Why Risk Assessments should be part of your health and safety tool kit

Streamline hazard identification with our free risk assessment tool.

As a health and safety consultant, clients rely on you for the skills and experience you bring to the table. They come to you for your expertise to provide the tools, guidance and professionalism to make their workplaces safer.

It is not uncommon for an agribusiness to outsource their health and safety systems and compliance work to a consultant; with the expectation the consultant will put things in place to protect them should the regulator come knocking. As we know, this can include conducting health and safety audits and risk assessments to identify areas for improvement, and helping clients implement systems and controls to manage risk.

Agriculture comes with its own set of challenges, with a number of unpredictable factors including weather, government policies, global markets, even pandemics! We know that agricultural workers face some of the highest risk factors as part of day-to-day operations, including machinery, equipment, tools, livestock, and other general risks such as structures and chemicals.

It is not possible to eliminate many of these on-farm risks as they are integral to operations and production. Working with agribusinesses to come up with practical, cost effective controls to mitigate risks is where consultants should do their best work.

Learn more about our 4 steps to Risk Management in Agriculture and our simple process to keep you workers S.A.F.E.

Why use Health and Safety Tools?

We know risk assessments have the reputation for being overwhelming and time consuming with a pile of paperwork that follows, but did you know that risk assessments can be accessed online saving you time and making you more efficient?

Complete a risk assessment in the field then supply a copy to your clients within minutes, giving them the option to review and approve the assessment. Safe Ag Systems have developed a free tool to support health and safety consultants digitally. Our new risk assessment tool was created using the principles, framework and process as per ISO 31000: Risk Management, so it can be applied globally.

With an agricultural focus, Safe Ag Systems free online risk assessment tool will assist with hazard identification and risk management. Currently, our free risk assessment tool focusses on two key areas of risk management when it comes to farming:

1. Machinery, Equipment and Tools Risk Assessments: Our tool can replace your current agricultural risk assessment templates, instead utilising a series of questions on your laptop or mobile, specific to the risks associated with machinery. This risk assessment can be used pre-purchase, at commissioning and at any other time throughout the lift of an item.
2. General Risk Assessments: A simple risk assessment template, you can use this across all risk areas - health and safety as well as other corporate risks such as reputation, financial, legal, etc.

Access our credible resources, and health and safety tool, reduce costs, improve your services, and provide recommendations to assist good risk management practices. Streamline your processes and provide information to your clients when they need it.

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