Rural Health & Safety meetings – keeping our people safe

Rural Health & Safety meetings – keeping our people safe

Federated Farmers Waikato is holding interactive sessions on the importance of Health & Safety on-farm, in the coming weeks, following a successful session held earlier this year.

“These sessions are about enabling farmers with the right health and safety tools and that they better understand their obligations,” says Chris Lewis, Federated Farmers Waikato provincial president.

“Waikato is the agri capital of New Zealand, and while health and safety reform is being discussed in Parliament, when the Bill is passed it is the farmers who will need to be brought up to speed to implement the changes on-farm.

“Serious harm accidents and deaths are too high in the agricultural sector and with the increased enforcement presence on farms, it’s just as important as ever to ensure farmers have a plan and that it’s implemented.

“Rural work places must implement a health and safety plans to eliminate, isolate or minimize hazards, but there is little out there to teach them how to do that so that they are compliant and operating at best practice. Federated Farmers Waikato is bringing the tools to farmers so that they can set up a plan and make their farms safer.

“This is about making it easier for farmers rather than ticking boxes,” concluded Mr Lewis.

When & where:
21 October - 6pm – 7-30pm
Tatuanui Hall, State Highway 27, Tatuanui, Morrinsville

28 October - 6pm – 7-30pm
Putaruru District Services Memorial Club, 35 Buckland St, Putaruru

4 November - 6pm – 7-30pm
Te Awamutu Rugby Sports & Recreation Club, 420 Albert Park Dr, Te Awamutu
11 November - 6pm – 7-30pm
Waitete Rugby Football Club, Waitete Rd Te Kuiti

Guest Speakers from:

Waikato Federated Farmers - Cross Country Recruitment – Hazardco – FMG – KPMG

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