People, Knowledge & Community
Rural Wellbeing & Farm Safety
Signposting to real support, and a safety record that prevents the next one.
Agriculture has the highest fatal injury rate of any major industry sector and a documented mental health burden. This module manages the safety side — risk assessments, safe systems of work, incident recording, machinery and livestock hazards — and, separately and carefully, signposts to established support organisations. It never diagnoses and it never gates support behind a paywall.
- 12 capabilities
- 2 linked schemes
- Offline capable
- 12
- Capabilities in this module
- 5
- Interactive tools
- 2
- Linked support schemes
- 5
- Data integrations
- 5
- Measures reported
The ground reality
What is actually happening in wellbeing & safety in the UK
HSE figures for agriculture, forestry and fishing have recorded 23 fatal injuries to workers in a single year at a rate of 8.77 per 100,000 workers, around twenty-two times the all-industry rate, with 40 per cent of fatalities aged 60 or over and leading causes being falls from height, vehicle overturns and machinery entanglement. Survey research across the farming community has reported that around 36 per cent are probably or possibly depressed and that 19 per cent know someone who has attempted to take their own life.
Figures are as published at the time of writing. Farm policy and payment rates change frequently — verify against the primary source before relying on any number here.
In the field
Wellbeing & safety, as it actually looks
Photography from working UK holdings alongside the interface that records it. Every frame below is a commissioned slot: the brief is stated until the photograph is taken.
Wellbeing & Safety — a walkthrough
A working pass through wellbeing & safety: entering the record once, and watching it appear in the evidence pack, the calendar and the scheme application without being typed again.
- 0:00 What the module is for
- 0:48 Entering the record
- 2:05 Where it appears next
- 3:20 The evidence pack
Photography slots state their own brief until the shot is commissioned, so the layout never shifts when real images arrive.
Capabilities
What Wellbeing & Safety does
Every capability below is built on the same underlying record, so entering something once is enough for it to appear wherever it is needed.
Record and plan
- Risk assessment library covering the recognised farm hazard categories
- Safe system of work documentation for high-risk tasks
- Machinery, livestock, height, confined space and slurry hazard controls
Operate and monitor
- Incident and near miss recording with root cause analysis
- Statutory reporting workflow for reportable incidents
- Children and visitors on farm safety planning
Comply and evidence
- Lone working procedures with check-in and escalation
- Personal protective equipment issue and inspection records
- Statutory equipment inspection scheduling
Analyse and improve
- Wellbeing support signposting to established UK farming charities
- Workload and pressure point identification from the operational calendar
- Confidential access to signposting without recording a reason
Interactive
Tools you actually use, not screens you read
These are working interfaces inside the module — maps, calculators, planners and dashboards that respond to your own holding data.
Risk assessment builder by task with prompted hazard categories
Risk assessment builder by task with prompted hazard categories
BuilderIncident and near miss recorder with trend analysis
Incident and near miss recorder with trend analysis
ToolLone working check-in with automatic escalation
Lone working check-in with automatic escalation
ToolStatutory inspection due board
Statutory inspection due board
DashboardSupport signposting directory with direct contact routes
Support signposting directory with direct contact routes
ToolEnd to end
How Wellbeing & Safety runs, start to finish
The module is modelled as a state machine, so at any point the business knows exactly which stage every record is at and what has to happen next.
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1
Identify tasks and hazards
This is where the record starts, and getting it right here removes work at every later stage.
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2
Complete and record risk assessments
The platform prompts only for what this stage genuinely needs, and carries everything forward.
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3
Write safe systems of work for high-risk tasks
Conflicts with scheme rules, regulatory windows and existing commitments are flagged here rather than discovered later.
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4
Train and record competence
Capture works offline, so this stage is completed in the field rather than remembered afterwards.
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5
Operate with lone working protection
Everything recorded at this point becomes evidence automatically, in every format that will later ask for it.
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6
Record incidents and near misses
This is the stage most businesses currently do twice, once for the operation and once for the paperwork.
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7
Analyse causes and change the system
Results feed the whole-farm view, so the effect of this stage is visible against the rest of the business.
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8
Signpost wellbeing support at any time, confidentially
The cycle closes here, and what is learned is carried into next season's plan rather than lost.
Who uses it
Built around four real jobs, not one generic user
Each of these people needs something different from the same record. The module is designed so none of them has to work around the others.
Farm employer
Legal duty of care
Needs risk assessments current and incidents recorded properly.
Lone worker
Working alone in remote fields
Needs a check-in that escalates if missed.
Family member
Concerned about someone
Needs a clear route to established support organisations.
HSE inspector
Inspection
Needs risk assessments, training and inspection records.
Schemes and funding
Support schemes this module works with
Agrivencia holds these schemes as data, so eligibility, payment rates, caps and windows update the day they change rather than at the next software release.
Farming Resilience Support
Provide free business advice to farmers navigating the agricultural transition.
Defra with delivery partners EnglandFarming Equipment and Technology Fund
Contribute towards the cost of specified equipment and technology that improves productivity, slurry management or animal health and welfare.
Defra / Rural Payments AgencyRates, caps and windows change frequently and sometimes without notice. Always confirm against the current published scheme rules before applying.
Measurement
How you will know it is working
The module reports against these measures from the day it is switched on, so the value is demonstrable rather than assumed.
- 01Risk assessments current
- 02Incidents and near misses recorded
- 03Statutory inspections completed
- 04Training completion rate
- 05Lone working check-ins completed
Work
Roles on UK holdings
Permanent, seasonal and contract work, with the pay basis and the statutory position stated plainly — including where the Seasonal Worker visa route applies and what it obliges an employer to do.
| Role | Type | Pay basis | What to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herdsperson | Permanent | Salary | Accommodation often part of the package; the offset rules are specific. |
| Tractor driver | Seasonal | Hourly | Working time and rest break rules apply during harvest. |
| Harvest operative | Seasonal | Hourly | Seasonal Worker visa route where applicable. |
| Agronomy assistant | Permanent | Salary | BASIS training usually expected within the first year. |
| Relief milker | Contract | Per milking | Self-employed status must be genuine; the tests are strict. |
| Farm secretary | Part time | Hourly | Often shared across several holdings. |
What an employer has to do
- National Minimum and Living Wage Rates change each April. Accommodation offset is capped and counts toward the calculation.
- Agricultural Wages Order Still in force in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with different grades and rates in each.
- Right to work checks Required before the first day, with a statutory excuse only if done correctly.
- Employer's liability insurance Compulsory, and the certificate must be accessible to employees.
- Gangmaster licensing Required for labour providers in agriculture; using an unlicensed provider is an offence.
Find
Find advisers and consultants
Filter by type, nation, distance and accreditation. Results are ranked by relevance to your holding once your holding record exists, and alphabetically before that.
6 records shown from the platform’s own register
- Module Education, Skills & CPD Core
- Module Knowledge Exchange & Farmer Clusters Core
- Module Jobs, Labour & Seasonal Workers Core
- Module Community, Forums & Expert Q&A Core
- Module Rural Wellbeing & Farm Safety Core
- Module Research, Trials & Open Data Core
Questions answered
What people ask about Wellbeing & Safety
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Wellbeing & Safety is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
Wellbeing content overstepping into diagnosis. The module signposts only and never assesses. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
Documents
Take it away with you
Everything here is printable and works on a kitchen table with no signal. Where a document asks for an email address, it says so on the button rather than after you press it.
Risk Assessments That Get Used, and Support That Is Easy to Reach
The practical handbook for wellbeing & safety: what the rules require, what the evidence has to show, and the mistakes that cost people money.
wellbeing & safety — evidence checklist
Every document an audit or a claim asks for, in the order it is asked for, with the validity period of each.
wellbeing & safety — record template
The record structure the module uses, as a spreadsheet, so a business not yet on the platform can start keeping it correctly today.
Data model reference
Entities, fields and integration points for wellbeing & safety, for advisers and software partners.
See Wellbeing & Safety running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours