If you are one of the Employees in Agriculture and Farming, working at height is part of the job - and so is the legal duty that comes with it. Here is what Employees in Irish Agriculture and Farming need to know, and how a Working at Heights Course keeps you covered.
The responsibilities of Employees
You also have legal duties: to take care of yourself and others, and to use the training and equipment provided. In day-to-day Agriculture and Farming work that means you should:
- Report defects and unsafe conditions
- Use access equipment as trained
- Wear and check PPE provided
- Follow the safe system of work
The Agriculture and Farming hazards Employees must control
In Agriculture and Farming, the falls that Employees most often have to prevent involve falls from machinery and tankers, work on bale stacks and trailers and falls through fragile or aged roof sheeting. Agriculture has one of Ireland's worst fatal-fall records. Fragile-roof awareness and never working alone at height are the key messages.
The Working at Heights Course makes compliance simple
Certifying your people is quicker than most employers expect. Our Working at Heights Course is delivered fully online, takes about 45 minutes, and issues a downloadable certificate the same day. It is CPD certified, RoSPA approved and QQI aligned, and it is written specifically for Employees in Agriculture and Farming.
The Working at Heights Training covers the avoid-prevent-minimise hierarchy, ladder and stepladder safety, MEWPs and scaffolds, harnesses and anchor points, and how to carry out a proper risk assessment. Every learner finishes with a recognised Working at Heights Certificate that stands up to HSA inspection and supports your insurance position.
Training that goes beyond the tick-box
Documentation is what turns good practice into proven compliance for Employees in Agriculture and Farming. Keep your risk assessment, your method statement, your equipment inspection logs and your training records together, and an HSA visit becomes a short, calm conversation rather than a drawn-out investigation.
Falls from height remain one of the leading causes of serious and fatal workplace injury in Ireland, year after year. The pattern is depressingly consistent for Employees in Agriculture and Farming: a short task, a familiar setting, a ladder or platform that seemed fine, and a single moment of overreach. Proper training breaks that pattern by making the safe choice the automatic one.
Frequently asked questions
Do Employees in Agriculture and Farming need their own height training?
Yes. Whatever your role, if you plan, supervise or carry out work at height you need a Working at Heights Certificate.
What course suits Employees best?
The Working at Heights Course covers the duties of Employees and all other roles in one accredited, online programme.
How long does it take?
About 45 minutes online, with a same-day certificate, so Employees in Agriculture and Farming stay compliant without losing a work day.
More on staying safe at height
The rescue plan is the part most teams forget. If a worker doing employees in agriculture and farming falls and is left hanging in a harness, suspension trauma can become life-threatening within minutes. Calling the emergency services is not a rescue plan; having the equipment, the trained people and the method to recover them quickly is. Our Working at Heights Training makes that planning routine.
Supervision is the quiet control that holds everything together. Even a perfectly trained worker drifts under time pressure, so someone on site needs the knowledge and the authority to stop unsafe work involving employees in agriculture and farming before it becomes an incident. That only happens when supervisors are trained too.
Get certified today
Do not wait for an HSA inspection or a near miss to act. Employees in Agriculture and Farming can complete the Working at Heights Course online in 45 minutes and download a certificate the same day. For 10 or more learners, see our team training rates, or contact our team for a tailored quote.
Start the online Working at Heights Training now and put a recognised certificate in every worker's file before the next job at height begins.
