Visual Revision
🌾 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
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
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
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
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
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?
Would they trust you alone on a farm? Do you think before acting?
Now check your progress…
🌾 General Farm Worker EPA Revision
Tick off what you know and test yourself.
✅ Your Progress
🚜 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?
How about some visual help
🌾 General Farm Worker EPA Revision
Watch → Answer → Feedback revision system
✅ Your Progress
🚜 Tractor Safety
Question: What should you ALWAYS do before operating machinery?
🐄 Livestock Handling
Question: What is the MOST important thing when moving livestock?
🌾 Crop / Forage Awareness
Question: If crop / forage look unhealthy, what is your FIRST step?