OVERVIEW
AFOP is the proud sponsor of the National Farmworker Training Program (NFTP), which provides multiple occupational health safety training topics to the farmworker community. This is possible thanks to the support and funding of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
NFTP is implemented through AFOP’s member organizations in multiple states. Each year the number of states and the number of trainers varies based on our member’s capacity to have staff to provide the trainings.
Training Topics
AFOP’s Health & Safety National Farmworker Training Program (NFTP) strives to empower the farmworker community through health and safety education, resources, and advocacy. This is possible, thanks to AFOP’s network of 230 trainers who provides multiple occupational health and safety training topics to the farmworker community, including:
Training Techniques
AFOP Health & Safety Programs is known for quality, culturally appropriate training and curricula, that use innovative, low-literacy training techniques to communicate vital health information to farmworkers. Our programs focus on using adequate multilingual interactive training techniques to increase farmworkers engagement to the topic in order to ensure knowledge transfer, as well as, behavior change.
The majority of farmworkers in the U.S. speak Spanish as their primary language. To complement trainings, bilingual English-Spanish materials are made available for farmworkers and the community-based organizations that serve them. In the past years we have been able to translate our training materials into Haitian-Creole, Mixteco and Burmese.
Special Events
AFOP Health & Safety annually coordinates the following three awareness events/activities for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their employers.
- National Long-Sleeve Shirt Drive– Held during the National Farmworker Awareness Week in March. With this event, we hope to raise awareness of the serious health effects of pesticide exposure and heat-related illness while collecting and distributing long sleeve shirts to the farmworker community.
- National Women’s Health Week– Held annually in May, AFOP holds an awareness campaign to draw attention to the dangers of pesticide exposure to farmworker women and their unborn children. The campaign includes a training marathon of LEAF and PEP training and a week-long social media blitz.
- National Heat Stress Prevention Training Marathon– Held annually in July. With this event, we hope to spread awareness about the serious effects of heat exposure mixed with pesticide exposure.
Click HERE to check the list of Participating Organizations by State
NFTP is currently implemented in 34 states. Here are the participating organizations:
| STATE | ORGANIZATION | # OF TRAINERS |
| AL | Telamon Corporation | |
| CA | Proteus, Inc. | |
| NC | North Carolina Farmworker Project | |
| NV | Nevada Human Development Corp. | |
| DE | Telamon Corporation | |
| OR | Oregon Human Development Corp. | |
| GA | Telamon Corporation | |
| HI | Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc. | |
| IA | Proteus, Inc. | |
| MN | Montana Rural Employment Opportunity | |
| IL | Illinois Migrant Council | |
| IN | Proteus, Inc. | |
| LA | Motivation, Education, & Training, Inc. | |
| ME | PathStone Corporation | |
| MD | Telamon Corporation | |
| ME | Maine Mobile Health Program, Inc. | |
| MN | Motivation, Education, & Training, Inc. | |
| MT | Rural Employment Opportunities | |
| NC | Telamon Corporation | |
| ND | Motivation, Education, & Training, Inc. | |
| NE | Proteus, Inc. | |
| NJ | PathStone Corporation | |
| NM | Motivation, Education, & Training, Inc. | |
| NY | PathStone Corporation | |
| OH | PathStone Corporation | |
| PA | PathStone Corporation | |
| PR | PathStone Corporation | |
| SC | Telamon Corporation | |
| TX | Motivation, Education, & Training, Inc. | |
| VA | Telamon Corporation | |
| VT | PathStone Corporation | |
| WA | Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington | |
| WV | Telamon Corporation | |
| WY | Motivation, Education, & Training, Inc. |
Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
The following materials have been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide WPS training to agricultural workers, it cannot be altered otherwise it will have to be re-submitted to EPA for a new approval number.
DOWNLOAD FLIPCHART & MATERIALS:
- WPS Flipchart (Eng/Spa)***
- WPS Flipchart (Eng/Haitian-Creole) ***
- WPS Pocket Size Brochure (Eng/Spa)
- PERC WPS Materials
PURCHASE FLIPCHART & OTHER MATERIALS HERE!
PERC’s WPS AND PESTICIDE SAFETY MATERIALS HERE!
**To use and/or re-use the flipchart illustrations please submit a request to Melanie Forti at forti@afop.org
Heat Stress Prevention
The following materials have been approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration under the Susan B. Harwood Training Grant.
DOWNLOAD FLIPCHART & MATERIALS:
**To use and/or re-use the flipchart illustrations please submit a request to Melanie Forti at forti@afop.org
Limiting Exposures Around Families (LEAF)
The following materials have been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide take-home pesticide safety training to agricultural workers, it cannot be altered otherwise it will have to be re-submitted to EPA for a new approval number.
DOWNLOAD FLIPCHART & MATERIALS:
- LEAF Flipchart (Eng/Spa)
- LEAF Flipchart (Eng/Haitian-Creole)
- LEAF Pocket Size Brochure (Eng/Spa)
- LEAF Pocket Size Brochure (Eng/Burmese)
- LEAF Brochure (Eng)
- LEAF Brochure (Spa)
**To use and/or re-use the flipchart illustrations please submit a request to Melanie Forti at forti@afop.org
Pesticide Exposure & Pregnancy (PEP)
The following materials have been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide pesticide safety training to agricultural workers, it cannot be altered otherwise it will have to be re-submitted to EPA for a new approval number.
DOWNLOAD FLIPCHART & MATERIALS:
- PEP flipchart (Eng/Spa)***
- PEP pocket size brochure (Eng/Spa)
**To use and/or re-use the flipchart illustrations please submit a request to Melanie Forti at forti@afop.org
Tractor Safety
The following materials have been approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration under the Susan B. Harwood Training Grant.
DOWNLOAD FLIPCHART & MATERIALS:
- Tractor Safety (Eng/Spa)
- Tractor Safety (Eng/Haitian-Creole)
- Video (Spanish)
- Video (English)
**To use and/or re-use the flipchart illustrations please submit a request to Melanie Forti at forti@afop.org
Chemical Hazards
The following materials have been approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration under the Susan B. Harwood Training Grant.
DOWNLOAD FLIPCHART:
**To use and/or re-use the flipchart illustrations please submit a request to Melanie Forti at forti@afop.org
José Learns About Pesticides
JOSE APRENDE SOBRE LOS PESTICIDAS
This story-telling curriculum has been developed for farmworker children between ages 4-10.
DOWNLOAD FLIPCHART:
- Jose Aprende Sobre los Pesticidas (ENG/SPA) Jose Learns About Pesticides
- Video (Spanish)
- Video (English)
- Jose Aprende Workbook *SOON*
**To use and/or re-use the flipchart illustrations please submit a request to Melanie Forti at forti@afop.org