Health Policy for sheep shearing

Did you know that a detailed and well-outlined health policy for the workplace increases productivity? It’s true because risk management is always on their toes to prevent potential hazards at an early stage.

That’s why the first thing is to identify hazards. Since it is an ongoing process, being alert at all times is a crucial element. Assign employees to work on identifying, managing, assessing and eliminating the risks so that any unwanted consequences do not take place.

Now, this is the basics of a health policy in the shearing industry. For keeping everyone safe and doing away with negative effects on health, everyone has a responsibility to follow.

In today’s blog post, we mention the responsibilities of employees and employers to make the farm a safer place.

What Employees Should Follow

The responsibility of improving working conditions falls on the shearing workers too. So, here are a few things they must carefully execute:

  • To abide by the company policies and harness safe working practices
  • To promptly report a potentially harmful situation when spotted
  • To participate in meetings and discuss health and safety standards

What Employers Should Follow

Supervisors or employers must be in charge of their employees and find the scopes to train employees when required. Here are a few responsibilities for the overseers as mentioned:

  • To make sure employees have received proper training
  • To ensure employees work with adequate knowledge
  • To monitor performance and set objectives 
  • To check and monitor the workplace and follow practices to control and eliminate risks

In the end, the management must also follow certain responsibilities to achieve the success of a health policy. The management should be in line with supervisors and promote a healthy, safe and quality workplace.

So, what else do you think is essential in the shearing industry? Leave a comment below!