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ONLINE PROGRAMME TO SUPPORT LEARNING FOR
Level 3 Certificate in Controlling Risks to Health and Safety (in Agriculture/Horticulture)
These online learning support materials aim to help candidates and learning supporters to help satisfy requirements of the vocationally related qualifications (VRQs) for Health and Safety in Agriculture & Horticulture (Level 3).
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This online programme:
- Provides evidence for requirements for Level 3 qualification
- Relates to where you work,
- Explains what you need to know and do
- Improve control of risks
- Enable access anytime/anywhere
- Help develop positive health and safety culture
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Health and Safety Culture
The overall aim of the health and safety qualifications is to make a contribution to developing a more positive health and safety culture on farms. People need to develop the learning and skills to recognise risks and know how to control them.
A good health and safety culture needs commitment and communication and be able to demonstrate success. It also needs systems based on procedures, where everybody knows their role and can exchange ideas for improvement. For farms these systems should not be cumbersome, but they should be clear.
To help develop such a culture, people who may supervise or represent others have a key role. Essentially, they translate "policy" into "practice" through good communication. Two tasks they often carry out to achieve this are 'risk assessment' and 'making procedures'.
Part 1 Hazards & Risks
There is a wide variety of hazards found on farms and in horticulture, including biological, chemical and physical hazards. The perception of risk differs according to where you stand. If the risk is more likely to affect you, you may well judge it more serious. The best way to deal with hazards is remove at source. However, this isnt always possible, when an employer has a "duty of care to to do all that is ‘reasonably practicable’ .
Part 2 Controlling Risk
One opportunity for making a change is in the purchase of machinery or labour. Good practice standards set out what to aim to improve health and safety practices on farms. These have been determined by experience of technology, people and processes.
Part 3 Communication
Good communication is a two way process. For employees who have the freedom to move, this may involve collecting concerns about possible hazards, conveying the findings of inspections, and explaining the value of good health and safety procedures. Special commincation may be required for new conditions or speciall arrangements such as lone working.
The following project takes you through a series of tasks that develop such a health and safety culture - based on the Learning Outcomes required by the qualification.......click tour button to start
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