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TLE-AFA-AGRI CROP
PRODUCTION
Quarter 1 – Module 3:
Manual Handling in Preparing
Materials, Tools and Equipment for
Horticultural Production
Technology and Livelihood Education – Grade 9
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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
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore,
this also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while
taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:
As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners’ progress while allowing
them to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to
encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the
module.
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For the learner:
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and
time. You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource
while being an active learner.
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This is a task which aims to evaluate your
Assessment level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.
In this portion, another activity will be given
Additional Activities to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of
the lesson learned.
1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any
part of the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the
exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other
activities included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your
answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through
with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you
are not alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning
and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!
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What I Need to Know
Content Standard
The learner demonstrates an understanding of concepts, underlying theories
and principles in the preparation of farm materials, tools and equipment occupational
health and safety operations in crop production.
Performance Standard
The learners use farm materials, tools, equipment and applies occupational
health and safety practices in crop production.
Identify the required materials, tools and equipment according to lists provided
and/or teacher’s/superior’s instructions.
Learning Objectives
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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.
Lesson
Support Horticultural Crop
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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
Why are farm tools in agricultural crop production beneficial to the famers/farm
workers?
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How are you going to avoid being inflicted with the different hazards associated with
exposure
to the exposed parts of farm machineries?
What’s New
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4. How are you going to maintain your cutting tools to their optimum condition?
________________________________________________________________________
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What is It
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
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2. Wrap Points
3. Freewheeling
Points
4. Spring Points
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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.
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blade, put it in the vise, slip on some thick leather gloves and tweak it until it’s
straight.
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.
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 will apply…
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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.
Additional Activities
When can we say that a shovel is sharp? How will we maintain a shovel’s sharpness?
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Answer Key
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References
• Hydraulic Lifts
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m=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjW1u2owajqAhUOe5QKHVbpAX0Q2-
cCegQIABAA&oq=types+of+hydraulic+lifts+and+hoses&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAz
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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
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&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
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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
• 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
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• Pinch Points
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F03%2F16%2Fguardsmart-96-conveyor-pulleys-where-are-the-
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