Safe Farming Tasmania is a confidential service that provides practical positive safe farming solutions and advice.
Safe Farming Tasmania aims to raise awareness around farm safety. It does this by:
- providing a trusted, confidential source of information that improves work health and safety on and around Tasmanian farms for Tasmanian farmers
- raising awareness of farm safety issues
- encouraging positive, safe discussions about safe farming
- working with rural stakeholders to provide training and education on farm safety issues.
Safe Farming Tasmania aims to de-mystify and simplify managing safety to make our farms safer for generations to come.
Farming injuries can be extremely traumatic and very costly, so Safe Farming Tasmania aims to reduce farm work related death, injury, disease and improve health and safety of farm owners, families, workers, and rural communities.
Safe Farming Tasmania is a trusted, practical standalone program. It is jointly funded by The Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania and WorkSafe Tasmania. It is part of the Tasmanian Government's commitment to cultivating prosperity in the rural sector.
This is a free and confidential service.
Safe Farming flyer (PDF, 865.2 KB)
About Senior Health And Safety Advisor Stu Beams
Safe Farming Tasmania is led by Senior Health and Safety Advisor Stuart (Stu) Beams.
Stu has extensive experience providing work health and safety advice to rural businesses and farming communities and has strong ties with rural stakeholder groups. As a former farmer, he understands the issues farmers face around managing farm safety.
‘Having a crack at managing safety is an extremely important part of achieving that goal,’ says Stu.
Book a visit with Safe Farming Tasmania
Contact Stu Beams today for a confidential chat and to organise a farm visit.
Stu can help you with an on-farm safety walk to identify hazards and implement a safety management system. He can provide you with guidance and advice on work health and safety laws. He can also run safety awareness sessions with school groups, workplaces and community groups.
Call Stu to have a positive safe farming conversation.
- phone: 0400 140 146
- email: stuart.beams@safefarming.tas.gov.au
Resources
Safe Farming Tasmania has developed resources to assist you in developing your work health and safety practices.
See the Safe Farming Resources page.
Managing farm safety
Why do you need a safety management system on your farm, and what should it look like? See our managing farm safety page for the answers to these questions and learn how easy it is, with the help of Safe Farming Tasmania.
See the Managing farm safety page.
What farmers say about Safe Farming Tasmania
‘Safe Farming is a unique valued and trusted program available to the agriculture sector.
The Safe Farming approach transforms workplace health and safety into a comfortable everyday conversation that is guided with extensive knowledge, care, and simple and easy to understand information.
Safe Farming has been an incredible support to our business in providing confidential assistance on site and by phone. The farming and safety background expertise from Safe Farming is second to none with every aspect covered.
I feel very comfortable asking for guidance and any information I need. I highly recommend Stu at Safe Farming to help guide you to improve and implement your safety strategies, keeping workers and families safe on farm.’
— Abbey Lewis, Executive Administrator, Waverley Station, King Island
‘Safe Farming Tasmania is an integral part of our industry. Stu keeps us safe and up to date with the most relevant information. The work Safe Farming does has, no doubt, saved countless lives in Tasmania’s agricultural sector.’
— Catlin Radford, Farmer, Moriarty
‘The farming and safety experience and expertise from Safe Farming is second to none, with every aspect of safety covered. I feel very comfortable asking Stu for any guidance and information I need.’
— Jim Conn, Lagoon Pastoral Flinders Island
‘This is a unique, valued and trusted program available to the agricultural sector. The Safe Farming approach transforms workplace health and safety into a comfortable, every day conversation.’
— Corey Spencer, Cressy Farmer, Chair of Safe Farming Tasmania