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Health and Safety Executive
Health and Safety Executive
Vocational Qualifications
for Health & Safety in
AgriculturePresented by Alastair Mitchell
Background
• How do we achieve significant reductions in
• accidents and ill-health?
• HSC/HSE and other stakeholders believe there needs to be a fundamental change in attitude to H & S in agriculture
• Good health and safety management is an integral part of good business management
• Address the culture of unwise risk taking that exists in the industry
• Key elements in bringing about change are:
• raising competence of farmers to manage health & safety
• (ii) giving workers knowledge of key hazards/risks/controls
• Many awards in the Agricultural sector include elements of Health & Safety but little reference to it as a management or managerial process
New Qualifications
Three levels accredited by QCA:
Level 2 Certificate in Working Safely in Agriculture/Horticulture
Level 3 Certificate in Controlling Risks to Health and Safety in Agriculture/Horticulture
Level 4 Certificate in Managing Health and Safety in Agriculture/Horticulture
• Qualifications available either through NPTC/City &Guilds or Lantra Awards
• Both organisations are recognised Awarding Bodies approved by the regulatory body the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
• Candidates contact approved Assessment Centres to register for assessments (either through NPTC/City & Guilds or Lantra Awards)
• Quality assurance is through NPTC or Lantra Awards examiners marking the independently set exams and assignments, thus giving the qualifications a consistent standard wherever taken
Level 2 Certificate in Working Safely in Agriculture/Horticulture
• 1 unit with 10 learning outcomes
• Available to candidates aged 14 years and over
• 20 GLH
• Focus on the identification of farm hazards and typical control measures
• Training course available through Lantra Awards
• No formal prerequisites/entry requirements
• Registration fee = £40 per candidate
• NPTC and Lantra Awards registration fees and question banks are identical
Assessment – Level 2
Single multiple choice test
• 30 questions
• 1 hour
• Specific to agriculture and horticulture and are relevant to all candidates
• NPTC offers a GOLA test (Global On-line Assessment)
- Provisional results are automatically generated and given to candidates at the end of their test
- Results are then confirmed after 48 hours
• Lantra Awards offers a paper based multiple choice test- Papers returned to Lantra Awards- Results are then confirmed within 10 working days
Level 3 Certificate in Controlling Risksto Health and Safety in Agriculture/Horticulture
• 2 units with learning outcomes
• Available to candidates 16 years and over
• 30 GLH
• Training course will be available through Lantra Awards (on-line package under development)
• Registration fee = £126 per candidate.
• NPTC and Lantra Awards registration fees and question banks are identical
Assessment Level 3
Unit 1 - Multiple choice test
• 30 questions
• 1 hour
Unit 2 - Work-based assignment
• Specific to own place of work/ college unit
• Available from NPTC/Lantra Awards
• Marked by NPTC/Lantra Awards examiners
• Verified by Awarding Body verifiers
• Results submitted to Awarding Body by examiners
Unit 2: Work-based Assignment
Assignment specific to the candidates place of work covering:
• Background information on the farm/horticultural holding
and candidates role in the business
• Carrying out a task specific risk assessment on workplace transport and one other work activity, eg manual handling task
• Communicating risk assessment findings to people in the
workplace
• Selecting the right equipment to do the job
• Appointing a competent contractor
Level 4 Certificate in Managing Risksto Health and Safety in Agriculture/Horticulture
• 2 units
• Available to candidates 18 years and over
• 30 GLH
• Registration fee = £136 per candidate.
• NPTC and Lantra Awards registration fees and question banks are identical
Assessment Level 4
Unit 1 – Written examination paper
• 7 questions
• 2 hours
• Exam conditions
Unit 2 - Work-based assignment
• Specific to own place of work/ college unit
• Available from NPTC/Lantra Awards
• Marked by NPTC/Lantra Awards examiners
• Verified by Awarding Body verifiers
• Results submitted to Awarding Body by examiners
Unit 4: Work-based Assignment
Assignment specific to the candidates place of work covering:
• Key elements of successful health & safety management
• Protecting the health & safety of workers
• Standards of training & competence
• Communicating information outside the business
• Creating a positive health & safety culture
Bespoke programmes have been developed to support Certificates in Health and Safety Agriculture/Horticulture:
• Working Safely in Agriculture/Horticulture available now
• Controlling Risks to Health and Safety in Agriculture/Horticulture available from summer 2007
• Managing Health and Safety in Agriculture/Horticulture aim to be developed by Autumn 2007
No compulsory requirement to use bespoke programmes however advantages are:
• Can be covered during student induction and throughout their course at college
• Consistency in delivery
• Access to learning material (HSE leaflets, booklets, workbooks, power point presentations).
• Quality assured by independent body
• Reduces burden on lecturers to source own material
• Enables lecturers to keep up to date with changes in legislation and best practice
• Provides opportunities to network with other lecturers/instructors
Drivers for uptake
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Qualifications are eligible for CPD points under schemes such as NRoSO, BASIS, PIPR
Attendance at training courses = 12 points
Successful completion of the qualification = 3 points
Link to farm assurance schemes
• Insurance
Reduced claims from improved management of H & S Premiums adjusted to reflect better management of risk.
Work in progress with insurers to offer discounted insurance to farmers who undertake the qualifications
Drivers for uptake
• Land-based Colleges
Students to undertake Level 2 pre-placement
Learning outcomes to be integrated into curricula
Funding available
Incorporated within NCs and ANCs from 2008/09?
• Apprenticeships
VQs to be recognised as technical certificates
Promotional work
• Land-based Colleges
HSE Seminar for colleges Oct 2007
Lantra Awards and NPTC road shows
NAPAEO/LANDEX
• Publications
NAAC newsletter
Lantra SSC Industry Groups newsletters
NRoSO newsletter
Assured Farm Standards newsletter
Farmers Weekly
PIPR