Pre-Start Safety Induction for Entry Level Farm Workers

This program provides an introduction to farm health and safety for young and inexperienced farm workers.

It can be delivered by organisations such as labour hire companies and training organisations who have a practical knowledge of farming, OHS and a Certificate IV in Assessment and Training.  Topics include:

• Workers OHS responsibilities
• Communicating safety in the workplace
• Basic risk managment principles identifying hazards and risk
• Common hazards on Australian farms and their control
• Farm emergencies and emergency procedures
• Reporting injury and near miss incidents, and
• Where to get OHS information

Farm Safety Induction Resources 

There are updated generic and commodity specific farm safety induction resources for farmers to conduct a safety induction for their new employees including:

• grain growing
• horticulture production
• sheep and wool
• beef production, and
• dairy

These resources are free to download by farmers and training providers.

MFS^TM - Managing Farm Safety Training Program

The MFS™ - Managing Farm Safety training program was developed by the Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety and is delivered Australia wide by accredited instructors within the Farmsafe Australia network.

Accompanying the Managing Farm Safety training program are resources and safety guides for farmers and farm managers to manage safety on their farms.  These resources are free and can be downloaded once you have registered on this webite.

Please email aghealth@health.usyd.edu.au with your details and request to deliver and access to the resources for either:

• Pre-Start Safety Induction for Entry Level Farm Workers
• MFS^TM - Managing Farm Safety Training