Are you doing everything you can to prevent machinery accidents on your farm?

March 2023 Updates Are you doing everything you can to prevent machinery accidents on your farm? Thorough Examinations are key to ensure safe equipment.  Machinery accidents have long been the leading cause of death and serious injury within the agriculture sector, with the HSE’s most recent report painting yet another dire picture.  In 2021/2022 Agriculture had the worst rate of worker fatal injury with the annual average rate over the last five years around 21 times as high as the all-industry rate. Transport caused most deaths, e.g., overturning vehicles or being struck by moving vehicles. Owners can minimise the risk of mechanical failure
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Funding available in Dumfries & Galloway and South Ayrshire

Minnygap Education & Training Fund Area: Dumfries and Galloway Grant size: Up to £1,500 This fund provides bursaries for the residents of the Johnstone, Templand and Kirkpatrick Juxta areas of Dumfriesshire to help support with costs for education and training. Whiteside Hill Education &Training Fund Area: Dumfries and Galloway Grant size: Up to £1,500 This fund provides bursaries to residents of the Kirkconnel & Kelloholm and Royal Burgh of Sanquhar and District Community Council areas to improve access to training and education opportunities that better equip them with the range of skills needed to enter or retain employment. The Fund is provided by Whiteside
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Women in the Rural Economy Training Fund

Women in rural Scotland are being offered funding for practical training through Lantra Scotland, that they are running on behalf of the Scottish Government. If you’re not in agriculture but still in rural Scotland, you should apply for the women in the rural economy training fund instead. It is designed to help women develop their skills and talents with the help of practical, land-based skills training with full funding of up to £500 per course.
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Effective Remote Working Training

We’re delighted to announce that iHASCO have just launched their eagerly awaited Effective Remote Working Training course! This training course is aimed at all staff and teaches them how to create a productive workspace, how to structure remote working by setting boundaries and planning their day, and the importance of communication with peers and managers.  If you would like a free trial or want to add this course to your training suite, please get in touch with your Account Manager today.
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National Forklift Safety Day

NATIONAL FORKLIFT SAFETY DAY – 9 JUNE 2020 Today is the annual National Forklift Safety Day, organised by BITA. At RTITB, our purpose is to reduce costs and save lives in workplace transport operations, so we were pleased to see that this year the day is dedicated to highlighting the important issue of separation between pedestrians and materials handling equipment (MHE).   Giving MHE operators the right knowledge, skills and behaviours plays an important part in reducing incidents.  However, we were pleased to see that today there is also a focus on the vital role that managers and supervisors play in keeping people
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The latest on the things that matter…

Protecting your mental health in uncertain timesThere are several ways that you can protect your mental health in uncertain times. We have provided you with some tips that may help you cope with any anxious feelings you are currently experiencing… (Read more) Work from home: Health & Safety and Compliance considerationsIt’s clear to see that remote working can be done very successfully but what are the Health & Safety and Compliance implications of working from home? Who is responsible for homeworkers Health & Safety…? (Read more) How to transition from instructor-led training to eLearningThere are many areas of online training that would benefit any organisation. We have provided some
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During COVID 19 extend your Forklift Authorisation for up to 12 months using RTITB eLearning

Online eLearning training by RTITB is the perfect choice if: a critical operation has key workers in need of refresher training, but no time available for them to attend a full refresher course employees or new recruits have overrun their refresher period and need to be training so they can get back up and running quickly workers need a refresher as they don’t often operate trucks, but need to use them frequently now RTITB ONLINE REFRESHER TRAINING available on the vehicles shown below: For information on eLearning courses shown above contact WSM Training Ltd Office: 01387 733731 Email: info@wsmtraining.com
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Driver CPC Training

DVSA has confirmed that drivers whose DQC (Driver Qualification Card) expires in the period 1st March 2020 to 30th September 2020 can continue driving without completing the full 35 hours of Periodic Training. Drivers should carry with them their expired DQC if they have it and note that drivers will be required comply with normal rules from 1st October 2020.
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INDUSTRY-First test to boost Pallet and Stacker Truck safety

RTITB has welcomed the introduction of the first industry-standard operating skills test for pedestrian operated lift trucks. The introduction of the new test will mean that operators training on all machines covered within the RTITB electric pallet and stacker truck trainers guide will now be subject to a standardised assessment. This includes those on training courses for low level pedestrian operated pallet trucks, pallet stackers, stacking counterbalance trucks and stacking reach trucks. The new test has been developed over an 18-month period by the Accrediting Bodies Association for Workplace Transport (ABA) in consultation with sector experts, including the Health &
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