← 2.2 Animal handling and safety
Approach, flight zone and the kick zone
Agriculture · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
How cattle and other stock see the world: flight zone, point of balance at the shoulder, blind spot, and why the handler stands at the side.
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- 8 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
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Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Handling animals safely and humanely
- Forms of animal handling in the community
- Structures for safe handling
- Using handling tools safely
- Approach, flight zone and the kick zone
- Keeping the handler safe
- Animal welfare and the five freedoms
- Handling different species safely
- Promoting animal safety in the community