Sheep & Beef Samples
This is the base template of the sheep and beef manual. If you have additional policies of your own then they are easily incorporated into your manual.
Contents Overview
Introduction
Achievement Records
Farm history
Farm management structure
Farm support services
Mission statement and farm goals
Preferred contractors
Reviewing the Farm Manual
Staff roll call
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Section 1
Section 1
Administration And Planning
Accounting/bill payments
Accounting/data entry
Accounting/invoicing
Benchmarking and monitoring
Computer maintenance
Dissemination of information
Electricity supply
Expiry dates
Farm maps
Financial analysis
Health and safety/training programme
Insurance
Planning
Yearly calendar
Project proposal
Regular tasks checklist
Risk managemeny
Yearly calendar
Section 1
Section 3
Human Resources
Section 2
Animal
Animal status declaration forms
Animal health
Animal welfare
Biosecurity
Bloat
Dead stock disposal
Debudding
Dogs
Drenching programme
Livestock
Stock transportation
Section 1
Section 4
Machinery
ACC – return to the workplace
Accident reporting
Accommodation
Children in the workplace
Dress standards
Drugs/alcohol in the workplace
Emergency situations/response information
Equality/anti-bias (including sexual harassment)
Evacuation drills
Farm advisors
Health and safety
Health and safety responsibilities
Health and safety definitions
Monthly checks
Pandemic plan
Human resources management
Housing Record
Pandemic Plan
Performance management
Recruiting staff
Reporting lines and communication
Roster
Smoking
Training/Education
Visitors to the farm
Working alone
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Machinery operation
Maintenance schedules
Motorbike helmets
Operation of tools and plant
Use of agricultural vehicles on public roads
Vehicle log
Vehicle register
Use of agriculture vehicle on public roads
Section 5
Operations
Section 1
Chemical spillage
Environmental and sustainable farming
Feed monitoring
Feeding out
Fertiliser
Fuel and oil storage and use
Intensive livestock grazing
Irrigation
Manual handling
Regrassing
Security
Shearing
Stock water
Supplement production and use
Waste management
Weed and pest control
Workshops & storage areas