Tractor safety photo from Marie Anselm/ brochure

4-H sponsors an 8 week Tractor Safety Certification Course starting February 18, 2025

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4-H sponsors an 8 week Tractor Safety Certification Course starting February 18, 2025.

4-H Tractor Safety Certification Program

Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Spring seems like a long way off but it’s such a busy time of the year we need to start planning now. Our next Youth Tractor Safety Course will begin on February 18, 2025.

This year we are holding two sessions of our course over February break
February 18 and February 20 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Remaining sessions will be:
Thursday evenings:
February 27, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
March 6, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
March 13, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
March 20, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

March 27, 6:30 pm-8:00 pm

Driving Practice: TBA
Driving Test: Saturday, April TBD.

Registration Required by February 14,
Any youth, ages 14 to 15 years old, planning on working on any farm other than their home farm must have this certification to be in compliance with the United States Department of Labor Fair Labor Standards Act. Registration is limited to Ontario County youths on a first come, first served basis; although, youth from surrounding counties may register and participate if space allows. Youth must be age 14 before April 1, 2024 to register.

All participants must attend every session and pass the course to earn certification.

The course fee is $50.00 for Ontario County residents and $60.00 for out of county residents. This covers the workbook, videos, demonstrations, and pizza for the two daytime programs. There are several instructors, who have many years of experience that have volunteered their time to teach these youths.

2025 Tractor Safety Flyer

Link for registration