2025 Tractor & Equipment Safety Trainings

Nebraska Extension and the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, collaborate annually to offer annual tractor and equipment safety trainings across the state. This year we are pleased to have courses scheduled at 8 sites across Nebraska in late May and early June including in Grand Island on June 9 and 10.

Federal law prohibits children under 16 years of age from using certain equipment on a farm unless their parents or legal guardians own the farm. However, certification received through the course grants an exemption to the law allowing 14- and 15-year-olds to drive a tractor and to do field work with certain mechanized equipment.

The cost of the program is $60 and includes educational materials, the online learning link (if applicable, supplies, and meals and snacks at in-person trainings. Registration is available online (payment with credit card only) or by mail (payment by check only).

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