8
References…………………………………………………………………………………………9
What This Module is About
Why is safety important?
Safety is important in doing horticultural work, other areas in agriculture, in work, and
in life in general. To be safe means be free of harm. Practicing safety involves preventing
injury and loss. Safety is everyone’s responsibility.
In this module you will learn about personal protective equipment (PPE) required in
Horticultural work.
This module contains activities for you to complete. It covers the knowledge, skills and
attitudes required to complete the competency: SUPPORT HORTICULTURAL CROP WORK
one of the modules in the Core Competencies for Agricultural Crop Production NC I.

What I Need to Know

Knowing about safety can help prevent accidents. Accidents are actions that occur
unintentionally. Accidents cannot be predicted, but they are more likely to occur in hazardous
situations. They can happen anywhere, including in the home, at work, or in public areas.
Major areas of concern in doing horticultural work includes safety practices in pest
control, safety with machinery tools, and safety with tractors and large equipment. Knowing
how to properly use these items can help reduce risk and help prevent accidents.
How can we reduce the risk or injuries when doing horticultural work?
After going through this module, you are expected to:
 Know the different personal protective equipment (PPE) required in
horticultural work, their purposes/uses.
 What I Know
Before proceeding to the new lesson, please answer the following question so I can
assess what you have learned from your past lesson about correct manual handling
procedures and techniques when loading and unloading materials.

1. Which of the following choices could result in an accident when driving a tractor?
a. Not checking surroundings for children, co-workers or other bystanders
b. Taking a few selfies and texting them to your friends while driving
c. Driving close to a soft shoulder or ditch to permit other vehicles to pass
d. Turning corners quickly and at high speeds
e. All of the above
2. Your supervisor has asked you to do a task you’re not trained for and you think
there’s a chance you could get badly hurt if you do the task. What should you do?
a. Tell your supervisor, then ask to be trained on the task
b. Google a YouTube video and quickly teach yourself
c. Act like you know and just figure it out as you go
d. Quit your job
3. When driving tractors and equipment on roads, what should you do to ensure your
safety?
a. Display the slow-moving vehicle sign.
b. Use escort vehicles.
c. Drive with the rollover protective structure down so you can jump away in the
event of a crash.
d. Both a and b
4. True or false? When you get off a tractor you should leave it running.
a. True b. False
5. What is a key point on the ‘Five Minute Checkup’ checklist for farm machinery?
a. All shields and guards are in place
b. Keys are removed from machinery when not in use
c. Always observe the ‘NO riders’ rule on all farm machinery
d. All of the above
6. True or False. Machinery and equipment operators should be trained on each
specific machine or piece of equipment they will operate.
a. True b. False
7. Why should you clean the steps on a tractor platform?
a. To help prevent slip/fall injuries
b. So your tractor looks great
c. So your co-workers can safely ride on them
d. All the above
8. True or False. There’s no need to shut off engine when doing thing for a short a time.
a. True b. False
9. If you are driving a tractor out to a field and another worker hops on the steps for a
ride, what should you do?
a. Give them a ride.
b. Stomp on the brakes and knock them off
c. Carefully stop and ask them to get off.
10. True or false? When you get off a tractor you should leave it running.
a. True b. False
 Lesson Personal Protective
Equipment Required in
1 Horticultural Work
What I Need to Know
LESSON 1: SUPPORT HORTICULTURAL CROP
LO 1. Prepare materials, tools and equipment for horticultural production
LC: 1.4. Select and check the suitable personal protective equipment (PPE), as required by
the job
At the end of the lesson the student should be able to:
a. Select and check the suitable PPE as required by the job.

What’s In
Activity No. 1
In a sheet of paper, let the students write the safety precautions a tractor driver must
do or consider before driving the tractor and do the job. Ask them why do they have to do it.

What’s New
Activity No. 2 PPE Zones
Materials:Drawing or illustrations of a human body divided into five zones (head,
torso, legs, hands, and feet)
Instructions:
1. Divide the students into five (5) groups
2. Give each group a picture.
3. Let each group list the job hazards in doing horticultural work that might be
relevant in the body zone assigned to them, and what PPE might be relevant
for protecting that zone.
4. Conclude the activity with each group sharing their work with the class.

What Is It
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) refers to any specialized equipment or clothing
worn by farmers and farm workers for protection against health and safety hazards. PPE is designed to
protect many parts of the body; eyes, head, face, hands, feet, ears, or torso. PPE does not prevent
accidents, but it does prevent or reduce injury and even fatalities when used.

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Definitions of Equipment Protection:
 Eye and Face Protection – to provide protection during exposure to hazards like flying particles,
metals or sparks, liquid chemicals, caustic liquids, light radiation, i.e., welding lasers.
 Hearing Protection – to provide protection during exposure to high pitch and loud noise levels.
 Respiratory Protection – to provide protection from inhalation hazards such as vapors, mists,
particulates, pesticides and gases.
 Hand Protection – to provide protection during exposure to potential hazards such as sharp
objects, abrasive surfaces, temperatures extremes and chemical contact.
 Head Protection – to provide protection to potential hazards such as falling objects, striking
against low-hanging objects, electrical hazards, or chemical application.
 Foot Protection - to provide protection for situations with the potential of injuries such as falling
or rolling objects, chemical or liquid exposures, piercing objects, and where feet are exposed to
electrical hazards.
 Clothing Protection – to provide protection from potential hazards such as entanglement, skin
cancer, bodily injury, and pesticide contamination.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

PPE Usage / Purpose

Face Mask  For covering the nose and mouth to
protect from dust and chemicals
 For protecting inhalation of dust particles
and
 Chemical fumes

Gloves

 Protecting the hands to pointed objects

and for mixing manure

Rubber Boots

 Protecting the feet from pointed objects

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 Rain Coat

 Protection from the rain, pesticide

contamination

Hat

 Heat protection
 Hat for protecting the head from sunlight
and drizzle

Googles  Offers good protection against front and

side impact.
 Protection from unvented or indirect
vented chemical splash
 Provides protection from chemical
vapors and liquids.

Hard Hat

 Offers protection from falling objects and

electrical shocks

What to look for: GLOVES

 Don’t use the kind of rubber gloves you’d use to do the dishes! These won’t protect you.
 Don’t use leather gloves! They may be tough, but leather will absorb pesticides and cannot be
properly cleaned.

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What to look for: BOOTS
  Be careful what kind of rubber boots you choose. Common rubber boots have a lining.
 Don’t wear work boots. Leather and canvas absorb pesticides and cannot be properly cleaned.

 Unlined rubber boots provide the best protection.

What to look for: HATS
 Wear a wide-brimmed, unlined hat to protect your head and neck. If wearing a rubber rain hat,
make sure it does not have a cloth lining.
 Make sure there is no cloth or leather band inside your hat. The band will absorb pesticide and
hold it against your skin.
What to look for: COVERALLS
 Don’t use regular work clothes if there is a chance your clothes will become wet with pesticide
spray.
 A spray suit will cover your work clothes and keep you protected from exposure. If it isn’t
 The kind of coveralls designed for dust and dirt can absorb pesticides. They may only worn – it
be used when the label does not specify using chemical resistant coveralls, and when won’t
a 2nd layer of clothing will provide adequate protection protect
PPE
not only helps people but also improves productivity. Farm workers can benefit from using the
appropriate protective equipment for themselves, family members, and workers when the job and its
potential hazards call for it. Protective equipment must be carefully selected. Test fit the protective
equipment to be sure of a proper and comfortable fit. If it isn’t comfortable – it won’t be worn; if it isn’t
worn – it won’t protect.
Controlling a hazard at its source is the best way to protect workers. Use of worksite modification
or work tasks as the best control to manage or eliminate hazards. When these controls are not feasible
or do not provide sufficient protection, then PPE should be employed.
Assessing and controlling hazards
Assessing and controlling hazards is a careful look at what, in the operation, could cause harm
to people… the operator, family members, workers, guests… so that one can decide whether enough
precautions have been taken or should be done. If the hazards cannot be eliminated; then protecting
people is what matters. To do this, a risk assessment of the farm is helpful.
 Step 1: What are the hazards? A hazard is anything that might cause harm, such as working
from ladders or working around electricity. The risk is the chance that someone could be harmed
by these hazards.
o Spot hazards by walking around the workplace and watching how people work.
o Learn from experience. Think about past accidents to see if there are less obvious
hazards.
o Ask people who work on the operation. They may have spotted something you have not
noticed.
 Step 2: Who might be harmed and how? For each hazard, decide who is most vulnerable to be
injured… employees, seasonal workers, family (especially children), the public. Think on how
they might be injured.
 Step 3: Weigh the risks and decide on precautions. For each hazard you need to look at what is
already being done; the controls that are in place; and the way work is organized.
  Step 4: Put the results into practice. A risk assessment is not the end in itself. It will not stop
someone from being injured, or made ill, or dying. Make sure everyone who works on the farm
understands the controls you have put into place.
 Step 5: Check that controls stay in place and review the assessment. No workplace remains the
same. Eventually new equipment will be purchased or ways of working have changed that might
bring in new hazards. Conduct a risk assessment on an annual basis.
A risk assessment is an important step in protecting people, and the business, as well as
complying with applicable laws. It helps one focus on the risks that really matter… the ones that can
cause real harm.

What’s More
How to wear your Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
Cuff your gloves. This will help prevent a
spill from running down the gloves and onto Wear your sleeves overtop of the gloves.
your arms.

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 Keep your sleeves done up over your Wear your pant legs outside of our
gloves. boots.

Care of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Reduce your risk of exposure by checking each part of your equipment.
Who is responsible for equipment?
Employers, employees and supervisors must cooperate to reduce exposure. As an assistant applicator,
you may be responsible for the cleanup of your equipment. Check with your supervisor to make sure the
responsibilities are clear.
What is secondary contamination?
You may not have pesticide spray contact you directly, but you can still be exposed to pesticides when
removing your protective clothing, touching contaminated surfaces or contacting a target (such as brush)
that was recently sprayed.
The hazard isn’t just to yourself: you can contaminate your home if you do not clean yourself and your
equipment thoroughly.
Post-application cleanup
If you use your coveralls for other work, you will continue to be exposed to any pesticide on them.
Use coveralls designed for pesticide application and put them in a plastic bag immediately after use until
you can wash them

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 What I Have Learned

Now that you have learned a lot about PPE, lets summarize our lesson by letting you answer the
following questions:
1. What should you wear to protect the most exposed part of your body while mixing pesticide?
_____________________________________________
2. Can you wear an ordinary cap as adequate head protection when the label indicates head
protection is needed? Why or why not? _______________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
3. True or False. Over-all suit is use for protecting the body when working. __________
4. If you are uncertain what PPE you will choose to wear, where should you look for information?
_________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
5. True of False. Gloves are used to safeguard hands. ______________________

What I Can Do

Identify six (6) pieces of personal protective equipment shown in the picture below:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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Summary
In this lesson, you were provided with information and guidelines for using protective equipment
to protect your health while working with pesticides.

Assessment: (Post-Test)

Please read the items carefully and answer the questions below.
1. Whose responsibility is it to wear adequate personal protective equipment?
___________________________________________________________________
2. If you are uncertain what PPE to wear, where should you look for information?
3. Which of the following statements about gloves is TRUE? __________________
a. Leather gloves are appropriate for most pesticide uses
b. To provide effective protection, gloves must extend to the elbow
c. Wear gloves outside your sleeves
d. Gloves should be unlined for best protection
4. Which of the following statements about face masks is TRUE? _________________
a. For covering the nose and mouth to protect from dust and chemicals
b. For protecting inhalation of dust particles and
c. Chemical fumes
d. All of the above
5. TRUE or FALSE. Rubber boots are protective gadget for feet from pointed object.
____________________________________
6. Which of the following statements about footwear are TRUE?
a. Vinyl or rubber running shoes provide adequate protection
b. Footwear should extend above the ankle
c. Protective footwear should be unlined
d. Footwear should be pesticide resistant
7. TRUE or FALSE. Protective equipment must be carefully selected. If it isn’t comfortable – it
won’t be worn; if it isn’t worn – it won’t protect. _________________
8. Why does risk assessment is an important step in protecting people, and the business?
___________________________________________________________
9. TRUE or FALSE. PPE does not prevent accidents, but it does prevent or reduce injury and
even fatalities when used. _____________________________________
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10. When selecting PPE, what must you consider?
a. That it all fits the intended user correctly
b. That it can be used for as many purposes as possible
c. That employee can afford to pay for it
d. That it can be used and shared by all employees
11. If you find a fault in your PPE, what should you do?
a. Keep wearing it until work is done and then throw it away
b. Remove it from everyone’s access and inform your teacher
c. Throw it in the bin and continue the day without it
d. Ask a classmate if you can use theirs while they’re away
12. Which of the following hazards will safety footwear NOT protect you from?
a. Insect bites
b. Metal or wood swarf
c. Wet conditions
d. Electricity
13. Can PPE be shared, reused or altered? Why, or why not? ____________________
___________________________________________________________________
14. Why is PPE considered the last resort? ___________________________________
15. TRUE or FALSE. PPE is a specialized clothing or equipment to prevent accidents.

Key to Answers
1. It is your responsibility to ensure you’re wearing the required PPE suited to the work.
2. The label directions (precautionary information) or the teacher in charge
3. B
4. D
5. TRUE
6. C
7. TRUE
8. RISK ASSESSMENT is important because it helps us focus on the risks that really matter, the ones that can
cause real harm.
9. TRUE
10. A
11. B
12. A
13. NO because PPE is assigned to specific individual.
14. PPE is considered as the last line of defense because eliminating or controlling the hazards should be done first
before going straight to using PPE.
15. FALSE

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References

 Agricultural Crops Production NC I Competency Based Learning Materials

 https://www.acpsd.net/cms/lib/SC02209457/Centricity/Domain/3256/Sports%20Turf
%20Safety.pdf

 http://www.wyomingextension.org/agpubs/pubs/B1233.pdf

 https://www.saif.com/Documents/SafetyandHealth/Agriculture/Tractor%20Safety%2
0Quiz.pdf

 https://osha.washington.edu/sites/default/files/documents/Osh11Unit4.pdf

 https://mytrainingbc.ca/assistantapplicator/pdf/Lesson5.pdf

 https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/hub/manual-handling-quiz/

 https://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/aet12613/$FILE/SFEP_
Farm_Safety_Quiz_2017.pdf

 https://www.hst.uk.com/news/manual-handling-quiz/

 https://millops.community.uaf.edu/prt-110/prt-110-lesson-10-personal-protective-
equipment-ppe/

 https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/hub/ppe-quiz/

 https://www.creativesafetysupply.com/qa/ppe/why-is-ppe-considered-last-resort

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