3.1 Tools and Equipment

• Tools and equipment for gardening tasks
• Tools and equipment for livestock tasks
• Tools for assembling and dismantling
• Using tools for agricultural tasks
• Maintenance of tools and equipment
• Care and safety in the use of tools

• identify the tools and equipment used for various agricultural tasks
• carry out various agricultural tasks using appropriate tools and equipment
• carry out appropriate maintenance practices on selected tools and equipment
• apply safety measures in the use of tools and equipment
• acknowledge the importance of maintaining tools and equipment for efficient working

“How do tools and equipment contribute to the efficiency of farm operations?”

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1. Agricultural tools and equipment
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   The tools for gardening, livestock and construction tasks, choosing the right tool, and how tools contribute to the efficiency of farm work.
2. Maintaining tools and using them safely
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   How to maintain tools so they work well and last, and how to use them safely - and why both matter for efficient, accident-free farm work.
3. Identifying gardening tools
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Naming Kenyan garden tools by sight, naming their parts, and stating the job each is designed for on a school shamba.
4. Using gardening tools on the school farm
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Carrying out a real garden task with the right tool: hoe, water, carry and rake without injury, then returning each tool clean.
5. Identifying livestock tools
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Naming tools for restraining, feeding, milking, treating and identifying animals, and grouping them so the right one is fetched for the job.
6. Using livestock tools safely
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Practising restraint, clean milking kit, and the idea of drenching or injecting only after the animal is still - with a hard no on unsupervised surgery tools.
7. Workshop tools for assembling and dismantling
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Identifying and using spanners, screwdrivers, hammers, pliers, saws and tape measures to put farm structures together and take them apart for repair.
8. Farm tools versus workshop tools
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Sorting tools by the material they meet - soil and animals versus wood, metal and bolts - and choosing by the task, not by which shed you are standing in.
9. Matching the tool to the task
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Stations on the school farm where learners pick the designed tool for weeding, clearing, bolting, injecting (named), lining rows and carrying - and explain why the wrong match fails.
10. Cleaning, oiling and storing tools
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    The after-use routine that stops rust and accidents: clean, dry, oil or check, then hang on a labelled rack - including food-tool washing for pails.
11. Sharpening and repairing tools
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Filing a jembe along its bevel, whetting a panga, and refitting a handle with a wedge - plus knowing when a jua kali fundi must take over.
12. Safety with tools on the school farm
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Spacing, PPE, carrying blades down, refusing damaged tools, and first aid for cuts - the safety measures the outcome requires learners to apply.
13. Jua kali tools and school improvising
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    How Kenyan farms get tools from jua kali artisans, how to judge quality, when to repair locally, and how to improvise a safe drinker without using chemical drums.
14. The school tool store and why maintenance is an investment
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Shadow boards, an issue book, locked sharps and an end-of-term audit - so learners acknowledge that maintained, listed tools work and lost rusty ones are bought twice.