Author: Lee, BC
Date Published: 2007
The goal of the "Safety Training for employers and Supervisors of Adolescent Farmworkers" initiative is to improve the occupational health and safety knowledge and practices of agricultural employers and supervisors responsible for employees, ages 14 to 17 years. Surveys were sent to members of the National Council of Agricultural Employers and the Washington Growers Association to measure attitudes regarding adolescent employees, current hiring and training practices and future intention. More than half of the respondents hire adolescents. Two-thirds were male, nearly three-quarters of the respondents had college or post-graduate degrees and more than half were 50 or older. The majority of respondents had positive perceptions of adolescents in terms of dependability helpfulness and work ethic.