About Our Tractor Driving on Slopes Courses
The Hush Farms young person tractor training courses can teach you all you need to know, with courses in Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Cornwall and Wales, and throughout the UK.
Without proper tractor training, serious accidents can and do occur when work involves tractors. Therefore, every employer should provide adequate training, to ensure that all tractors and equipment are operated safely.
Our HSE approved tractor driving courses are suitable for every level of experience and can be tailored to suit all land-based industries - including operators employed in agriculture, forestry, leisure or marine businesses, and those who are self-employed.
We do our best to be flexible around your needs, so you’re welcome to take the tractor driving courses at one of our sites in Devon or Wales, or we’ll come to a venue near you. Plus, we’ll fit it around your schedule – just let us know your most convenient times.
The Legal Bit
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Trainees must be over the age of 16 to attend this course.
Course Information – LANTRA Tractor Driving on Slopes
Who is this course for
This course is perfect for any experienced tractor driver who is, or will be, required to drive a tractor on sloping land. If you're already competent at driving a tractor on normal land, this is intended to develop and expand your tractor driving knowledge and confidence.
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Objectives
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Understand the main causes of accidents involving tractors on slopes
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Recognise the safe working slope for tractor implement combinations on typical ground surface conditions
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Measure slopes in field conditions
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Be able to assess the suitability of any ground, before you drive over it
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Prepare and perform the necessary maintenance to ensure the safety of a tractor on a slope
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Perform adjustments to your tractor and machinery to increase its safety potential
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Safely operate a tractor on sloping land with a variety of tractor implement combinations on typical ground surface conditions
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Identify the onset of a potential 'loss of control' situation
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Course sessions
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Accident causes
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Experimental investigation
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Maintenance
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Practical preparation
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Practical assessment of slopes
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Reporting back
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Driving on slopes
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Warning signs
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Additional factors
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Trainees will need
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A packed lunch
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Non-snag clothing appropriate to the weather conditions (with a minimum of long sleeves, long trousers, steel toe cap boots and protective work gloves
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Course needs
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A maximum of 2 students per tractor
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One tractor must have a loader and attachment (i.e. bucket)
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Small tipper trailer
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Material for loading (i.e. muck or gravel, etc.)
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PTO driven 3-point linkage mounted equipment (i.e, topper, fert spinner, etc.)
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Safe area to operate
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Prices shown include
LANTRA registration and certification
Hire of tractors
£125pp (+VAT), based on 4 trainees attending. Other prices apply for smaller group numbers. Travel fees may apply.
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Travel fees
These may apply, if visiting your site in Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Cornwall or Wales
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