Project Overview & Aim
Use this hub to complete the Farm Guard project and gather workplace evidence across biosecurity, environment and waste, and quality and storage practice.
Agricultural businesses are living, breathing systems where people, animals, crops, machinery and the environment are interconnected.
The aim of Farm-Guard is to help apprentices investigate workplace practice, identify risks, recommend improvements and contribute positively to the farm business.
Remember: Find something that matters, improve it, and demonstrate the benefit to the business.
Farm-Guard Projects
- Biosecurity: Complete a whole-farm biosecurity audit, identify risks and implement a practical One-Risk, One-Fix improvement.
- Environment & Waste: Assess environmental performance, biodiversity, waste management and resource efficiency across the farm.
- Quality & Storage: Audit crop or feed storage systems, identify quality risks and complete a practical improvement project.
Open Biosecurity | Open Environment & Waste | Open Quality & Storage
Learning Outcomes
- Understand practical biosecurity controls for people, vehicles, stock and equipment.
- Assess environmental performance, waste handling and resource efficiency on farm.
- Identify quality and storage risks that affect feed, crop or product outcomes.
- Collect workplace evidence and records to support project decisions.
- Recommend realistic improvements and evaluate impact with your employer.
Workplace Activities
- Complete a whole-farm biosecurity and risk check using real workplace practice.
- Review environment and waste systems to identify strengths and gaps.
- Audit quality and storage routines, then suggest one practical improvement.
- Record photos, notes and employer feedback for your portfolio.
Evidence Requirements
- Farm walk observations
- Photographic evidence
- Discussions with managers and staff
- Completed audit tables
- One-Risk, One-Fix improvement activity
- Learning Journal entries
- Summary report uploaded to OneFile
Remember to upload your evidence to OneFile.
Employer Discussion
Record employer feedback on identified risks, controls already in place, and the changes that would improve farm resilience and standards.