Ringlink Scotland Ltd 2022 Handbook

Members Handbook

2022

THE RING OPTION COMPARE THE MACHINERY RING OPTION TO OWNING A MACHINE OR RELYING ON A SPECIFIC CONTRACTOR.

OPTION 01

OPTION 02

OWNERSHIP: THE PREFERRED OPTION BUT…

USE A CONTRACTOR / NEIGHBOUR BUT...

OPTION 03 THE BEST OPTION – RELY ON RINGLINK… • A large choice of suppliers

• Do I have enough acres to justify it?

• When will they get finished with their own crops?

• Do I have the staff to operate it?

• Will they honestly tell me when they will arrive?

• A replacement if a breakdown occurs

• What about unexpected breakdowns?

• What about unexpected breakdowns?

• Fair Rates

• Can I finance it?

• Will I be charged a fair rate?

• A large choice of machines

• Multiple machines available • New system evaluation • Third party arbitration • A chance to earn extra income yourself • Large organisation • Save ££’s

Speak to Ring users and you will find that it is the next best thing to ownership with almost all the advantages but none of the disadvantages.

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CONTENTS WELCOME

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MEET THE BOARD

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MEET THE TEAM

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF RINGLINK

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2022 STATS AT A GLANCE

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HOW WE OPERATE

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SERVICES AND PRICE LISTS

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NATIONAL LIVING WAGE & WORKPLACE PENSIONS

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LAND-BASED PRE-APPRENTICESHIP

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PRE-APPRENTICESHIP 2021

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PRE-APPRENTICESHIP OUTCOMES 57 RINGLINK SERVICES

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TRAINING COURSES INDEX

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E-LEARNING

90

TRAINING INSTRUCTOR PROFILE

93

PLOUGHING/CULTIVATING /SEEDING

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SPRAYING/FERTILISING

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DRIVING AGE RESTRICTIONS

FORAGING/WRAPPING/BALING

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GENERAL HAULAGE GUIDE

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CEREAL HARVESTING/BALING

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AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES... IT’S THE LAW

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SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY

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UTILITIES

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ROOT CROP/VEGETABLE SERVICES 25 ROOT CROP/VEGETABLE SERVICES 27 TRACTORS /LOADERS /FORKLIFTS / ROAD HAULAGE 29 MUCK/SLURRY SPREADING & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT

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MISCELLANEOUS/MAINTENANCE 33 COMMODITIES LABOUR/PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

35 37

LABOUR SOLUTIONS

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LABOUR INDUCTIONS

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EMPLOYING YOUNG PEOPLE

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ILLEGAL WORKERS

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MODERN SLAVERY

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GANGMASTERS & LABOUR ABUSE AUTHORITY (GLAA) 50

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USEFUL INFORMATION SECURE YOUR NITROGEN FERTILISERS

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FARMS WOODLANDS... INCOME TO BE MADE 121 NEAR MISS REPORTING

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MIND YOUR HEAD

125

HEALTH & SAFETY

126

CASE IH REBATE

129

METHOD OF OPERATION

130

GDPR

137

NOTE OF THANKS

139

CONVERSION CHART

140

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WELCOME Welcome to the 2022 handbook As I write this and reflect on the last 12 months, it is hard to believe that for a second year our lives were disrupted by the pandemic, and it appears that we now face new challenges for 2022. The year began with a ‘stormy’ start to say the least, resulting in havoc and catastrophic damage to many of our farmer members and businesses, as well as lengthy delays for many until the powerlines were restored. Fortunately, we were able to help several members clearing fallen trees and providing staff where necessary, to assist with the clear up operations.

Ringlink’s aim throughout the pandemic has been to provide an uninterrupted service for our members but to be honest, our industry has been one of the least affected during the pandemic and it has been more or less business as usual.

However, there are numerous new challenges that the sector is now facing, uncontrollables such as unknown government and supply chain policy developments, trade deals, and unforeseeables (like a war in Europe!). Such issues do have a massive bearing on life and our industry.

Increasing fuel and energy costs are a major issue, hindsight is a great thing but the January offer off 75p per litre for harvest would have been a great deal. Present day prices of 100p plus for gas oil has never been seen and is hiking up contract prices to unseen levels but even more concerning is the continuity of supply over the coming months.

Electricity supply is another major part of our business and the recent change in distribution charging structures announced by Ofgem as from 1st April along with the recent explosion in Gas prices, is having a huge impact on energy costs and members contract renewals.

Looking ahead, Grain prices continue to rise with present Feed Barley trading at £280 - £290 which is great if you are a seller but not if you are the buyer, however, these increased returns are fast disappearing due to escalating overheads and input costs, none more so with Nitrogen currently quoted at over £1000 per tonne and again the worry of supply issues not just for 2022 but also 2023.

A new service available through Ringlink for 2022 and one that merits consideration for the future is the supply of Liquid Fertiliser by our new member Brineflow Ltd. This service will be delivered from their new plant at Sunderland and on-farm support with tank assessment and supply is available if required, or it can be delivered to your own tanks, the choice is yours. Full details of this service is available from your local office.

The past two years has delayed our recruitment plans to cope with the ever-increasing demands in our Utilities and Training divisions, however we are now recruiting for these roles and if you know anyone who may be looking for either a career change or a new opportunity, please refer them to our website for further details. Due to retirals later in the year additional vacancies will also be advertised in the coming months

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and we welcome speculative applications at any time, please forward CV’s to: hr@ringlinkscotland.co.uk With the Land-based Pre-Apprenticeship now in its final year of the pilot as funded by Scottish Government, we are currently awaiting approval for continued funding for this highly successful work-based training programme. Our programme manager and labour managers work tirelessly to source suitable mentors for all pre-apprentices and offer ongoing support for mentors and trainees alike, so that the next generation can be developed into the workforce of the future.

2021 was the most difficult year to-date in sourcing sufficient mentors to offer a placement for our trainees. Covid-19 played its part in this as did the geographic spread of the youngsters but that said, if our industry wants to compete with other industries and attract the future workforce it requires, it needs to be more willing to provide placements.

Applications are already coming in for the 25 places in 2022 and I would plead with you to consider becoming a mentor this year. Last year, several youngsters dropped out of the programme due to delays in securing suitable mentors and the last thing we want is to lose keen young people to other industries.

The newly enhanced Cargill Centre at Laurencekirk which got the royal sign of approval when HRH The Princess Royal officially opened the building on the 14th October 2021, together with the acquisition of the Land-based training centre sees just over £1million invested by this forward-thinking co-operative, which will undoubtedly offer endless opportunities for the local community and for skills development throughout Scotland for many years to come.

The extended facility will become a hub where trainees, staff and instructors can learn and develop in a safe and meaningful way, with modern training rooms offering an extensive range of short courses, to all levels of learners across various sectors.

Together we strive to strengthen all aspects of the business, with a focus on providing additional value and services that are in the best interests of our membership.

Whilst the year ahead will undoubtedly be challenging for us all, by working collaboratively and with co-operation, we can overcome the hurdles ahead. Ringlink are here for you, by pooling resources we can offer enhanced member benefits resulting in greater efficiencies, productivity, profitability, managed risk or providing access to specialised advice. Please get in touch and speak to your local office.

Graham Bruce Managing Director

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MEET THE BOARD JAMES PORTER CHAIRMAN James Porter farms East and West Scryne at Carnoustie with his father, where they keep cattle and grow potatoes, barley, wheat, beans and soft fruit. James and his family are no strangers to the lifestyle; they have been farming for at least five generations and growing strawberries since the 1960’s. James is a grower member of Angus Soft Fruits an Angus Growers. James is an ambassador of the Royal Highland Education Trust and has recently stepped down as Chairman of the NFUS Horticulture Committee. James has been a Director of Ringlink since 2008 and appointed Chairman of the board in 2019.

GRAHAM BRUCE

PETER CHAPMAN

MANAGING DIRECTOR

VICE CHAIRMAN

Graham started his career on a 700 acre mixed arable farm at Arbroath and in 1979 took up the position of working farm manager with a progressive farming enterprise in South Angus, a position held for nine years before being appointed manager of Mearns & Angus Machinery Ring Ltd in 1988, becoming Managing Director in 1995. Graham was a Council member of SAOS for 6 years and continues to represent SAOS on the NFUS Legal & Technical committee engaging in a wide range of industry related issues. This led to a further appointment representing NFUS on the board of the Gangmaster Licensing Authority, a position held for eight years until the reorganisation of the GLA Board in 2015.

MICHAEL MACAULAY

Peter farms 420 Ha at South Redbog, Strichen with his wife Grace and three daughters Trudy, Louise and Katie. Arable production forms the main part of the business with 340 Ha managed on a Winter Barley, WOSR, Winter Wheat and Spring Barley rotation. He also has 70 suckler cows with all progeny finished on farm. Peter and his family own and operate 4 800 kW wind turbines with all generation exported to the grid.

Peter currently sits on the board of Scottish Agronomy and represents Ringlink on the SAOS council. Peter has been a Director of Ringlink since 2012 and appointed Vice Chairman in 2019.

JOHN FARQUHARSON DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR Mike has been a Director of Ringlink since 2004 following the merger with Gordon & Buchan. Mike is founder and Chairman of GPH Builders Merchants Ltd established over 30 years ago which has branches in Inverurie, Westhill and Stonehaven. Mike is also Chairman of Findlay, Glover & Macaulay Ltd; Vice Chairman of ANM and has a small farm on the outskirts of Aberdeen.

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John has been a director of Ringlink since 2004 following the merger with Gordon & Buchan Ring. In partnership with his wife and two sons, John farms Farquharson Farms at Darley near Turriff, growing mostly cereals with a herd of suckler cows .

John also has a retail business called J F Supplies which has the Scottish franchise for fuelling systems from Tuffa Uk and other liquid storage tanks, as well as the Swedish Octopost range of creosote fencing materials.

diverse business which now includes haulage, construction, and forestry together with a variety of other business activities.

As a co-operative the business is owned by its members, and therefore, revolves around the supply and demands of goods and services between its members. As a co-operative, it’s not just a case of “what we can do for you”, it’s “what can we do for each other”.

Board of Directors

MARTIN CESSFORD DIRECTOR Martin farms in partnership with his Andrew Moir David Pate brother at Whanland Farm, Farnell Chairman Vice Chairman which his father started in 1946. The farm grows all arable combine crops, potatoes, carrots, beetroot and rhubarb. Martin is involved in R &N Cessford Haulage and Angus Horticulture which supplies amenity fertilisers with bagging & distribution plants at Polmood and Dundee. Martin has been a Director of Ringlink since 1989 and is a member and Director of Grampian Growers while also serving as a committee member for NFU (Angus) and NFU Field & Veg for Scotland.

Martin Cessford Michael Macaulay Director Director

Graham Bruce Managing Director

James Porter Director

John Farquharson Director

CLIVE PHILLIPS DIRECTOR

Clive is an accredited specialist agricultural lawyer and heads the Rural Business team at Brodies LLP. Clive also farms in his own right having built up his farm lets as a youngster to approx.

Clivebusiness Phillips from grass Peter Chapman Andrew Stirling 450 acres which he Director owns and runs withDirector his wife Liz, and Director children Calum and Pippa. He is very much hands-on with his arable and sheep enterprises and runs 650 JAMES ORR north-country cheviot ewes supplying a Tesco COP DIRECTOR contract through McIntosh Donald. Clive represents the Scottish producers in that contract with Tesco and James Orr farms around 1500 acres at the processors.

Milton of Blebo Farm near Cupar, Fife; growing potatoes, carrots, parsnips, Clive has been a Director with Ringlink since 2014 and broccoli, and cereals. With a team of four also sits on various legal and technical committees for full-time staff, including a Modern Apprentice, he QMS, NFU and Scottish Land & Estates. typically employs around 40 seasonal workers in the peak harvest months.

James is also involved with farmers’ co-operative East of Scotland Growers which has a membership responsible for producing between 20 – 25% of the UK’s broccoli requirement. He is also involved in a potato packing business in North Lincolnshire packing for retail, foodservice and export.

ANDREW STIRLING DIRECTOR Andrew Stirling is Managing Director of Stirfresh, a family business run with his wife Anita and four children. Located in Angus, with over five decades of farming experience, this business has evolved to meet the demands of Aldi, public sector and private sector. As growers, processors and packers of potatoes, fruit and vegetables which are grown on the 430 acres farm all year round, providing full-time employment for 60 people. Andrew has been a Director with Ringlink since 2011.

JANE CRAIGIE DIRECTOR Jane is a Chartered Marketer with over 25 years’ experience in marketing within the agri-food sector. She is a member of the executive board of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and the council of the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists. Jane sits on the board for Lantra and SRUC, is a co-founder of the Rural Youth Project, sits on OECD’s Expert Advisory Panel for Rural Innovation and has been a Director of Ringlink since 2019.

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Peter Wood

Training Manager

Evelyn Coates

Admin Manager

Tracey Walker Tracey Walker Training Training Co-ordinator Co-ordinator

Debbie Henderson Training Co-ordinator

Peter Wood

Training Manager

Bryce PeterElgin Wood

Assistant TrainingTraining Manager

Ann Bruce Manager Secretary

Hugh Thomson Hugh Thomson Training Training Co-ordinator Co-ordinator

Tracey Walker Bryce Elgin Training Assistant Training

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Accounts Assistant

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Caroline Donaldson Training Co-ordinator

Bryce Elgin

Assistant Training

Tracey Walker Training

Hugh Thomson Training

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Colpy Way, Colpy Ind. Estate, Old OLDMELDRUM Meldrum AB51 0BZ 01651 873602 Unit 2, Colpy Way, Colpy Ind. Estate, Old Meldrum AB51 0BZ 01651 873 ENCEKIRK AR ANGUS Centre,Park, Aberdeen Laurencekirk AB30 wside CouparRoad, Angus, Blairgowrie PH131EY 9ER01561 01828377790 640456 COUPAR ANGUS Meadowside Park, Coupar Angus, Blairgowrie PH13 9ER 01828 640456 ft, Elgin, IV30 1XZ 01343 550123 Elgin

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Colpy Way, Colpy Ind. Estate, Old Meldrum AB51 0BZ 01651 873602

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wside Park, Coupar Angus, Blairgowrie PH13 9ER 01828 640456 George Bruce

Regional Manager

Alick Anderson

Area Manager

Regional Manager

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Gregg Watson Area Manager

James Rae

Gregg Watson Area Manager

Area Manager Area Manager

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Dave McLaggan Ryan Dorsie Senior Area Manager Area Manager

Dave McLaggan Ryan Dorsie Senior Area Manager Area Manager

Area Manager

Ola Nowak Labour Assistant

Ola Nowak Labour Assistant

Neil Smith

Mike Scott

Coupar Angus

Senior Area Manager Area Manager

Gina Foreman

Old Meldrum

Area Manager Area Manager Old Meldrum Ron Mutch James Rae

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Area Manager

Regional Manager

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Gina Foreman George Bruce

Gregg Watson Area Manager

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Area Manager

Karrina Andrews

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Coupar Angus Mike Scott Area Manager

Henry Taylor

Matt Thompson

Area Manager Area Manager Marketing Co-ordinator Coupar Angus Dave McLaggan Karrina Andrews Ryan Dorsie Senior Area Manager Area Manager

Karrina Andrews Area Manager

Mike Scott Area Manager

Henry Taylor Area Manager

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Area Manager

Matt Thompson Marketing Co-ordinator

Henry Taylor Area Manager

Matt Mark

A BRIEF HISTORY OF RINGLINK

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RINGLINK SCOTLAND IN 2021 - STATS AT A GLANCE

What’s in it for you?

£

£

£63.05m ...combined turnover

Cost of membership

£3.07 a week Equal to a subscription to Farmers Weekly

from 3,000 members

Total transactions

£8.51m labour turnover

96,231

£

320

workers out daily on average throughout the year

6947

trainees through a range of courses Saving

you time and hassle…

Using just one Ringlink service saves 30 mins management time per month = cost of your yearly subscription!

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1,860

electricity contracts managed

126

27.4m

graduates from the pre-apprenticeship programme (over 9 years)

litres of fuel sold

£220,000

vehicle discount savings for members

13,812

tonnes of fertiliser sold

170,000

108,495

incoming calls received

incoming emails processed

132,300

135,000

outgoing calls made

outgoing emails sent

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HOW WE OPERATE Ringlink (Scotland) Ltd has ultimately evolved as a rural business co-operative, owned by its members and managed on behalf of its members to provide a cost effective platform for efficient member to member trading.

We operate the business with transparency and by embracing the core values of: Integrity; Teamwork; providing a high Quality service along with a “Can Do” spirit to our membership.

SUBSCRIPTION Annual subscription of Agri-Businesses: £160.00 plus VAT Labour Only (Self Employed): £50.00 plus VAT Share Purchase on Joining £50.00 made up of 50 x £1 shares

COMMISSION RATES SERVICE

DEMANDER LEVY

SUPPLIER LEVY

1/2% 1/2% 0% 0% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2% 2%

1/2% 1/2% 1% 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2% 2%

Spraying inc. Chemical Oil Seed Rape Fuel Fertiliser Malting Barley Feed Barley/Wheat Lime Chemical Supply Land Rentals Stockfeed/Straw/Hay All Other Ring Services

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SERVICES & PRICE LIST FOR 2022 Please note the following pages are a guide price list only and is based on average working conditions. Any change to these prices for any reason or for services that show POA (price on application) will be given when job is booked.

All rates include fuel except self-drive hire.

Due to major fuel price fluctuations, suppliers may apply a fuel surcharge to cover day-to-day fuel increases.

All services are per acre and include operator unless otherwise stated.

Travelling time may be charged extra, to the rates shown, if there is less than four hours work or it is indicated at time of booking.

- Suppliers must ensure adequate insurance cover is in operation before doing Ringwork.

- The supply of labour incurs a minimum charge of eight hours unless otherwise agreed.

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Late cancellation may incur the minimum eight hour charge.

HIRED EQUIPMENT CONDITIONS -

Delivery may be charged on hired equipment.

Demanders must ensure adequate insurance is in place for all self-drive equipment when attached or unattached.

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Demander must carry out daily maintenance checks as per operating instructions.

- Self-drive equipment remains on hire until returned to supplier unless otherwise agreed.

Self-drive equipment must be returned clean and free from foreign objects (and filled with fuel where applicable).

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Demander should check the machine’s condition on uplift.

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Supplier must check the machine’s condition on return.

PLEASE NOTE: RINGLINK (SCOTLAND) LTD ACTS AS AN AGENT ONLY AND NOT AS A PRINCIPAL.

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Thainstone Business Park,

Markethill Industrial Estate

INVERURIE, AB51 5GT

TURRIFF, AB53 5PJ

T: 01467 621493

By Appointment to Her

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Agricultural Machinery

Majesty The Queen Supply and Service of

T: 01888 530800 mharper@balgownieltd.co.uk

AGRICULTURAL, CONSTRUCTION & HORTICULTURAL MACHINERY

Competitive Rates - Experienced Friendly Ser vice

SALES - SERVICE - SPARES - HIRE www.balgownieltd.co.uk

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PLOUGHING/ CULTIVATING/SEEDING SERVICES - LABOUR INCLUDED

£ /ACRE

£/HOUR

Services - Labour Included Price/acre Price/hour Autumn Ploughing 24.75 - 29.00 Ploughing Plus Press 27.80 - 32.45 Winter Ploughing 23.65 - 27.25 Subsoiling 87.45 Shakerator/Flatliner 200-300hp 37.40 87.45 Discing (Black Ground) 18.00 Discing (Stubble) c/w press 17.35 Multi Harrowing 13.75 RotaSpike / Power Harrowing 24.75 Rotavating (Winter Ley) 34.40 Sowing OSR (Seed Only) 9.65 Sowing OSR (Seed & Fert) 13.00 Sowing Grass Seed 9.00 Sowing Grain Only 11.85 Sowing Grain & Fert (up to 3cwt) 14.30 Sowing Grain & Fert (over 3cwt) plus 0.85 Direct Drill (Moore Unidrill) 34.00 One Pass OSR(Seed Only) 23.10 - 26.95 One Pass OSR (Seed & Fert) 25.00 - 29.70 One Pass Sowing Grain Only 24.50 - 29.70 One Pass Grain & Fert (up to 3 cwt) 26.15 - 31.90 One Pass Grain & Fert (over 3 cwt) plus 0.85 Vaderstad Drill Grain & Fert 26.95 No Till Drill (Grain & Fert) 31.00 Min Till Drill (Grain & Fert) 41.80 Turnip Sowing (28” Drill with applicator) >10 acres 27.80 Turnip Sowing (28” Flat with applicator) >10 acres 31.10 Turnip Sowing (19” Flat with applicator) >10 acres 32.75 Turnip Sowing (On beds with applicator) >10 acres 33.85 Cambridge Rolling 5.80 49.80 Cambridge Rolling with Paddles 8.25 58.30 Roller Hire 2.90 79.00 Min Charge Paddle Roller Hire 5.80 108.00 Min Charge

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D.M. CARNEGIE

Steelstrath, Laurencekirk, AB30 1RN Tel: 01674 840288 Fax: 01674 840395

SERVICES:               

Soil sampling and mapping. Limestone delivered and VRT Spread.

Field drainage work undertaken.

Mobile seed dressing with chemicals applied. Seed supplied.

Grass seed sown & rolled with special drill on Cambridge rollers.

Grain & fertiliser sown with one pass lemken systems.

Self propelled forage harvester for grass and cereal whole crops.

16-18 ft swathing.

Combining with 30 ft machines.

Grain and fertiliser merchants.

Round and square baling of silage, hay and straw.

All crop chemicals sold and 24, 28 and 36 metre spraying service provided.

General haulage, flat, curtainside and bulk tippers.

All other contract work.

Dried woodchip available.

Sprayer MOT testing. Book your NSTS test. Part of the voluntary initiative.

Agrochemical Specialists and Crop Consultants

CARNEGIE CROP SERVICES Cookston, Brechin, DD9 7QS Tel: 01356 622066 Fax: 01356 625793 18

SPRAYING /FERTILISING

SERVICES - LABOUR INCLUDED

£ /ACRE

£/OTHER

Fertiliser Spreading Spinner (up to 2cwt) 5.25 LGP Fertiliser Spreading High Clearance Spreading Liquid Nitrogen & Urea Liquid Nitrogen with added Sulphur Inject Compound Fert to potatoes Slug Pellet Application LGP Bike 3.60 Lime Delivered & Spread Lime Spreading (1.5 tonnes or over/Acre) 5.80/tonne Lime Spreading (less than 1.5 tonnes/Acre) 6.90/tonne Lime Spreading with GPS (30 Acres Min) 9.00 Slag Spreading 22.85/tonne Spraying (up to 20 galls 1 - 40 hectares) 11.30/HA All other Spraying Operations Crop Walking, Inspection Irrigating @ 1” Water Irrigation Complete Hire (pump, reel, pipes)

PLEASE NOTE, ANY ITEMS NOT PRICED ABOVE ARE PRICED ON APPLICATION (POA)

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FORAGING/BALING/ WRAPPING SERVICES - LABOUR INCLUDED

£ /ACRE

£/OTHER

Mowing Conditioner 14.00 Mowing Condition with Spreader 15.40 Mowing Peas 18.00 Tedding (6 metre wide +) 6.80 57.75/Hour Raking (6 metre wide +) 6.80 57.75/Hour Baling 4 x 4 Silage / Hay 2.90/Bale Baling 4 x 4.5 Silage / Hay 3.45/Bale Baling with chopper 3.45/Bale Baling Hay Small Square 0.70/Bale Bale Wrapping Silage Tubeline 4 x 4 3.25/Bale Bale Wrapping Silage Tubeline 4 x 4.5 3.70/Bale Bale Wrapping Silage Individual 4 x 4 3.75/Bale Bale Wrapping Silage Individual 4 x 4.5 4.30/Bale Baling & Wrapping Tubeline 4 x 4 5.80/Bale Baling & Wrapping Tubeline 4 x 4.5 6.35/Bale Baling & Wrapping Tubeline Chopped 4 x 4 6.65/Bale Baling & Wrapping Individual 4 x 4 6.90/Bale Baling & Wrapping Individual 4 x 4.5 7.50/Bale Baling & Wrapping Individual chopped 7.80/Bale Baling & Wrapping Square (Quad) 8.90/Bale Baling & Wrapping 5.5 X 4 X 3 7.50/Bale * The above prices are based on 4 layers of wrap & subject to change due to fluctuations in plastics prices Precision Chop Foraging 26.40 - 32.45 Self Propelled Foraging 26.40 - 32.45 Direct Cut Whole Crop Cereals 51.00 Tractor & Trailer up to 12t 32.45/Hour Tractor & Trailer over 14t 34.00 42.90/Hour Silage Trailer (10 – 16t Self Drive) 45.00 68.00/Day Tractor & Buckrake 34.65 46.75/Hour Push off Buckrake (Self Drive) 45.00 57.00/Day Topping Grass Rotary (Min charge of 4 hours) 11.55 41.25/Hour Topping Grass Flail/Mulch “ 14.00 47.85/Hour Straw Chopping “ 48.40/Hour OSR Chopping “ 44.00/Hour

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CEREAL HARVESTING/ BALING SERVICES - LABOUR INCLUDED

£ /ACRE

£/OTHER

Swathing OSR up to 25 acres 19.55 Swathing OSR over 25 acres Swathing Peas Combining Cereals 37.40 - 51.00 OSR with Draper Header 39.90 - 53.90 OSR Direct with Side Knife 39.90 - 54.45 With Chopper (additional charge) 4.60 Mobile Grain Drying On Farm Drying (Tray, Continuous Flow) Mobile Grain Cleaning / Seed Dressing Straw Tub Grinding (mobile Service) Mobile Mill ‘n’ Mix Service Propcorning & Rolling Turning/Rowing straw Baling Straw 4 x 4 2.65/Bale Baling Straw 4 x 4.5 2.85/Bale Baling Straw 4 x 5 3.30/Bale Baling Straw 4 x 6 4.60/Bale Baling Big Square D1010 8’ X 32” X 36” 3.65/Bale MF/BB960 8’ X 48” X 36” 5.85/Bale Quadrant 8’ X 48” X 27” 4.85/Bale Hesston 8’ X 48” X 51” 8.00/Bale Small Square Baling with sledge 0.90/Bale Bale Wrapping Straw Tubeline 4 X 4 3.30/Bale Bale & Bale Wrapping Tubeline 4 X 4 5.45/Bale Bale Wrapping Straw Tubeline 4 X 5 3.65/Bale Bale & Bale Wrapping Tubeline 4 X 5 6.35/Bale Ammonia Injection Ritchie 8 Bale Trailer & Tractor 50.00/Hour Ritchie 8 Bale Trailer Self Drive 110.00/Day

PLEASE NOTE, ANY ITEMS NOT PRICED ABOVE ARE PRICED ON APPLICATION (POA)

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ROOT CROP/VEGETABLE SERVICES SERVICES - LABOUR INCLUDED

£ /ACRE

£/HOUR

Deep Cultivating 30.25 66.00 Power Harrow/Rotaspike 35.20 105.60 Deep Ridging 30.25 Shallow Ridging 21.45 44.00 Bed Tiller with plough 70.40 3 Row Bed Tiller with ploughs 176.00 Stone Separating Potatoes 36mm 121.00 32mm 126.50 Carrots 32mm 137.50 Bedforming Separated Beds 50.60 Precision Drilling Veg On Beds 56.65 Bedforming Precision Drilling One Pass 90.65 Planting Potatoes Without Fert 51.00 Planting Potatoes With Fert 56.65 Potato Harvesting Unmanned 165.00 Dahlman Roller unmanned 181.50 148.50 Self Propelled Harvester on Tracks Tractor & Trailer 38.50 - 41.80 Front Topper 17.00 Windrowing Bulb Farnwood Ware Separator Potato Dressing/Grading Potato Storage Potato Haulm Pulverising 3 Bed (Less than 25 acres) Potato Haulm Pulverising 3 Bed (more than 25 acres) Green Haulm Desiccation (Plus gas) Bulb Haulm Pulverising 39.60

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ROOT CROP/VEGETABLE SERVICES TURNIP HARVESTING

£/ACRE

£/HOUR

EQUIPMENT - HIRE ONLY

£/ACRE

£/DAY

SERVICES PRICE/DAY

£/DAY

Turnip Harvesting Single Row 46.00/Hour Turnip Harvesting From Beds 141.65/Acre Fodder Beet Harvesting Carrot Harvesting From Beds Brush Weeding 46.00/Acre 62.45/Hour Steerage Hoe 46.00/Acre 62.45/Hour Cabbage Planter 9 Row Scarifier

Deep Ridgers Hire Bed Tiller with Ploughs Bed Former Hire Brush Weeder Hire Potato Box Hire Potato Box Tippler Hire 55.00 Potato Box Trailer Hire Eight Box 49.50 Potato Box Trailer Hire Ten Box 55.00 Potato Box Trailer Hire Twelve Box 60.50

Trailer Hire Over 10t 55.00 Trailer Hire 20’ - 40’ Flats 49.50 Low Loader Trailer Hire 71.50 Stock Trailer 60.50 Silage Trailer over 10t 55.00 - 66.00 Heavy Duty Dump Trailer 66.00 Ritchie 8 Bale Straw Cart 110.00 Post Driver Hire 34.00 Strainer Borer Hire Log Splitter Hire Road Brush Hire 55.00 Road Brush & Bucket Hire 60.50 Cement Mixer Hire Various Types Compressor Hire Dumper Truck Hire

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TRACTORS/LOADERS/ FORKLIFTS/ROAD HAULAGE SERVICES - LABOUR INCLUDED

£ /HOUR

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4wd Tractor 101hp - 150hp 29.70 - 38.50 4wd Tractor 151hp - 200hp 38.50 - 44.00 4wd Tractor 201hp - 250hp 55.00 - 61.60 4wd Tractor 251hp - 300hp 66.00 - 74.25 4wd Tractor over 301hp 84.70 - 93.50 Self Drive Tractor Hire Fastrac 150hp - 250hp 33.00 - 68.75 Tracked Tractor 58.85 - 68.20 Tractor & Loader 101hp+ 36.30 - 46.20 Rough Terrain Forklift 33.00 Telescopic Forklift 34.00 - 39.60 JCB Type Digger 33.00 - 39.60 Skid - Steer Loader (Bobcat) 33.00 Tracked Excavator 34.00 - 49.50 Artic Steer (Industrial) 53.35 Telescopic Forklift 88.00 319.00 JCB Type Digger 110.00 330.00 Skid - Steer Loader (Bobcat) 88.00 275.00 Industrial Forklift 3.0t 44.00 143.00 Bulk Haulage Flat Haulage Curtain Sider Road Tankers Vegetable Bulkers Timber Haulage Low Loader(Machinery Trans. Etc.)

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MUCK/SLURRY SPREADING & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT SERVICES - LABOUR INCLUDED

£ /HOUR

SELF/DRIVE

Rota – Spreading 36.00 55.00 Rear Spread Muck Spreading -> 10t 45.40 132.00 Rear Spread Muck Spreading -> 12t 47.00 148.50 Rear Spread Muck Spreading -> 14t 47.60 154.00 Side Impeller / Dual Spreader 39.35 77.00 Slurry Spreading 2000gallons 36.30 49.50 Vacuum Tanker 2500gallons 44.00 55.00 Vacuum tanker 3000gallons 55.00 66.00 Slurry Injection LGP Self Propelled Slurry Tanker Umbilical Spreading

EQUIPMENT - HIRE ONLY

£/DAY

Four Ewe Lamb Adopter Sheep Turning Crate Sheep Race & Gates Lamb Weigher Sheep Foot Bath Mobile Sheep Dipper Calf Dehorning Crate Cattle Crush Cattle Weigh Crate Mobile Cattle Race (Inc. Gates) Cattle Foot Bath Livestock Trailer Hire

38.50 38.50 38.50 72.00 44.00 38.50 55.00 71.50 33.00

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MISCELLANEOUS/ MAINTENANCE SERVICES - LABOUR INCLUDED

£ /RATE

Tree Planting Chain Saw & Operator (with Certificate) Tree Felling & Thinning Forestry Road Construction Hedge Cutting 42.90 Drainage Complete Service Drain Jetting Supply Drainage Materials Industrial Hoover Hire Hovering & Cleaning of Sheds Power Washing of Sheds Power Washer Hire Shot Blasting Small Tool Hire Shed Construction Demolition Work Supply & Erection of Storage Systems Feed System Installation Concrete Laying / Building Stone Crushing Vibrating Roller Hard & Soft Landscaping Hydramulch & Water Jet Seeding Garden Maintenance 24 Hour Glass Replacement Service Pest Control Services(Rats/Mice/Moles/Rabbits) Skip Hire / Waste Removal

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COMMODITIES

DAILY QUOTATIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING

Fuel Gas Oil (Red Diesel) Derv (White Diesel) Kero (Domestic Heating Oil) Oils Complete Range of OiIs Film For Silage or Carrots Net Wrap Various Types Baler Twine Various Types Animal Feeds Barley, Wheat, Molasses, Draff, Pot Ale etc.

Hay & Straw Any Shape or Size (When Available) Alternative Bedding Wood Pellets, Shavings, Sawdust & Peat Silage Bales or Pit Silage (When Available) Stockfeed Veg Brock Potatoes (When Available) Brock Carrots Brock Turnips Hardcore Graded & Delivered Fire Extinguishers Supply & Service Arable Inputs Lime Magnesium, White & Granular Lime Complete Supply & Spread Service Seed Fertiliser & Chemicals Rock Salt White, Brown, Grit Mix Farm Signs Complete Range Available Tanks Fuel, Oil, Water, Mollasses etc.

Coal Delivered Choice of Grades Estate Maintenance Tree, Hedge Planting & Supplies Fencing Materials Posts, Wire, Strainers etc etc

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LABOUR/PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SERVICES - LABOUR INCLUDED

£/HOUR

Pre-Apprentice 7.50 Labour Unskilled 12.85 Semi Skilled Labour 14.55 Overtime Rate 19.25 HGV Driver 15.20 Relief Pig Person 14.70 Multi Skilled Labour Fencer Relief Dairy Person Cattle Feet Trimming (Inc. Mobile Crate) Sheep Shearing Mechanic On Site Blacksmith Electrician Potato Box Repair (On Farm Service) Builder Roughcaster Slater Joiner Shotblaster Pest Eradication (Rats/Mice/Rabbits/Moles) Agronomy Services Water Divining Agricultural Consultants Estate & Land Management Advisory Services Secretarial Services THE SUPPLY OF LABOUR INCURS A MINIMUM CHARGE OF EIGHT HOURS UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED.

PLEASE NOTE, ANY ITEMS NOT PRICED ABOVE ARE PRICED ON APPLICATION (POA)

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LABOUR SOLUTIONS EMPLOYMENT STATUS: When engaging staff, a worker’s employment status, either employed or self-employed is not a matter of choice. Companies such as Uber, Deliveroo & City Sprint have hit the headlines over recent years following tribunals to determine the employment status of their workers, that is to determine whether they are employee’s, workers or self-employed. In all cases tribunals have found that the ‘self-employed’ businesses were in fact employees & entitled to a greater range of entitlements such as sick pay & holiday pay.

So what does this mean for our member businesses? Well, you need to be clear about the employment status of anyone working for you or risk being hit with a hefty PAYE and National Insurance bill as well as a raft of employment liabilities.

What level of control over the worker does the demanding business have? This is the critical question members should be asking themselves before hiring a worker. For example, if it is a worker who provides services to you and is genuinely in business on their own account, provides those services to other customers and invoices for those services, then they are likely to be self-employed and you can pay them gross.

Self-employed are not entitled to any other employment related rights or protections.

However, it is still your responsibility to ensure that they are bona fide self-employed.

This also means that even though they are self-employed for one type of work, this does not mean that they qualify for self-employment for all work. They must personally carry out the work (and cannot sub-contract out), then the relationship would not be seen as client – service provider but rather employer-employee and they would be entitled to at least the minimum wage, holiday and sick pay, pension and have tax & national insurance deducted at source.

It should be noted that a demanding business is still required to offer the same Health and Safety protections when self-employed workers or contractors are used on-site.

Failure to do so may result in penalties related to turnover. For instance, a business turning over £2m may face a fine of £450,000 or a business turning over £50m could be fined up to £10m. Also, individuals found guilty of breaching the law can be handed unlimited fines or face a 2 year prison sentence.

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AGENCY LABOUR PROVIDERS There are several Employment Agency members supplying labour through the machinery ring; this method of supply provides the opportunity for members to engage workers without PAYE obligations as the Employment Business assumes responsibility for payment of the Agency Worker’s remuneration and where required by the Inland Revenue, for the deduction and payment of National Insurance Contributions and PAYE Income Tax applicable to the Agency Worker.

Workers supplied through agency labour providers are subject to the standard terms and conditions of the supplying company (available upon request) in place at the time of any staff placements. These terms are required to be signed before any staff can be supplied.

AGENCY WORKERS REGULATIONS (2010) These regulations which came into effect in 2011, provide that all agency workers must have the same access to certain basic facilities including: canteen, toilets, vending machine etc, amenities and information from the first day of an assignment as provided to full-time workers. As a labour user you are required to ensure that any agency workers who are supplied to you by agency providers will receive the benefit of such amenities and facilities.

Additionally, following the completion of the 12 week qualifying period, agency workers are entitled to the same “basic working and employment conditions” that they would have been entitled to had they been recruited directly by the hirer, including pay rates, holidays, bonuses etc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL RINGLINK OFFICE

“Ringlink Services have supplied casual labour to RH Brunton for the past 6 years. Growing potatoes & onions we need to adapt to seasonal variances causing our staff requirements to fluctuate and Ringlink have never let us down in supplying staff, even at a days’ notice. Ringlink provide reliable staff, respond quickly to our needs and offer the flexibility that our business requires.”

Hugh Brunton, Arbroath.

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LABOUR SOLUTIONS PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) Employers responsibilities to workers regarding the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are changing from 6 April 2022

Health and Safe

The regulations and accompanying impact assessment What extend employers and employees duties in respect of personal protective equipment to all workers engaged on your place of business (Including agency or casual staff)

you need to know

What is PPE? Health and Safety Executive

All workers have

to their health an PPE is defined in the regulations as “all equipment (including clothing affording protection and and safety is abo against the weather) which is intended to be worn or held by a person at work ill through which protects the person against one or more risks to that person’s health or safety, work. and safety, but y and any addition or accessory designed to meet that objective.”

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Provide adequate firs Report major injuries 0345 300 9923. Rep online at www.hse.g work activities, 9 Have insurance that Display a hard copy the PPE free of you can easily read it 10 Work with any other providing employees safety is protected.

The employer will be responsible for the maintenance, storage and replacement of any PPE they provide, and as a worker, you will be required to report loss and defects in What you must do the PPE which is provided, use the PPE in accordance with the training and instruction 1 Follow the training yo provided, and ensure PPE is returned to the accommodation provided by the employer. has given you.

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Take reasonable care Co-operate with your Tell someone (your e you think the work or safety at serious risk.

LABOUR INDUCTIONS

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WORKERS PLACED DAILY THROUGHOUT 2021

DO YOU ALREADY CARRY OUT AN INDUCTION FOR ANY NEW WORKERS? If the answer is no, then you need to think again. As a user of labour, demanders have a responsibility to give new workers a safety induction for working on their site with the relevant equipment. The induction should cover at least the following points: • • • • • •

Name of person whom the worker reports to.

Workers duties and responsibilities.

Company’s Health & Safety policy.

Emergency exits and procedures where applicable.

Working hours, frequency and length of rest breaks.

Location of toilet facilities and amenities

See www.ringlinkscotland.co.uk for H&S induction form

“We have used Ringlink Services for over 20 years to supply skilled and unskilled labour for our Fertiliser packing operation at Dundee. The seasonal nature of our business is opposite to the general farming season which allows us to source experienced agricultural workers, many of whom return year after year.

The flexibility of sourcing staff & utilising the machinery pool from Ringlink has allowed the business to go from strength to strength. Ringlink offer a great service, with the team often going beyond the call of duty to help when you need it most.”

Steve Briggs, Angus Horticulture.

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EMPLOYING YOUNG PEOPLE Young people over school age and under 18 are known as Young Workers. There are special laws which are put in place to protect the employment rights of these young workers, in relation to health and safety, what jobs they can do, when and how long they can work.

These laws are extremely strict and as an employer, it is vital that they are adhered to or there are tough penalties for breaking them.

HEALTH & SAFETY If you have a worker who is under the age of 18, you must complete a risk assessment in relation to health and safety before they can commence employment, paying particular attention to their age, experience, and other factors present that could be of risk.

If they are under school leaving age, you must also tell one of their parents about the risk assessment findings. This must include any risks that are identified, and measures that will be put in place to protect them.

WHAT WORK CAN BE DONE? If the worker is over school leaving age and under 18, there are special restrictions on the type of work they can do. These include work which they are not physically or mentally capable of, which brings them into contact with chemical agents, toxic materials or radiation, and work involving health risks due to extreme cold, heat or vibration.

No person under school age can be employed in work other than light work, and they are not allowed to be employed in work which is likely to be harmful to their safety, health, development or that will affect their attendance at school.

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HOURS OF WORK & REST BREAKS If your worker is of school leaving age but under 18, the law states that they cannot work more than 8 hours each day or more than 40 hours each week. They must be allowed 12 hours rest between working days, and 2 rest days each working week. They are also entitled to a 30 minute rest break when they work for a consecutive 4 and a half hours. In addition to this, your worker would not be allowed to work between the hours of midnight and 4am, except in the most exceptional circumstances, and that they are supervised by an adult.

Any persons under school age cannot work during school hours, for more than 2 hours on any school day or for more than 12 hours in any week, for more than 2 hours on a Sunday or for more than 8 hours on any day which is not a school day or a Sunday. They also cannot work before 7am or after 7pm.

HOLIDAYS If your worker is 16 or over they are legally entitled to paid holidays, just the same as workers over 18. For those working a 5 day week they are entitled to 30 days paid holidays under the Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Order (No69).

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ILLEGAL WORKERS It is a criminal offence to employ workers who do NOT have the right to work in the UK. You can be sent to jail for 5 years and pay an unlimited fine if you’re found guilty of employing someone who you knew or had ‘reasonable cause to believe’ didn’t have the right to work in the UK. Under the 2006 Immigration, Asylum & Nationalities act, preventing illegal working is now a responsibility of all employers. The act covers permanent, full-time, part-time, fixed term & casual employees. In order to prevent illegal workers gaining employment, employers are required to check that ALL workers employed have recognised documented proof of their right to work in the UK before they commence employment.

RECOGNISED DOCUMENTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:There are now multiple routes to verify someone’s right to work in the UK. If your potential worker is a UK citizen then you must see the originals of the following documents, take copies and sign & date them.

• UK passport (can be out of date but the photograph should represent a good likeness of the applicant)

OR A COMBINATION OF 2 OF THE FOLLOWING: • A UK Birth Certificate • A Government issued document stating name & NI number ie P45 or P60 • A benefits office JSA card or letter • A previous employers payslip • A government issued letter proclaiming the employees residency and employability status

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If your potential employee is a Non-UK citizen then the following routes are available to check their ‘right to work in the UK’ If the potential employee is an EU citizen and has ‘Settled or Pre-Settled Status’ then they should give you a ‘Share Code’. This along with their name & date of birth should be used to verify their right to work in the UK. This will give you a document you can print with their photograph and immigration status.

This can be competed at the following : View a job applicant’s right to work details -

GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If your potential employee has applied for ‘Status’ but has not yet been granted, they should have an application confirmation from the Home office.

Their immigration status can be checked using the Employer Checking Service Use this service to ask the Home Office to check an employee’s or potential employee’s immigration status if they cannot show their documents or online immigration status.

THIS COULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THEY: • have an outstanding appeal, review or application with the Home Office • arrived in the UK before 1989 and do not have documents to prove their immigration status or right to work

YOU MUST ALSO ASK THE HOME OFFICE TO CHECK THEIR STATUS IF THEY HAVE: • a digital or non-digital Certificate of Application that says you need to ask the Home Office to check their right to work • an Application Registration Card All other potential employees should have a valid visa to work in the UK.

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ILLEGAL WORKERS contd.

www.gov.uk/view-right-to-work.

After the 1st July 2021, all Non-UK or Eire nationals will be treated the same when it comes to work & residency status no matter which country they come from.

For potential workers to access employment from the 1st July 2021 they should have a valid work Visa in place, prior to employment. These can be obtained through sponsorship via the PBS (Points Based System) for which you would need a Sponsor Licence or through a valid worker scheme such as the Seasonal Worker Pilot.

CHECK THAT: • the documents aren’t expired (except UK passports, which can be expired) • photos in the documents are a good resemblance to the employee.

• the date of birth on the document seems consistent with the employee’s appearance.

• the visa covers the type of work they’ll be doing (including any limit on the number of hours they can work).

• if two documents have different names stated, make sure there’s a good reason, eg. marriage or divorce.

There are example documents in the following guide from the UK Border Agency (UKBA).

The Government and the UK’s Border Agency have come down very hard in recent years concerning the employment of illegal workers. The penalty for employing an illegal worker is presently £20,000 per worker.

It also carries a two year prison sentence.

The above information is a brief overview of the law and how it stands with employment of illegal workers. The following websites can take you through things step by step.

www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

www.gov.uk/legal-right-to-work-in-the-uk

WHILST ALL CARE IS TAKEN TO ENSURE ACCURACY THROUGHOUT THIS HANDBOOK, NO RESPONSIBILITY CAN BE TAKEN FOR THOSE ACTING ON OR REFRAINING TO ACT ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN. The information above is subject to legislative change.

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We have been running half day sprayer Operator courses for a number of years. This year the course includes • Stores & Storage Transport • • Sprayer Sprayer Problems • Buffers • LERAPSOperator • Product Revocation Course • Footpaths We have numerous courses running throughout the country, please refer to the calendar for suitable dates and venues.

Please call for additional dates as the list only represents a selection.

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FOOD HyGIENE Food Hygiene courses to meet quality assurance running at a venue near you.

FIRST AID TRAINING Appointed Person 3 Day First Aid at Work 2 Day Refresher Training Courses running in:

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Ensure that you have the correct skills to deliver training effectively.

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THE MODERN SLAVERY ACT 2015 & EXPLOITED WORKERS

Modern slavery & worker exploitation is a very real concern in the UK agricultural industry. Further to this we would urge all our demanders to be aware of this as a potential problem and to be able to identify any signs of worker exploitation and what to do if there is evidence of it.

Below is a list of some potential indicators but there are no set number of indicators that would point to a person being a victim of labour abuse.

The list of potential signs are grouped under the following headings on the GLAA website: • Restricted Freedom • Behaviours • Working Conditions • Accommodation • Finances • Appearance For further advice on the above, please check out the Gangmaster & Labour Abuse Authority’s website which explains in more detail:

https://www.gla.gov.uk/who-we-are/modern-slavery Should you be aware of or have ANY concerns about worker exploitation or labour abuse of any workers, then it is your duty to report your concerns to the relevant authority. Forced labour is still the most common type of modern slavery reported to the UK Modern Slavery helpline in Scotland during July - September 2019, with the highest recorded potential victim nationality being Bangladesh, as shown in Statistical Report on the right hand page.

For more information see: www.modernslaveryhelpline.org or call the helpline on:

08000 121 700

To review Ringlink Services Modern Slavery statement in full go to:

http://www.ringlinkservices.co.uk/pdfs/Rslmodslavery2020.pdf

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UK MODERN SLAVERY APRIL - JUNE 2021

Scotland 46 Calls relating to cases in Scotland 20 Online Reports

0 App Submissions

8 Cases of Modern Slavery 25 Potential Victims of Modern Slavery Type of Exploitation

Potential Victim Nationalities Romania

Criminal, 3, 38%

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Bulgaria

Labour , 4, 50%

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Scotland

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GANGMASTERS & LABOUR ABUSE AUTHORITY (GLAA) The Immigration Act 2016 is designed to address labour exploitation & abuse across the UK. Specialist GLAA officers have been appointed & trained to investigate cases of severe exploitation across the entire UK labour market. The Licensing scheme remains for labour suppliers & users in the Food Processing & Packaging, Agriculture & Shellfish gathering industries.

DOES YOUR BUSINESS UNDERTAKE WORK WHICH IS COVERED

BY THE LICENSING SCHEME? The GLAA regulates those who supply labour or use workers to provide services in agriculture, forestry, horticulture, shellfish gathering, food processing and packaging.

The GLAA are responsible for ensuring that licensing standards are adhered to, and the businesses using labour providers are aware that they must only use licensed providers.

LABOUR USERS The Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 includes a number of criminal offences that apply to both labour providers and labour users.

If you are supplied with labour and your business operates in the licensable sectors, you must only use GLAA licensed labour providers.

The following list outlines the minimum requirements: • Check the GLAA register to see if your labour provider is licensed on www.gla.gov.uk • Co-operate with the labour provider to help ensure that they comply with the GLAA conditions.

• Ensure that you provide a safe working environment.

• Co-operating with them to ensure the site of work complies with health and safety legislation.

• Ensure all workers have adequate and appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

• Ensure adequate arrangements have been made to provide welfare facilities including toilets, washing facilities and drinking water both on site and in the fields where it is required.

• Having your agreement with your provider in writing.

• Failure to comply can lead to fines of up to £5000, imprisonment or both.

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GLAA ACTIVE SERVICE The best way to keep up to date with your labour provider’s licence status is to register for the “active check” alerts service. This sends direct updates to keep you informed of any changes to your labour provider’s licence, such as a compliance inspection, additional licence conditions or a revocation.

It’s very simple to sign up, you can make a check by calling the GLAA helpline on 0345 602 5020. Or you can check online, www.gla.gov.uk and follow these steps: • Register with the GLAA to get your own business checking account within their

Active Check Portal • Search for your labour provider using their unique reference number (URN) • Confirm the details and check the person is named on the licence You can use your Government Gateway details from other Government services to enrol for the active check service.

LABOUR SUPPLIER OBLIGATIONS • Register with the GLAA and obtain a licence, failure to do so is an offence which can lead to a £10,000 fine and imprisonment or both under the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004.

• Ensure that you comply with the licensing regulations at all times.

• Ensure that safe working practices are in operation on all sites where you supply workers.

• Ensure all workers have adequate and appropriate PPE. • Co-operate with the labour user to help ensure that they comply with the conditions that are set out by the GLAA. • Remember, it is your supplier licence that is at risk for failure to comply.

FURTHER INFORMATION It is advisable and good practice to regularly visit the GLAA website www.gla.gov.uk or use the link from Ringlink (Scotland) Ltd web page www.ringlinkscotland.co.uk to keep abreast of the regulations.

Within the GLAA website, there are many useful links to other websites to give advice to both the labour provider and the labour supplier. Advice is also given in several languages to ensure the facts are fully understood. If you have any questions about the GLAA and how it might affect you or your business please contact: communications@gla.gsi.gov.uk.

Whilst all possible care has been taken in compiling this Handbook, no responsibility for loss occasioned by acting on or refraining to act on the information contained in this Handbook can be accepted by the publishers or their agents.

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NATIONAL LIVING WAGE & WORKPLACE PENSIONS NATIONAL LIVING WAGE Currently anyone aged 25 years & over is entitled to be paid at least the National Living Wage of £8.91 per hour. The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB) rates mirror this for all workers aged 16 & over. If the worker is within their first 6th months of service this is payable up to 8 hours per day or 48 hours per week.

Overtime at 1.5 x the minimum hourly rate is payable for any hours worked out with these parameters.

After six months of service the worker is entitled to be paid the National Living Wage for up to 8 hours per day & 39 hours per week with Overtime payable thereafter.

From the 1st April 2022 the National Living Wage is increasing to £9.50 per hour and the Scottish Agricultural Wage Board rates for 2021/2022 will be the same.

I get a great service from the Ringlink team when sourcing temp staff, always ready to go out of their way to accommodate my requirements.

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IT PAYS TO LEARN GET UP TO £200 TOWARDS THE COST OF A TRAINING COURSE WITH AN SDS INDIVIDUAL TRAINING ACCOUNT (ITA) You could use the money to build the skills you need for a job. Or get some training to take your career to the next level. Whatever you want to do, there is a wide range of ITA approved courses on offer.

You could receive up to £200 towards a single course or training episode per year. ITA funding could be right for you if you’re: • Aged 16 or over • Not in education or involved in any other SDS funded programme • Unemployed and looking to get back into work • Employed and earning less than £22,000 per year • Resident in Scotland And because it’s not a loan you don’t have to pay it back. Sounds good? Start searching for an ITA approved course and apply online.

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From 2019-2021 the program was funded by Scottish Government, supporting a pilot roll-out to other regions in Scotland.

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES • To identify suitable candidates who have a desire to work within the rural industry.

• To provide practical experience, training and knowledge allowing youngsters to make informed decisions as to how they would like their career to progress.

• To provide on-going mentoring and support to maximise the potential of the young person.

• The ultimate aim is to help prepare young people for employment in agriculture and the wider rural sector.

PLACEMENT OVERVIEW • • • • •

26 weeks fully paid work placement, 40 hrs per week on a farm or suitable rural business.

An upfront training induction commences in June with our partners SRUC, Aberdeen.

Up to £1500 of training will be offered to each candidate.

In addition, there will be input from industry professionals.

Payment for time worked is in accordance with the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB).

• All candidates who successfully complete the programme will receive a certificate of completion awarded from Ringlink.

• Holidays will be accrued over the 6 month work placement in accordance with SAWB.

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UPFRONT INDUCTION Successful applicants undertake an upfront induction period starting in June which will involve a range of activities including training and industry related visits.

• Health and Safety induction - Risk Assessment.

• First Aid Training.

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• Manual Handling Training.

• Three day Tractor Driving.

• Three day Forklift Operator Training.

• Introduction to Agriculture.

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• Certificate of Work Readiness (CWR - SCQF level 4)

THE WORK PLACEMENT • On successful completion of the upfront induction, pre-apprentices commence their placement with a predetermined Mentor.

• The mentor will play a vital role in identifying the capabilities of the individual and will offer both encouragement and support to promote progression and development.

• Through the placement period, pre-apprentices will be expected to contribute fully to the business by actively engaging in their allocated tasks.

• Opportunities for further development will be made available through arranged visits to a variety of rural businesses.

• Additional training courses will be made available through the placement period dependent upon the requirements of the business and the pre-apprentice.

PROGRAMME PARTNERS • SRUC: Deliver and assess the Certificate of Work Readiness (CWR) qualification for the trainees along with providing additional support and training as required.

• Ringlink Scotland: Provide the day-to-day management of the programme, recruit and support mentors, and co-ordinate the training courses for the pre-apprentices.

For full details of the programme or if you are interested in becoming a Mentor see:

www.ringlinkscotland.co.uk/pre-apprenticeship FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA @preapprenticeship

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PRE-APPRENTICESHIP CLASS OF 2021 The third year of the Land-based PreApprenticeship pilot programme got underway in June 2021. With a total of forty-seven participants shared between the employers Ringlink Scotland, Borders Machinery Ring and Tarff Valley Ltd, from the outset we were committed to ensuring that the programme would continue to operate throughout the pandemic, albeit in a slightly different format to comply with Covid-19 guidance.

For the second year, the recruitment and selection process had to be conducted via virtual interviews and whilst our preferred method will always be face-to-face interviews, Ringlink still managed to recruit 30 pre-apprentices for the 2021 intake, our largest cohort to-date.

Instead of the usual 3-week upfront training induction at Scottish Rural College (SRUC), our trainees attended a 4-day residential induction which was touch and go for a while due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions but thankfully we managed to pull it off. The delivery of the practical short courses was arranged on local farms and with certified training instructors, for the Forklift Telescopic and Tractor Driving during July–August.

Sourcing suitable mentor businesses for the trainees proved to be extremely challenging, our toughest year yet and as a result four candidates withdrew from the program in the early stages due to the lengthy delays in securing a mentor business for them. However we are delighted that 21 trainees successfully completed the program in 2021. Unfortunately due to Coivd-19 we are unable to host our graduation lunch for the Class of 2021 but we extend our congratulations and best wishes to all graduates as follows: Bilal Benhach, Lee Bradley, Abby-Leigh Doig, Aiden Easton, Greg Fowlie, Ben George, Alex Grant, Angus Gurr, Archie Johnston, Scott Littlejohn, James-Gordon Lynch, Michael Matheson, George MacEachen, Aiden Mackay, Alexander McHardy, Ryan Michie, Ross Scott, Robert Sweetland, Lewis Taylor, Callum Thomson and Kieran Young.

Recruitment for the 2022 intake is underway, with 25-30 places on offer this year, subject to securing continued funding from Scottish Government.

Interested in Mentoring?... please get in touch, mentors are fundamental in offering opportunities for the next generation and to allow new blood to enter the land-based sector.

Enquiries to:gail@ringlinkscotland.co.uk or 01561 376022

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Want to benefit from mentoring to meet your own workplace requirements?

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Interested in becoming a mentor? All enquiries to gail@ringlinkscotland.co.uk or call: 01561 377790 58

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TRAINING COURSES INDEX

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The move to the more efficient, sustainable and productive Nitrasol liquid fertiliser system on your farm can be triggered by a number of events. Whatever the reason, our local experts can support your shift to Nitrasol.

Choosing Nitrasol is more than just a change of product. The Nitrasol system considers the

entire journey your fertiliser takes from factory-to-field. It represents a change of farming system to greater efficiency, productivity and environmental sustainability.

Everything we do helps you make the most of the benefits of liquid fertilisation on your farm including the provision of on-farm tanks. Our FACTS qualified advisers help to

maintain a standard of excellence in farm management and advice.

We have developed a bespoke four-stage on farm process to ease your conversion, which might include the option of supplying and managing the installation of one or more on-farm tanks.

CHOOSING TANK OPTIONS

Our specialists will explore which tank option is right for you. We balance the size and extent of your farm together with cropping patterns, seasonal workloads and the number of different fertilisers needed in stock.

RENT OR BUY

You may wish to participate in the Nitrasol tank deal. You have the choice of either GRP or rotationally-moulded tanks in a number of sizes.

You can choose to purchase outright or rent from us without charge.

ENSURING COMPLIANCE

Following this preliminary exploration of options, a specialist will visit your farm to undertake a bespoke appraisal in accordance with AIC, FIAS and Environment Agency best practice.

MANAGED INSTALLATION When the managed installation option is chosen, tanks are delivered and fitted as part of our agreement with flanged inlet/outlets chosen to match your sprayer connections with the option of lockable valve security protection.

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FIRST AID TRAINING

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As an employer you are responsible for making sure that your employees receive immediate attention if they are taken ill or are injured at work. Accidents and illness can happen at any time and first aid can save lives and prevent minor injuries from becoming Handbook Content- Revisions & Additional major ones.

EMERGENCY FIRST AID – 1 DAY

Page 43 – Labour /Professional services ( graphic The HSE Emergency First Aid at work course for thatbottom covers of thepage) basics of First Aid and current emergency first aid procedures. The candidate will be awarded an Emergency First Aid at Work certificate.

FIRST AID AT WORK – 3 DAYS This course covers the full First Aid Syllabus as outlined by the First Aid Approved Code of Practice 2009. Upon successful completion of the course, the candidate will be awarded the First Aid at Work certificate which will remain valid for 3 years.

FIRST AID AT WORK REFRESHER – 2 DAYS This course is for those who already hold the First Aid at Work certificate and is designed to update their knowledge and skills as well as cover any new techniques and procedures. Candidates will be re-assessed at the end of the course and if successful will be awarded another certificate lasting 3 years.

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AIDyou FORare MENTAL HEALTH - 2 DAYS As anFIRST employer responsible for making sure that your employees receive immediate attention they are ill orhealth are injured at work.

Accidents and member, Anyone can be if affected bytaken a mental condition - an individual, a family illness can happen at any time and first aid can save lives and prevent minor friend or colleague. This 2-day course covers a wide range of mental health conditions, injuries from becoming major ones. going into detail on the range of therapies and support available by professional bodies during treatment for a mental health condition.

You must make appropriate first aid arrangements for your small workplaces Theworkplace. course is Some suitable forlow-risk all individuals within need to have only firstisaid box and a person a work placea but aimed at those who hold a appointed to take charge of first-aid arrangements supervisory/managerial level position; those with such as calling the emergency services and stocking responsibility forappointed implementing a positive the first aid box. The person does notmental need specific first-aidand training. health culture for First Aid for Mental Health within an organisation.

If your workplace has more significant health and safety risks, for example you use machinery or hazardous materials then you are more likely to need a trained first aider.

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MANUAL HANDLING

Manual Handling

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As an employer you may need to protect your employees from the risk of injury through manual handling tasks in the workplace.

The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, as amended in 2002 (‘the Regulations’) apply to a wide range of manual handling activities, including lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling or carrying.

Incorrect manual handling is one of the most common causes of injury at work. It causes work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) which account for over a third of all workplace injuries.

Manual handling injuries can occur with people working – on farms and building sites, in factories, offices, warehouses, and while making deliveries. Heavy manual labour, awkward postures, manual materials handling, and previous or existing injury are all risk factors in developing MSDs.

MANUAL HANDLING AWARENESS - ½ DAY For those who wish to gain an insight into manual handling at an introductory awareness level.

SAFE LIFTING TECHNIQUES WITH PROBLEM SOLVING – 1 DAY This is designed for those who are involved in a lot of manual handling activity during their working day and covers the principles of correct lifting techniques, injuries caused by poor manual handling and how to lift and carry loads within your own personal capacity.

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SPRAYER OPERATOR COURSES

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C.A.S.T We are back delivering the Sprayer Operator Course face-to-face this year however, we do have the option for you to join virtually via “Zoom” where the instructor will deliver the course content live on-line.

This year’s Sprayer Operator course considers current topical issues, the use of Adjuvants, Sprayer Maintenance and Technology.

ONLINE TRAINING

PLEASE REFER TO COURSE DATES AVAILABLE BELOW:

MAY Musselburgh Keith Inverurie Coupar Angus Ellon

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High calibre trainers!

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WHAT WILL YOU GET FROM IT? •

Comply with legal requirements with an emphasis on safe practice.

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Identify the risks associated with using the machine.

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Select and use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) if needed.

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Understand the main causes of accidents.

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Identify the controls and components.

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Carry out daily checks as indicated in the operator’s manual.

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Carry out appropriate pre-start checks.

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Identify and report any faults.

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Start up and drive over a variety of terrain and ground conditions.

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Operate the machine safely on a variety of slopes and terrain.

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Identify loading/towing capacities.

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Drive with loads and trailed equipment.

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Understand legal and practical requirements for travelling on the public road.

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DRIVER CPC

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Periodic training is continuing professional development for bus, coach and lorry drivers.

It carries on throughout the professional driver’s career – no matter how infrequently they drive. The minimum length of a training course is seven hours.

Driver CPC requires all professional bus, coach and lorry drivers to complete a minimum of 35 hours periodic training every five years for as long as they wish to continue to drive professionally.

Periodic training is designed to complement the individual driver’s work and be relevant to their every day job. Courses may include fuel efficient driving style training, defensive driving techniques, first aid, health and safety, driver’s hours regulations and tachographs.

Courses will also enable drivers to keep up to date with changing regulations. The next deadline is September 2024, it is important to ensure that sufficient training is completed before this deadline to remain compliant. The syllabus broadly covers: In July 2020, the Directive introduced a new exemption from the requirement to undergo CPC training.

This applies to ‘drivers of vehicles used, or hired without a driver, by agricultural, horticultural, forestry, farming or fishery undertakings for carrying goods as part of their own entrepreneurial activity, except if driving is part of the driver’s principal activity or the driving exceeds a distance set in national law from the base of the undertaking which owns, hires or leases the vehicle.’

Under this exemption, if you are employed by or own an agricultural, horticultural, forestry farming or fishery business, you do not need Driver CPC to transport goods as part of the business’s economic activity, as long as driving is not the driver’s principal activity.

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FORKLIFT TRAINING

Forklift

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WHAT WILL YOU GET FROM IT? •

Identify the basic construction and components, and the purpose and use of all controls and gauges.

• Identify and comply with manufacturers’ instructions in accordance with the

operator’s handbook, other information sources such as rating plates, and applicable regulations.

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Carry out all pre-use and running checks.

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Configure the forklift for travel.

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Manoeuvre the forklift both with and without a load.

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Manoeuvre in confined areas using forward and reverse direction, both with and without a load.

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Set up the forklift in order to lift various loads.

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Lift various loads within the full working range of the forklift.

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Ensure load integrity and security.

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Transport loads.

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Place and retrieve loads accurately at various places.

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Place and retrieve loads from a vehicle bed or trailer.

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Keep within safe working parameters.

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Place the forklift in an out-of-service condition.

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Explain the loading and unloading procedure on and off a transporter.

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MOWERS Mowers

WHAT WILL YOU GET FROM IT? • Identify the risks associated with the use of mowers.

• Select appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).

• Identify and understand the function of all instruments and controls.

• Carry out daily checks as indicated in the operator’s manual.

• Carry out pre-start checks.

• Identify and report any faults.

• Adjust the cutting mechanism to achieve the required standard.

• Operate the machine in a safe and competent manner.

• Perform after-use maintenance.

• Understand requirements for travelling on the public road.

• Be able to load and transport the machine (if appropriate).

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PESTICIDES Pesticides

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WHAT WILL YOU GET FROM IT? When you’ve completed this training, you will be able to: •

Understand your duties under the law and help you become a safe and competent pesticide user.

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Understand what pesticides are and their ‘field of use’.

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State legislation relevant to pesticide application.

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Interpret and use label information.

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Take the appropriate action to protect themselves and the environment.

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Store and transport pesticides safely.

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Dispose of the pesticides and containers safely.

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Identify and describe how spraying and applicator equipment works.

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Prepare and set up spraying machines.

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Set and calibrate the machine for a given application.

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Fill spraying equipment safely.

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Clean and decontaminate all the equipment safely.

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Achieve the required spray quality.

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Carry out pre-start checks.

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FORESTRY TRAINING

Forestry Training

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WHAT WILL YOU GET FROM IT? When you’ve completed this training, you will be able to: •

Identify the risk assessment and emergency procedures on a worksite.

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Organise site safety and state the procedures required.

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Fell standing and windblown trees depending on how many courses you do.

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De-limb felled trees in a safe and methodical manner.

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Cross-cut timber accurately to required lengths.

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Assess and explain the terms tension and compression in timber.

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Adopt safe procedures to remove a trapped guide bar.

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Handle and stack timber in a safe manner.

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Check on the safety of takedown tools.

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Identify the necessary personal protective equipment required, report on its condition and locate the various standard marks.

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Identify health and safety features on a chainsaw.

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Prepare the chainsaw for use with the correct fuel/oil mix and chain lubrication.

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State the possible hazards/risks when carrying out maintenance or operational tasks.

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Carry out all routine maintenance in accordance with the manufacturer’s instruction book.

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ARBORICULTURE Utility Arboriculture

Chainsaw

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WHAT WILL YOU GET FROM IT When you’ve completed this training, you will be able to: •

Promote health and safety and good industry practice.

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Understand the safety considerations to be observed in organising a worksite.

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Access a tree using a rope and harness.

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Carry our aerial rescue operations.

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Understand the legislation and safety guidelines pertaining to the use of a chainsaw from a rope and harness.

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Understand how to carry out aerial cutting of trees with a chainsaw using free fall techniques.

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Understand pruning principles.

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Carry out different forms of pruning.

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Understand how trees deal with wounding.

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Use and maintain a range of pruning equipment.

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Gain knowledge and understanding across a range of forestry and arboriculture functions and activities.

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Work effectively in a forestry and arboriculture environment, both independently and as part of a team.

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Review and develop your own practices and carry out a range of practical forestry and arboriculture tasks, to the required industry standard.

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Understand how to carry out aerial pruning of a tree.

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Understand how to carry out aerial tree rigging.

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This one day course will support the development of knowledge and understanding of health & safety within Agriculture and Horticulture.

TARGET AUDIENCE: This course will benefit those who are looking to join the sector, those who are new to the sector and those who wish to progress within the sector.

Employers within this sector will benefit from ensuring their practices, procedures and people comply with health and safety legislation and good practice.

Learners wishing to proceed to accredited qualifications will benefit from this course’s inclusive and engaging approach.

DESCRIPTION: Over the last decade this sector has consistently seen some of the highest numbers of occupational deaths of any employment sector in the UK. This sector is also one of the few which routinely has to cope with children and nonoccupational individuals either visiting or living on site.

This course will support the development of knowledge and understanding of health & safety within this sector.

Critically, this knowledge and understanding will be developed in such a way as to promote consistent, real-world application of good health and safety practice and compliance in accordance with law.

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IOSH WORKING SAFELY – 1 DAY COURSE IOSH Working Safely has been designed for people at any level, in any sector who need to understand the essentials of health and safety.

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What’s covered:

an outline of occupational safety and health

Defining what is a risk and what is a hazard

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Improving safety performance

IOSH MANAGING SAFELY – 3 DAY COURSE The number one health and safety course for line managers, in any sector. IOSH Managing Safely has been designed to provide managers with the confidence and enthusiasm to apply knowledge to the workplace. The course will not suddenly make candidates safety experts but, what it will do is help them get up to speed on the practical actions they need to take, and gain the knowledge and tools to tackle the safety and health issues that they are responsible for.

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Assessing risks

Controlling risks Understanding responsibilities Understanding hazards Investigating incidents Measuring performance

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LANTRA MANAGEMENT COURSES The following short Lantra Management courses are available and are delivered via Zoom: • Financial Management 1: Book keeping, VAT and Making Tax Digital • Financial Management 2: Understanding your Accounts and Financial Statements • Business Planning and Development • Getting the Best of your People • Leading and Managing • Managing your Cashflow • Planning your business for the Future Please contact the office for any other training enquiries not mentioned in the handbook

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E-LEARNING...

OPTIONS TO PUT YOU IN CONTROL OF YOUR LEARNING Lantra has recently developed a range of ‘E-Learning’ training events that offer a flexible, convenient and effective method of learning new skills and knowledge.

You can learn in the comfort of your own home and progress at your own pace. You can also fit your learning around your work and it removes the need for travel costs and printed materials, all of which help save you money and increase workplace productivity!

Plus, when you’ve completed the course online, you’ll instantly receive your certificate.

Currently there are 17 courses available which include the following: •

Rodent Control on Farms - This CRRU (Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use) approved course is ideal for farmers as well as professional pest controllers

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Professional Wasp and Bee Control - For pest controller or others who handle pesticides as part of small pest control

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Health and Safety on Farms - Providing Farmers with an introduction to risks and how to manage and control them

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Litter Picking and Environmental Maintenance - To raise awareness of the risks and control measures required for litter pickers. The course meets the litter picking and environmental awareness requirements for LISS / CSCS card and Highways England passport.

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- Provides the necessary information in relation to food contamination, allergens, the food chain, bacteria and temperature.

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Introduction to Agricultural Vehicles - This course is designed to introduce and familiarise employees and contractors with agricultural vehicles, implements and trailers.

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The Animal Medicines Best Practice (AMBP) training programme was developed in partnership with stakeholders from across the food supply chain to provide robust training that represents current best practice in the use of medicines on farm. Courses include: - AMBP - Antibiotics in Dairy - AMBP - Antibiotics in Pigs - AMBP - Antibiotics in Beef - AMBP - Antibiotics in Sheep - AMBP - Vet Resource Centre - The species covered in this resource centre are: Beef, Dairy, Pigs and Sheep.

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TRAINING INSTRUCTOR PROFILE Name: Harry Lindsay Based: Laurencekirk – I have a small arable farm Job role: As well as looking after the farm, I am a self-employed freelance Instructor and Assessor for Lantra and City & Guilds teaching and assessing the following: Tractor Driving, Counterbalance and Telehandler Forklifts (up to and over 5 tonnes and 9 metres). I also assess most of the City & Guilds Pesticides modules as well as Aluminium Phosphide, Sheep Dipping and Livestock Transportation and Handling.

How did you get into this role?

I was approached back in 1987 by the local ATB (Agricultural Training Board) Chairman - he asked if I would be interested in becoming a pesticide instructor as I had spent 7 years with a large arable spraying contractor as one of their sprayer operators.

In an average week, how many hours do you work and how many miles do you travel?

The hours I work really depends upon the time of year it is as I do not do any training or assessing during the spring or harvest periods. Out with these times, I average 3 – 4 days per week working anywhere in the U.K. I have trained and assessed from Shetland in the North, Lewis, Skye, Islay, Mull, Arran to Dumfries, Stranraer, The Borders and the North of England and on 3 occasions, I have delivered training sessions in Kenya!

Advice for anyone thinking of becoming an instructor?

Make sure you have sufficient experience in the subject area that you want to instruct in – if you don’t, you will not have any credibility with your trainees. You also need to be able to adapt a course to suit your trainee’s requirements.

What are the best and worst bits about your job?

The best part is meeting people and seeing different places. The most rewarding thing is seeing a former trainee doing well in the workplace and being appreciated by their employer.

The worst bit is being away home when the weather is nice and there is work needing done back home!!

What’s the funniest or strangest thing that has ever happened on one of your courses?

One of the funniest things was when a candidate on a PA2 Tractor Sprayer Test parked the rear wheel on top of the suction hose and wondered why the sprayer would not fill – he was very nervous!!

What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

I enjoy judging at ploughing matches and I also have a few classic tractors which are in the process of being restored. I also enjoy spending time with my family and grandchildren.

Do you have any plans for the future?

I hope to take things easier and get those tractors completed before I depart the enjoyable life that I have had.

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DRIVING AGE RESTRICTIONS Entitlement to drive certain categories of vehicles is in some instances dependant on the date of passing the appropriate driving test. The minimum age limits which apply to key categories are as follow: CATEGORY

DESCRIPTION

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Goods vehicles not over 3.5t and passenger vehicle with no more than nine seats (including the driver’s seat).

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Goods vehicles over 3.5t but not over 7.5t.

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DESCRIPTION

MINIMUM AGE

C1 +E Combination of a vehicle in category C1 and a 18-21* trailer over 750 kg but not more than the un-laden

weight of the drawing vehicle. The total

combination may not exceed 12 tonne.

D

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Passenger vehicle with more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat. A trailer up to 750kg may be towed.

18-21*

Combination of a category D vehicle with a trailer over 750kg.

18-21*

Sub-category of D. Passenger vehicle with more 18-21* than eight seats but no more than 16 seats in addition to the driver’s seat. A trailer up to 750kg may be towed.

D1+E

Combination of a vehicle in category D1 and 18-21* a trailer with a MAM over 750kg but not more than the unladen weight of the drawing vehicle. The total combination MAM may not exceed 12 tonne.

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Agricultural Tractor. You can apply for a provisional tractor entitlement then take a test to drive tractors less than 2.45m wide and towing trailer less than 2.45m wide with 2 wheels or 4 close-coupled wheels.

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DRIVING AGE RESTRICTIONS FARM VEHICLES ON THE ROAD

Vehicle VEHICLE

OFF-ROAD

FARM VEHICLES ON THE ROAD

Licence Age LICENCE Category AGE

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OFF-ROAD Age AGE

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16 31,000kgs maximum tractor and trailer weight Age Requirements

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Certificate of competence required

16

Certificate of competence required

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Certificate of competence required

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Adequate training required

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Certificate of competence required

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Certificate of competence required

FARM VEHICLES ON THE ROAD Licence Age Category

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GENERAL HAULAGE GUIDE The Legislation covering goods vehicles is very extensive and includes everything from driving licence requirements to hazardous and abnormal loads. The information below is provided as a general guide to assist your business to operate safely and within the law.

DRIVING LICENCES In order to drive a heavy goods vehicle, you must hold a licence authorising you to drive that particular class of vehicle. The categories are broken down as follows: •

Category C1 - rigid goods vehicle exceeding 3,500 but not exceeding 7,500 kg

•

Category C1E - rigid goods vehicle as above (C1) plus a trailer (E).

If your driving test was passed prior to 1 January 1997 both of the above categories will appear on your ‘ordinary’ car driving licence and you are legally entitled to drive those classes of vehicle. However, this will be subject to a code 107 ‘restriction’ which means the combined vehicle and trailer must not exceed 8,250kg. This effectively means that you can only tow a trailer of 750 kg, should you wish to tow a larger trailer (over 750 kg) then you must sit and pass a further driving test for an unrestricted C1E entitlement which will allow you to drive a combination up to 12,000kg.

•

Category C - rigid goods vehicle exceeding 7,500 kg.

•

Category CE - articulated goods vehicle.

MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS (unless otherwise displayed) Up to 7,500 kg

Over 7,500 kg

Single carriageway

50 mph

Dual carriageway

60 mph

Motorway

70 mph

Single carriageway

40 mph

Dual carriageway

50 mph

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60 mph 101

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GENERAL HAULAGE GUIDE GOODS IN TRANSIT It is important to be aware that goods being transported come under a separate insurance policy known as Goods in Transit (GiT) and not the motor vehicle cover.

In most cases hauliers have adequate cover and there is never an issue but if high value goods are being hauled it is important to make sure the Haulier has adequate cover and under what conditions they adhere to ie. RHA, FTA. It is also essential to have adequate GiT insurance cover when transporting your own goods.

TACHOGRAPHS Most vehicles used for the carriage of goods by road and with a maximum permissible weight (including any trailer or semi-trailer) of over 3.5 tonnes are in scope of the European Union rules. ‘Carriage by road’ is defined as: ’any journey entirely or in part made on roads open to the public of a vehicle, laden or unladen, used for the carriage of passengers or goods.’

‘Off-road’ driving is in scope where it forms part of a journey that also takes place on public roads. Journeys made that are entirely ‘off-road’ are out of scope of the EU rules.

There are several Agricultural exemptions from the Tachograph requirements. These are: • Vehicles used or hired without a driver by agricultural, horticultural, forestry, farming or fishery undertakings for carrying goods as part of their own entrepreneurial activity within a radius of 100 km from the base of the undertaking.

• Agricultural tractors and forestry tractors used for agricultural or forestry activities within a 100 km radius from the base of the undertaking that owns, hires or leases the tractor.

• Vehicles that are used to carry live animals between a farm and a market or from a market to a slaughterhouse where the distance between the farm and the market or between the market and the slaughterhouse does not exceed 50 km.

• Vehicles being used to carry animal waste or carcasses that are not intended for human consumption.

Any other ‘agricultural’ use of a goods vehicle requires that you must use a tachograph.

This information was obtained from the DVLA, Department for Transport and VOSA.Ringlink (Scotland) Ltd accept no responsibility for the legal operation of your business. Further information is freely available from these organisation’s websites.

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AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES… IT’S THE LAW The Legislation covering agricultural vehicles is complex and subject to change, due to the wide variety of vehicles used and their application. The information below is provided as a general guide to assist your business to operate safely and within the law.

SPEED LIMITS Less than 2.55m wide with 2 Sprung Axles

40mph

Up to 3.5m wide

25mph

AGRICULTURAL TRAILERS - WEIGHTS & DIMENSIONS WEIGHTS 18,290 kg is the maximum (gross or fully laden) weight of an agricultural trailer.

31,000 kg is the maximum (gross or fully laden) weight of an agricultural combination (tractor plus trailer).

LENGTHS The maximum length of an agricultural trailer is normally 12m. In the case of a “Composite trailer” (semi-trailer and converter dolly) the maximum length is 14.04m.

In the case of an Agricultural trailed appliance (with gross weight less than double the unladen weight) the maximum length is 15m.

WIDTHS • The maximum width is 2.55m. Under special circumstances, Agricultural vehicles wider than 2.55m are permitted to use public roads.

• Vehicles that are up to 4.3 metres in width are permitted, subject to the following terms and conditions: - between 2.55m and 3m: speed must not exceed 20mph.

- between 3m and 3.5m: speed max 20mph as above, plus if the journey is over 5 miles or the speed limit in the road is 40mph or lower, the operator must notify the Police in advance of the journey.

between 3.5m and 4.3m: the Police must be notified, the maximum speed is limited to 12mph and the vehicle(s) must be accompanied by an attendant, who may ride in a different vehicle but must ensure no danger is caused to the vehicle or to other road users. The police, following notification, may place restrictions on the use of the vehicle in the interests of road safety or to avoid undue traffic congestion.

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AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES… IT’S THE LAW TRAILER BRAKES The braking requirements depend on both the maximum weight, and the speed at which the trailer is towed at: • Agricultural trailed appliance (where gross weight is less than double the unladen weight) - no brakes required if speed is kept to 20mph or below • Agricultural trailer with gross weight over 750kg but not used at speeds exceeding 20mph – brakes on at least half the wheels, with 25% efficiency, a parking brake

on at least two wheels.

• Agricultural trailer or Agricultural trailed appliance exceeding 20 mph and grossweight above 3500kg - hydraulic / air brakes

ROPES & SHEETS • Bags/Boxes/Bales must be secured with a rope/strap etc.

• Bulk Loads must be covered if material could be displaced.

NUMBER PLATES Trailer Number Plates must match a vehicle from the same firm.

LIGHTS/MIRRORS • Trailers: Rear Light Clusters & Front White Side Lights • Tractors: No rear facing White Lights switched on • Mirrors Un-obscured rearward vision beyond the vehicle • Mount Implements Projecting > 2in - Extra Rear Light Clusters

AMBER BEACONS Always use flashing amber lights when driving on dual carriageways. If the trailer is higher than the beacon on your tractor, an additional beacon should be placed on the rear of the trailer to ensure you are clearly visible to other road users.

FUEL Rebated fuel (red diesel) may only be used for Agricultural vehicles whilst engaged in Agricultural activities. Derv must be used for all other vehicles / activities, except where an exemption exists.

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AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES… IT’S THE LAW ROAD TAX The following vehicles are exempt from Vehicle Excise Duty Tractors - used only for purposes relating to agriculture, horticulture or Forestry Off Road Tractors - one designed and constructed primarily for use otherwise than on roads, and incapable by reason of its construction of exceeding a speed of 25 mph on the level, under its own power.

Light Agricultural Vehicles - a vehicle which has a weight not exceeding 1,000 kilograms, is designed and constructed so as to seat only the driver, is designed and constructed primarily for use otherwise than on roads, and is used solely for purposes relating to agriculture, horticulture or forestry.

Other vehicles used between different parts of land - A vehicle is an exempt vehicle if: (a) it is used only for purposes relating to agriculture, horticulture or forestry (b) it is used on public roads only in passing between different areas of land occupied by the same person, and (c) the distance it travels on public roads in passing between any two such areas does not exceed 1.5 kilometres.

MUD ON ROAD “Mud on Roads” warning signs should be displayed. As soon as practical, all mud must be cleared off the road by sunset. It is an offence to deposit mud on the road and you could be charged by the Police.

QUEUEING TRAFFIC Try and avoid causing long queues of traffic wherever possible. You should always pull over to let queuing traffic past. Failure to do this could result in the Police charging you with Careless Driving.

CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS Loads of up to 10t are exempt from the Carriage of Dangerous Goods Regulations for distances under 12km between agricultural land.

This refers to Agricultural or Forestry tractors that do not travel at a speed exceeding 40 km/h when transporting dangerous goods; or any trailer being towed by such a vehicle.

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SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY A core belief in the Ringlink ethos is to engage with our communities, we do this in a number of ways such as supporting one of our employees (Debbie Henderson) to be a part-time firefighter and who responds to any pager alert during the working day.

Debbie responds to emergency calls in working hours for the local fire station at Laurencekirk and out with working hours supports Inverbervie Station. One minute she can be dealing with your training requests in the office, the next minute she is responding to a major road traffic collision… it’s all in a day’s work for Debbie.

Debbie says: “I enjoy everything about being a ‘firie’. I love the feeling of being able to help people when they are struck by disaster whether it be a fire or a road traffic collision or anything else we get called to, knowing our presence as a crew member has made a real difference and helped someone in some way, is very rewarding.”

Debbie’s skills and knowledge gained at the fire service are valuable in the office too, acting as designated first aider and health & safety advisor for any emergencies.

If you are interested in becoming a part-time firefighter at your local station, visit www.firescotland.gov.uk or visit the local fire station to discuss further. The Fire service also provide home fire safety advice to the public, however this service is by request only.

If you are carrying out burning in a controlled environment, please contact the Fire Control Room on 01382 835804 to inform them of your location, contact details and predicted time of the burn – this will help by not mobilising crews to this type of incident unnecessarily.

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UTILITIES

ELECTRICITY ARE YOU READY TO SWITCH? Be like our 1500 other contracted members and let Ringlink take the stress of dealing with your electricity contract, with a competitive price to match.

Now working directly with Npower we aim to provide you with a further enhanced service, resolving any billing queries and contract renewals in a timely manner.

To gain more information on the Electricity supply service we provide, please contact us and we will be happy to go over any queries you may have.

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY… WHAT IS AN AMR? In 2017, the government announced an initiative to install smart meter technology in 53 million domestic and commercial properties by 2020. At the end of June 2020, there were 21.5 million smart and advanced meters in homes and businesses across Great Britain, representing just 40% smart coverage.

Government wants to ensure all households and small businesses can benefit from smart meters.

In June 2020, a new four-year policy Framework was announced with fixed annual installation targets for energy suppliers that will continue to drive the investment and momentum needed to achieve the original goal. This Framework has been implemented and is due to take effect from 1 July 2021. The new four-year Framework will apply to all domestic and nondomestic energy suppliers, in line with the existing rollout obligation.

But not all metering technology is created equal; Advanced Meter Readings/data loggers (AMR) are for commercial use and create a one-way communication channel between a business and its energy supplier.

Usage information can be transmitted from a business’ AMR meter directly to the energy provider, meaning that manual/pedestrian meter readings are no longer required. This ensures more accurate bills, and gives customers the option to analyse their energy usage data. Businesses will therefore only pay for the energy they use; estimated bills become a thing of the past and it’s much easier to forecast usage.

Ringlink have already assisted over 41% of our members to review their electricity contracts, 83% of those members are now using AMR metering and avoiding estimated billing.

For further details please give us a call to discuss the options: 01561 376012 112

DON’T BE IN THE DARK ABOUT POWER CUTS

If you experience a power cut, simply call 105 for free.

105 is the new nationwide number that will put you through to your local electricity network operator - the company that manages the cables, wires and substations that bring electricity into local homes and businesses.

105 is a free service for people in Scotland, England and Wales, and you can call the number from most landlines and mobile phones. It doesn’t matter who you choose to buy your electricity from - anyone can call 105.

You can also call 105 if you spot damage to electricity power lines and substations that could put you, or someone else, in danger. If there’s a serious immediate risk, call the emergency services too.

Don’t just take our word for it, here’s what our members have to say:

“We moved all our electricity contracts to Ringlink in May 2019, as I found they were a lot cheaper than our current supplier who we had been with for many years and also cheaper than other suppliers that I had received quotes from.

The staff were very helpful and informative which resulted in the smooth transition for all sites Serena Tye, J Forbes, Montrose

“We have had our electricity contracts with Ringlink for many years.

I find the supply prices very reasonable.

The staff are very informative and look after our sites respectively and answer any questions I have swiftly when asked. I would not hesitate to recommend them.”

Peter Robertson, Ednie Farms

WATER ‘Ringlink have been looking after our water contracts – of which we have several - for the last few months. The move to Ringlink was relatively smooth and has certainly freed up admin time at our end as we now just get the one invoice from Ringlink every month rather than the several we received from our previous supplier. We still have one supply left with our old supplier and as soon as this is out of contract, we plan to move this also to Ringlink.’ Clova Farms, Carnoustie

Ringlink continues to supply water contacts through Castle Water, offering significant savings, easy management and local point of contact. To discuss your water contract service please contact your local Ringlink office.”

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SECURE YOUR NITROGEN FERTILISERS SECURE YOUR NITROGEN FERTILISERS Since the 1970s nitrogenous fertilisers have been misused in home-made explosives.

The UK is the heaviest user of ammonium and ammonium nitrate-based fertilisers in the world. If you store or handle fertiliser, you must secure it to prevent it from being stolen.

Regardless of the amount, it is your responsibility to take appropriate security measures and be vigilant!

FOLLOW THIS 5-POINT PLAN: 1. Wherever possible use a Fertiliser Industry Assurance Scheme (FIAS) approved supplier.

2. Wherever possible keep in a secure area such as a building or sheeted away from public view.

3. Carry out regular stock checks and report any loss to the police immediately (call 101).

4. Avoid leaving fertiliser in a field overnight – never leave fertiliser in field for a long period of time.

5. Remember it is illegal to sell ammonium nitrate without the correct documentation For more advice see:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-your-fertiliser/secure-your-fertiliser If you have any suspicions or information about somebody’s activities or behaviour, call the police Anti-Terrorism Hotline on 0800 789 321. In an emergency, always dial 999.

The NaCTSO* Fertiliser Security Five Point Plan has been endorsed by the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC – FIAS), NFU and NFU Scotland, Assured Food Standards (Red Tractor), DEFRA and the HSE. *NaCTSO - National Counter Terrorism Security office

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FARM WOODLANDS… INCOME TO BE MADE As with other commodities, the price of wood has increased significantly over the past few years, some of this price rise has come from increasing demands for fuel. Farm woodlands most often have a mixture of trees, some of which might be good for fuel, some for saw logs and there might be some specialist quality hardwood where the right tree can worth a few thousand pounds for a single tree.

RINGLINK CAN HELP BY PROVIDING: • Assessment of woodland area by professional assessors.

• Management discussion - to discuss the timescales and actions to be applied to the woodland areas.

• Thinning service - to allow the crop to grow to its full potential.

• Felling licence- help with application to the Forestry Commission to obtain the necessary permissions to fell the woodland.

• SRDP grant application - professional help is available with the process of applying for grant aid for restocking the felled area for future production.

• Felling - organisation of timber processors and forwarders to clear the timber to the roadside.

• Marketing - the marketing of the timber, whether standing or roadside to different markets such as furniture making, house building, fencing materials, firewood or wood chips for biomass plants.

• Replanting - supply and planting of new trees.

• Maintenance - Fencing, weed control or beating up.

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NEAR MISS REPORTING A simple, and potentially anonymous, system for reporting near-miss incidents is a very important way of identifying problem areas.

This will help you highlight some of the less obvious hazards in a workplace, or identify areas where a problem is developing.

Some models suggest that for every accident there are approximately 90 near-misses.

If there is a good reporting system in place, the hazard could be dealt with before someone is injured.

Find a Near Miss form on our website: www.ringlinkscotland.co.uk It can be difficult to get staff to report nearmisses or minor slip accidents, as they are often seen as funny or embarrassing occurrences (until someone is hurt). It is important to create a culture which encourages reporting of these accidents.

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NEAR-MISS INCIDENT REPORT OR H&S IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTION This form may be used by any member of staff, visitor or member of the public to bring to the attention any matter or suggestion which is believed might influence the health and safety of the working environment. The form must not be used for reporting accidents where either people or buildings were injured or damaged. An Accident Incident report form should be used in such cases.

Date of incident

Time of incident

Location: (Please be as accurate as possible)

Name of person reporting : (Leave blank if you prefer but adding contact details will give us the opportunity to feed back where possible).

Title

Forename(s)

Surname

Current residential address

Post Code

Description of incident: Please use this space to record the near-miss or incident, or to make a comment or suggestions for improvement.

Why do you consider the near-miss or incident dangerous?

What immediate action have you taken following the near-miss or incident to prevent a similar occurrence?

Please forward this completed form to the Senior Manager on site / appointed H&S representative.

Form received by:

Date:

Action taken:

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AVOID A NON-COMPLIANCE RESULT AND REDUCE THE RISK OF PAYING THE HSE £157 PER HOUR.

There were 41 fatalities in agriculture, forestry and fishing in Great Britain (2020/2021). The fatal injury rate (7.73 per 100,000 workers) remains higher than any other main industry sector, and around five times as high as the rate in Construction and 18 times as high as the all industry rate.

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MIND YOUR HEAD

1 in 4 people in Scotland will suffer from poor mental health at some point in their life.

Everyone has mental health and everyone’s mental health is different as well as constantly changing, depending upon many different aspects.

Mental Health issues range from the worries that we can all experience as part of everyday life to serious longer-term conditions.

Current research within the agricultural community conducted by the Farm Safety Foundation revealed that 88% of farmers under the age of 40 now believe that mental health is the biggest danger facing the industry. However, 89% of young farmers believe that by talking about mental health – this will help to remove any stigma attached to it.

Mental health is like physical health and needs to be looked after.

Always speak to someone if you feel you are suffering from any illness – that could either be a medical professional, a friend, family member or colleague.

The best way to look after your mental health is to take time out for yourself, talk to others, eat healthily, take regular exercise, appreciate your surroundings and be mindful of any triggers that may affect your overall wellbeing.

WE CAN HELP - Ringlink Services now offer the following courses: Mental Health First Aid Awareness (MHFA) - 1 day course This course is designed to help the learner identify the signs and symptoms that may indicate that someone is suffering from poor mental health. It will also give them the skills and confidence to start a conversation and signpost the person towards seeking professional help.

Supervising First Aid for Mental Health - 2 day course This course looks in more details at the different types of mental health conditions and the support that is available to access through healthcare professionals.

The content of this course is aimed at those within a supervisory role within the workplace setting Contact the team for more information: 01561 376000 or Laurencekirk@ringlinkservices.co.uk

USEFUL CONTACT DETAILS: RSABI: www.rsabi.org.uk or call 0300 111 4166 Samaritans: www.samaritans.org or call: 0116 123 Scottish Association for Mental Health: www.samh.org.uk or call: 0141 530 1000 125

HEALTH AND SAFETY We all find ourselves on occasion using the phrase “Health & Safety gone mad” but is this just a means to divert our conscience away from the fundamental reality that we have a responsibility to engage with Health and Safety but it just isn’t a priority?

All businesses have a legal duty to provide information, training and supervision to employees to enable them to carry out their work safely. This costs money and time - both of which may be in short supply. But, there are major business and personal long-term benefits to H&S training.

Investing in safety training will allow your employees to identify hazards and adopt safe and healthy working practices, and help avoid the pain, anguish and financial costs that accidents and ill health can cause. Ensuring a safe and healthy working environment should be a key priority for everyone at work, it requires real competence and not just good intentions. Experience is also key, to establish procedures to ensure that your organisation has the right people with the right knowledge and skill to manage occupational risks. DO NOT LEAVE IT TO CHANCE!

HEALTH & SAFETY IN OUR INDUSTRY Latest statistics released by the HSE confirm that within the Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing sector in 2020-2021 there were 41 fatalities. Farmers have been warned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to pay more attention to how they manage workplace risk, otherwise they will face serious penalties.

A new guide called “What a good farm looks like” is free to download from the HSE website and signposts danger areas to Farmers and where they can find further information.

The HSE are about to embark upon another programme of Farm Inspections which will review health and safety standards and Inspectors will be checking that risks are being controlled in specific areas including: Machinery; Falls from Height & Livestock.

What actions can you take?

• Set your policy • Organise your workers • Plan and set standards • Check how you are doing • Learn from experience Don’t “bury your head in the sand” Health and Safety does not have to be a burden and Ringlink Services are here to offer you the advice and the support to ensure that you remain both safe and compliant.

“What a good farm looks like” is free to download at:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/resources/good-farm.htm

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WORKING WITH MACHINERY Just over 1 in 100 workers work in agriculture, but it accounts for about 1 in 5 fatal injuries to workers.

SAFE VEHICLE

Check that machines are: • Suitable for the work • Inspected daily • Faults repaired • Properly maintained, especially brakes

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SAFE DRIVER

Check that drivers are: • Medically fit to drive • Properly trained • Know how to safely enter and exit the vehicle

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WORKING WITH LIVESTOCK One of the biggest risks in agriculture is livestock. It’s your responsibility to keep yourself, employees, and the public safe from livestock.

HSE Inspectors look for • • • •

Proper handling facilities in place and in good working order A race a crush suitable for the animals being handled Trained and competent workers A rigorous culling policy for temperamental animals

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WORKING AT HEIGHTS Falls are one of the highest causes of injuries and the third biggest cause of fatalities in agriculture, often caused by falls from ladders or through fragile surfaces.

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The Law advises You:

• Avoid work at height where you can • Use work equipment or other measures to prevent falls • Use work equipment that minimises the distance and consequence of a fall

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Case IH Rebate Scheme

CLAIM YOUR REBATE NOW Case IH UK has agreed to continue the largely successful Rebate scheme on offer to Scottish Machinery Ring members.

As a Ringlink member, you would be entitled to a financial rebate on your CASE IH purchase from any of the models as detailed in the list shown below. In addition, you will also be entitled to a share of the competitive trade-in bonus. Reduced rebates for any ex-demonstrators or hires apply.

The process is simple, visit your local CASE IH dealer to select your new CASE IH tractor, baler or combine, tell them that you are a member of Ringlink, provide us with a copy of your invoice and we will take care of the rest.

Ringlink are completely committed to providing services and solutions to its members, for the benefit of its members. So as part of SMRA, we are able to offer this Rebate Scheme as another benefit of your membership. Contact your local Ringlink office to find out more.

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METHOD OF OPERATION 1. MEMBERSHIP 1.1 Each individual, farming partnership or company which is a member of Ringlink (Scotland) Limited (“the Ring”) shall pay an annual subscription to the Ring which shall be decided annually by the board of directors of the Society (“the Board of Directors”).

1.2 Each member must give at least three (3) months advance notice, in writing, of their intention to retire from the Ring.

2. FINANCIAL 2.1 In order that information is made available to members quickly and clearly, a list of goods and services and including standard guide costs for equipment, plant and machinery will be circulated annually or more often if the need arises.

2.2 Members obtaining the use of any equipment, plant or machinery through the Ring shall, subject to the terms of paragraph 4.2 hereof, pay such standard costs, as specified in the price list, for the contracted work as shall be decided annually by the Board of Directors.

2.3 A price for the supply of goods will be provided to members on application. A Demander will be notified by the Ring of the current price for the requested goods, subject to the terms of paragraph 4.2.

2.4 The Ring will charge a levy to both the Demander and the Supplier on the price of goods supplied or contracted work carried out by members for members. Levy charges vary on goods supplied or contracted work carried out; all levy charges are detailed in the annual handbook and are decided annually by the Board of Directors.

3. INDEMNITY The Ring participates as an Originator in the Direct Debiting Scheme operated by certain members of the Association for Payment Clearing Services and the Northern Ireland Bankers Association. The Chairman and Secretary of the Ring are authorised to execute a Form of Indemnity worded in the standard form as required by those members.

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4. SUPPLY OF GOODS, SERVICES OR THE USE OF EQUIPMENT, PLANT AND MACHINERY 4.1 When a member wishes to purchase goods or contracted work (a “Demander”) they should contact a representative of the Ring (a “Representative”) as soon as possible.

Once the Representative has received a request from a Demander, it is the responsibility of the Representative to match up a member (“a Supplier”) to the requirements of the Demander and to notify the Supplier of his commitment. No member shall have any right or remedy against the Ring or the Ring Representative in the event that the Representative is unable to match a Supplier to supply the goods or contracted work requested by the Demander.

4.2 Any communications between a Ring Representative and the Supplier or a Ring Representative and the Demander shall under no circumstances be deemed to constitute advice from the Ring or the Representative. For the avoidance of doubt the Demander shall have sole responsibility to determine and satisfy itself as to the appropriateness of any equipment to be supplied and to determine if the equipment and/or goods and/ or services suggested is what the Supplier requires under the specific circumstances.

4.3 The Ring is acting as agent for the Supplier and Demander only and under no circumstances shall the Ring or the Representative be deemed to be the principal in any arrangements with the Supplier or the Demander.

4.4 Contracted work is undertaken at the standard rates detailed in the price list in force at the time. Alterations in price due to availability, operating conditions, quantity of contracted work or any other circumstances may be negotiated between the Demander and the Supplier in which case such alterations in price should be agreed with a Ring Representative before the agreed work is started or the goods are supplied.

4.5 The supply of goods is undertaken at the rates detailed to the Demander on application to the Ring and such prices may vary accordingly and in accordance with the terms and conditions agreed between Supplier and Demander.

4.6 The Ring is acting in the capacity as agents for Supplier and Demander. As such, neither the Ring nor the Board of Directors shall be liable for any delay in performance, or failure of performance, including failure by the Demander to pay, with respect to any of the obligations of Supplier or Demander contemplated by this document.

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METHOD OF OPERATION 4.7 The Ring is acting in the capacity as agents for Supplier and Demander only. As such, the Ring shall not, under any circumstances, be liable for the goods supplied or contracted works provided not being of satisfactory quality, not being performed with reasonable skill and care, not conforming to any agreed specification, not being fit for purpose or not being free from material defects in design, material or workmanship. For the avoidance of doubt, any and all obligations and liabilities relating to the quality of the goods and/or services provided shall be the obligations and liabilities of the Supplier.

4.8 The Board of Directors may, at their discretion, restrict the type of the goods supplied through the Ring.

5. INSURANCE AND RISK 5.1 All Suppliers shall at all times whilst carrying on any contracted work maintain in force the following insurance policies with reputable insurance companies: Public liability insurance for not less than FIVE MILLION POUNDS (£5,000,000) per claim; 5.2 Suppliers shall notify their insurers they are performing contract work for third parties for reward by third parties.

5.3 The Demander must have full Public and Employers’ Liability insurance with a reputable insurance company for not less than FIVE MILLION POUNDS (£5,000,000) when the contracted work is being performed on the Demander’s behalf by the Supplier and the Demander shall notify their insurer accordingly.

5.4 As agents for Supplier and Demander, the Ring is at no time in possession of the goods or any Supplier’s equipment, plant or machinery. The Ring will bear no risk for neither any damage or destruction suffered by any goods to be supplied nor destruction or damage to any equipment, plant or machinery with respect to any obligations between Supplier and Demander contemplated by this document.

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6. PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT BY SUPPLIER 6.1 It is the responsibility of the Supplier to ensure that any equipment used by the Supplier in performing the contracted work for the Demander is mechanically sound and fit for its purpose and that it is fully compliant with all Health and Safety legislation, rules or regulations in force at that time.

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For the purposes of contracted work, a Ring Representative must be notified immediately of any breakdown of equipment, plant or machinery belonging to the Supplier on the Demander’s premises. The Supplier will be given a reasonable length of time (seven hours) to have a machine operational again. If for any reason the repair is going to take longer, then the Ring may appoint another member to complete the contracted work. Each Supplier will be paid by the Demander for that part of the contracted work which that Supplier completed according to clause 8 below.

6.3 The Demander will be responsible for any damage to the Supplier’s machinery if such damage is caused by the neglect of the Demander or its employees or agents.

In no circumstances shall the Ring be deemed liable for any damage contemplated by this clause.

7. COMPLAINTS 7.1 Complaints by members regarding the provision of services or the use of equipment, plant or machinery, may be made to the Managing Director for mediation. If no satisfactory settlement can be arranged it is the member’s right to present, in writing, his complaint at the next meeting of the Board of Directors, whose decision will be final.

7.2 All members’ complaints as to the general management of the Ring business can be raised with either the Chairman or Vice Chairman. If no verbal settlement is adequate, a written statement is to be sent to the Chairman with all the relevant information for discussion at the next Board Meeting. The decision of the Board of Directors will be final.

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METHOD OF OPERATION 8. SELF BILL INVOICING AND PAYMENT 8.1 Under no circumstances shall the Ring have any responsibility or liability in regards to the creditworthiness of the Demander and the matching of a Supplier and Demander shall under no circumstances imply any term as to the creditworthiness of a Demander.

The Supplier shall have sole responsibility in determining the creditworthiness of the Demander and the Ring shall have no responsibility or liability whatsoever if the Demander fails to adhere to any agreed payment terms.

8.2 When a job is completed to the satisfaction of the Demander, a schedule of the work undertaken will be prepared and signed by the Demander and the Supplier. The Supplier returns the schedule to the Ring office.

8.3 Members must have a current account at a bank together with authorisation for the Ring to use this account as regards payment for contracted work done or goods supplied among the members, by variable Direct Debit and Credit. Any Direct Debit returned unpaid to the Ring will incur a £25.00 charge to cover administration and Bank Charges. Interest at eight percent (8%) or four percent (4%) above Clydesdale Bank PLC base rate, whichever is the greater, will be charged on all overdue accounts.

8.4 Provided the Demander’s bank pays the sum to the Ring in terms of the Direct Debit being presented, the Supplier will be paid twenty-eight (28) days from the tax point date of the invoice.

8.5 All contracted work between members, whether arranged through the Ring or not will be billed and paid for through the Ring.

8.6 In accordance with clause 8.5 above, any invoice raised and issued by the Supplier shall be in the name of the Ring. Notwithstanding that the Ring accepts receipt of such invoice from the Supplier in the name of the Ring, the Ring is acting in its capacity as agent of the Demander only and accepts receipt of any invoice in the name of the Ring as a matter of administrative convenience for both the Demander and the Supplier. Any liability to pay an invoice issued by a Supplier shall remain exclusively with the Demander and under no circumstances (subject to clause 8.8 below) shall the Ring be liable (in full or in part) for any invoice raised in the name of the Ring.

8.7 The Ring shall at its discretion, pay a Supplier on behalf of a Demander. In that event, the status of the Ring as agent shall not be affected and the Ring shall be entitled to recover that debt from the Demander.

8.8 The Ring, in its capacity as agent for the Demander, may issue invoices on behalf of the Demander under self-billing arrangements between the Supplier and Demander for VAT invoicing. Any invoice issued by the Ring on behalf of the Demander pursuant to the aforementioned self-billing arrangements shall be done by the Ring in its capacity as agent for the Demander only. Under no circumstances shall the Ring be deemed to be the principal under any arrangements between the Demander and the Supplier and under no circumstances shall the Ring assume or be deemed to have assumed any liability under the arrangement between the Supplier and the Demander.

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8.9 Where a member is both a Demander and a Supplier (as the case may be) and the Ring is acting in its capacity as agent for the member in both circumstances, the member agrees that any monies the Ring receives, pursuant to an invoice raised and issued by the Ring in its capacity as agent for the member, may be offset, at the absolute discretion of the Ring, against any other debt due and payable by the member, whether to the Ring or another member of the Ring.

8.9.5 Remaining a member of the Ring constitutes agreement that members agree to Self-Billing arrangements continuing on an ongoing basis.

Under our Self-Billing agreement with H M CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, Ringlink must maintain an up-to-date list showing the names, addresses and VAT registration numbers for all supplies covered by the self-billing system.

Suppliers must notify Ringlink immediately if their VAT registration number is cancelled, or if they are issued with a new VAT number.

9. SPARE CAPACITY 9.1 Members are obliged to offer their spare machine capacity to the Ring in the first instance where the Ring is offering a commercially competitive rate and to cover their own additional demand for machines from the Ring where such demand can be satisfied by the Ring at a commercially competitive rate.

9.2 If an arrangement through the Ring is not possible at a commercially competitive rate the member is free to offer and seek machine capacities outwith the Ring, after first informing the Manager.

10. SUBCONTRACTING 10.1 Members can use the Ring as a source of sub-contracting for work outside Ring customers. The Demander will collect their bill through their normal invoicing routine. The Supplier will be paid through the Ring system.

10.2 All transactions and negotiations in connection with the Ring must be made through a Ring Representative or the Managing Director who is solely responsible to the Board of Directors.

Any failure to comply with the clauses of this Method of Operation document may result in your membership being reviewed.

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018.

Ringlink (Scotland) Ltd & Ringlink Services Ltd gathers and processes your information in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation.

Information that we collect and hold is as follows: • • • • • • • •

Name & Address (including site locations) Telephone Numbers E Mail Addresses VAT Number Bank Account Details Self Employed Tax Reference (if applicable) National Insurance Number (if applicable) Product & Public Liability Insurance Document (if applicable)

The information will be used to enable us to facilitate trading with you and your company, for invoicing purposes and general account administration and will be maintained and kept securely by authorised employees. We will only use your personal information when the law allows us to.

You have the right to request information on the data held by Ringlink (Scotland) Ltd & Ringlink Services Ltd about you or your business by contacting us at: laurencekirk@ ringlinkscotland.co.uk Privacy Notice is available to read in full at: www.ringlinkscotland.co.uk or www.ringlinkservices.co.uk

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NOTE OF THANKS Ringlink would like to thank the following companies for supporting the handbook with their advertisements: Advertiser

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ADM

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GDC Groundworks

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GPH Builders Merchants

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Astute

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Azets Ltd

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JF Supplies

Balgownie

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Kingdom Farming Ltd

Bridgend Aggregates

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Lathallan School

Brineflow

62

Law Fertilisers

Caber Energy

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Lee Hampton Fencing Ltd

118

Caledonia Finance

82

Lovie Quarry

106

Cameron Associates Ltd

59

Macgregor Industrial Supplies

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Certas Energy

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Mark Garrick

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CKD Galbraith

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North East Industrial Door Services 66

Denis O Brown & Associates Ltd

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Oilfast

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DM Carnegie

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Ramclean

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Redpath Tyres Ltd

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RTS Forestry

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Virgin Money

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DWP Harvesting Gammies

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RURAL WATCH Rural Watch Scotland, as an extension of Neighbourhood Watch Scotland, is a community led initiative to bring local people together to address crime and other community safety issues.

Rural watch is an alert and information platform to share information in communities across Scotland so that we are all working together to fight crime and keep ourselves safe. As such the system has a portal (similar to Facebook) where information can be shared generically regarding events on-going, general awareness, crime information etc.

Once you sign up, the system uses your address postcode etc so that ALERTS can be sent to your specific area. However, it is only as good as the volume of people that sign up to the system so that information can be passed directly to you.

To register see: www.ruralwatchscotland.co.uk

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OLDMELDRUM Unit 2 Colpy Way Colpy Road Industrial Estate Oldmeldrum AB51 0BZ 01651 873602

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