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Training is an essential aspect to managing a farm safely.

Building a safer farm

Building a safer farm

It's no secret that agriculture and horticulture are among the most dangerous industries to work in. Find out how you can improve processes and make your business a safer place for your team.

Training is an essential aspect to managing a farm safely.

"It put a lot of pressure on my family"

Yellow Wellies works hard to help all farmers be responsible, confident and safe - producing useful resources and hard-hitting case studies, like this one featuring Tim Papworth.

You can find more real stories on the Yellow Wellies YouTube channel, and access loads of resources on the Yellow Wellies website, too.

All farmers and growers should be aware of the risks of working with machinery, including ATVs, on-farm.

Develop the essential skills

Set the standard for health and safety processes in your business by taking our independently-verified courses covering best practice advice and practical tips to success.

Our Essential Skills courses make it easy for everyone to understand the dangers and risks involved in working in a live production environment - and how everyone has a part to play in making sure they stay safe.

All farmers and growers should be aware of the risks of working with machinery, including ATVs, on-farm.
Improve your recognition of hazards with our Foundations in farm safety (for farm workers) Essential Skills path.
Improve your hazard recognition and risk management, and discover best practice on reporting incidents.
Roger Madge watches Karn Duvalier work a pto in a tractor training course at Harper Adams University.
Master the essential skills and knowledge crucial for working safely in an agricultural environment.
Animal health and welfare is a primary concern for everyone working on a livestock unit.
This Learning Path is aimed at anyone working with livestock, including livestock keepers and farmers.
Our Toolbox Talks can help you quickly share best practice on important tasks with your whole farm team.

Ensure the whole team is following best practice with Toolbox Talks

You can quickly update your farm team on best practice across a wide range of tasks using our Toolbox Talks.

These downloads bring useful guidance, advice on approaching a topic and important learnings together, so business owners and team leaders can host fast, engaging meetings to improve practices quickly.

Our induction paths can help you get new staff up to speed on the important safety procedures on your farm, fast. Pictue: Recut.

Get new staff up to speed. Fast

Our sector-specific induction paths allow owners and managers to quickly set new emploees up with independently verified courses, allowing them to learn the essential information they need before they start work in a working farm environment.

Our induction paths can help you get new staff up to speed on the important safety procedures on your farm, fast. Pictue: Recut.
Get a quick insight into the steps you can take to make your farm a safer place for everyone with our guides.

Get a quick introduction to the processes and actions you can use in our guides

Our guides offer practical tips on a range of activities, including how you can improve processes around handling livestock or working with and around machinery, two of the most common causes of injuries in the industry every year.

While they're not a replacement for quality training, in-person or online, these can give you a quick insight into actions you can take to make your workplace safer for everyone.

This advice can help you make your farm site safer.
Identify the main risks on farms, how you can manage them and where you can go to learn more.
Ensure your team are following best practice when working with machinery on-farm.
This guide aims to help farmers and growers reduce the risk of an accident taking place on farm.

How this relates to the Capability Framework

The courses and learning materials in this hub directly relate to the Health and Safety and Leadership areas of our Capability Framework.

Health and safety competencies.
Leadership competencies.
Get more opinions on the pressing needs around health and safety in our blogs

Opinion on the difficulties the industry faces wth health and safety on farms

Hear from experts on the challenges agriculture and horticulture faces with health and safety, and the ongoing efforts from organisations across the industry to make the sector safer for all.

Tim Papworth
Everyone has their part to play in improving the safety of the industry, says Tim Papworth.
Communication and training are important aspects in fostering a safety-first culture on-farm.
Fran Gallwey, of East Malling Short Courses, offers her tips to improve the culture of safety on-farm.
Linda Christofferson and Stephen Jacob introduce Toolbox Talks from the TIAH stand at Groundswell.
Our CEO Stephen Jacob provides insight into how managers and owners can benefit from Toolbox Talks.