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Revision – funnel your knowledge…

🧠 “Build your revision like a funnel — start wide with full notes, narrow it down to a clear guide, then finish with a short summary to keep the key points sharp for your practical.”

Revision process

🛠️ PREP STAGE – NOTES 

Collect everything you need. 

💡 BOOST STAGE – GUIDE 

Streamline what matters. 

🎯 LAUNCH STAGE – SUMMARY 

Focus on the essentials for your practical.

In farming terms….

“Grow your knowledge, harvest your confidence!”

🌱 Notes – Sowing ideas 

🌾 Guide – Growing understanding 

🚜 Summary – Harvesting key points
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🌾 Level 2 General Farm Worker – EPA Practical Revision

What you need to know before the assessor turns up

🚜 1. Operate a Vehicle (Tractor / ATV)
🧠 What they’re really judging: Safe thinking, control, awareness, proper routine

👀 Before you start

  • Dynamic risk assessment – what could go wrong?
  • Check tyres, lights, oil, fuel, brakes
  • Make sure area is clear (people, animals, obstacles)

🔗 Attaching equipment

  • Reverse slowly and accurately
  • Secure pins properly
  • PTO guarded if used
  • Do a tug test

🚜 Operating

  • Smooth driving – no jerky control
  • Safe speed for conditions
  • Watch livestock, gates, uneven ground

📴 Shut down

  • Park safely
  • Lower attachments
  • Handbrake on, engine off
⚠️ Common mistakes:
Skipping checks, loose hitch pins, driving too fast, poor observation
🚶 2. Farm Walk & Maintenance
🧠 What this shows: You can spot problems early and think like a farmer

🐄 Biosecurity & Welfare

  • Clean boots, no contamination risk
  • Check animals for lameness, stress, illness
  • Housing: dry bedding, good ventilation

🌱 Environmental checks

  • Slurry runoff risk
  • Damaged fences/gates
  • Water pollution risks
  • Poached ground

🔧 Maintenance task

  • Fix fencing or gates
  • Bedding up housing
  • Basic machinery checks
⚠️ Common mistakes:
Walking past problems, ignoring biosecurity, not explaining findings
🐑 3. Livestock Movement & Care
🧠 What they want: Calm handling, good judgement, safe restraint

👀 Health checks

  • Eating, alert, moving normally
  • Clean, dry housing with space

🚶 Moving animals

  • Stay calm – no shouting or chasing
  • Use gates properly
  • Don’t split groups badly

🪢 Restraint

  • Use correct handling system
  • Keep animals calm and controlled

🛏 Bedding

  • Clean, dry, evenly spread
⚠️ Common mistakes:
Rushing animals, poor gate control, unsafe positioning
🐄 Livestock Assessment
🧠 You’re proving: You can think like a stockperson
  • Body condition
  • Lameness
  • Appetite
  • Behaviour changes
  • Water access

🍽 Feed & Water

  • Right feed for production stage
  • Clean, accessible water
⚠️ Big fail risk:
Missing early signs of illness
🌱 Crop Walk & Soil Sampling
🧠 What they want: Observation + logic, not guessing

🌾 Crop checks

  • Growth stage
  • Colour
  • Pests, weeds, disease

🌍 Soil sampling

  • Divide field properly
  • Consistent depth
  • Label samples clearly
  • Avoid contamination
⚠️ Common mistakes:
Random sampling, no labels, poor explanation
🧠 Final Cheat Sheet
  • 🚜 Vehicle = Safety + Control + Routine
  • 🚶 Farm Walk = Awareness + Maintenance
  • 🐑 Livestock = Calm + Welfare
  • 🌱 Crops = Detail + Recording
🎯 What they’re REALLY scoring:
Would they trust you alone on a farm? Do you think before acting?

Now check your progress…

GFW EPA Revision

🌾 General Farm Worker EPA Revision

Tick off what you know and test yourself.

✅ Your Progress

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🚜 Vehicle Task (Interactive Check)

Put these steps in the correct order:

🐄 Livestock Scenario

A cow is lame and isolated. What do you do?

🌾 Crop Scenario

Crop is yellowing in patches. What is your first action?

🧠 Quick Quiz

1. First step before using machinery?


2. Good livestock handling?