Training materials

2014

  1. Second edition

    Ergonomic checkpoints in agriculture: Practical and easy-to-implement solutions for improving safety, health and working conditions

    21 March 2014

    This manual presents practical solutions for improvements in agricultural work and rural life from an ergonomics point of view. The checkpoints it lists are intended to be used as a means to improve existing working and living conditions, for better safety, health and efficiency in agricultural and rural settings.

2006

  1. Instructional material

    Tackling hazardous child labour in agriculture: Guidance on policy and practice

    01 October 2006

    This toolkit has been produced to help policy-makers ensure that agriculture is a priority sector for the elimination of child labour. The guidebooks included in this package provide policy-makers and stakeholder organizations with information and ideas needed to plan, formulate and implement policies and programmes to tackle hazardous child labour in agriculture.

2004

  1. Instructional material

    Health, safety and environment: A series of trade union education manuals for agricultural workers

    01 January 2004

    This series of manuals has been developed to help union affiliates representing agricultural workers to tackle health, safety and environmental problems (HS&E), through their training programmes.

1999

  1. Instructional material

    Participatory Action Training for Informal Sector (PATRIS): Trainer's guide

    01 March 1999

    This brief guide explains how to organise and carry out training designed to improve safety, health and working conditions in the informal sector workplaces by using the attached training materials.

  2. Instructional material

    Participatory Action Training for Informal Sector (PATRIS): Operator's manual

    01 March 1999

    This manual shows how to take simple, effective, and low-cost action which improves safety and health at the workplace and at the same time raises productivity. The training method encourages owners and operators to make concrete improvements at the shop-floor level.

1993

  1. Instructional material

    Safety and health in the use of chemicals at work

    12 February 1993

    This training manual addresses all aspects of dealing with chemicals including production, storage, use, transport and disposal. It provides an approach to problems and solutions concerning safety and health in the use of chemicals at work. It is written in straightforward language and assumes a minimum of technical knowledge. The manual also includes the texts of ILO Convention No. 170 and ILO Recommendation No. 177 and a system for classification, identification and labelling of chemicals.

  2. An ILO contribution to the International Programme on Chemical Safety of UNEP, ILO, WHO (IPCS)

    Major hazard control: A practical manual

    01 January 1993

    This manual is designed to deal with the safety aspects of siting, planning, design, construction and operation of plants. It explains how to identify major hazard installations and describes all the components of a major hazard control system. Extensive information is provided on planning for emergencies, both on site and in the surrounding neighborhood.

1987

  1. Instructional material

    Safety-health and working conditions

    01 January 1987

    This training manual is prepared as a tool for training people directly concerned with workplace improvements. The manual is aimed at managers, supervisors, workers, safety representatives and others in all kinds of industries. It is designed particularly for use in developing countries.