Ashburton Courier: July 29, 2021
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NEWS<br />
24 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> <strong>29</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Do the job, but get home safely<br />
This profile is partofaseries from WorkSafe<br />
New Zealand.<br />
FMG Young Farmer of the Year winner<br />
Jake Jarman is working with ANZ’s rural<br />
lending team in <strong>Ashburton</strong>and sees real<br />
value in good health and safety practices.<br />
“In my experience, afarmthatmakes<br />
health and safety apriority is aproductive<br />
and profitable farm,” he says.<br />
Jake’sown health and safety focus<br />
began with asolid grounding on his<br />
family’s dairy farm andcontinuedthrough<br />
his studiesatLincoln and Massey<br />
universities and practical farm<br />
placements.<br />
“Mum and Dad were keenfor us to be<br />
out on farmwith themfromanearlyage,<br />
but wewere verywellsupervised,” says<br />
Jake.<br />
“Therewere always strictly‘no go’ areas<br />
and veryclear expectations around<br />
behaviour. As we got older and started<br />
using farm bikes and equipment, they<br />
made sure we understood how to use<br />
everything safely.<br />
“Therewerevery strict rules around the<br />
bikes. Never use them on unevensurfaces<br />
and be very aware of wet or muddy<br />
ground. The approach was always, if in<br />
doubt ‘get offand walk –check overthe<br />
next rise, check for things like creeks,<br />
before youget back on’.<br />
“Therewere also strong rules around<br />
speed and wearing seat belts in all<br />
vehicles, and if you were taking something<br />
like atractoronthe road, use flashing<br />
lights and bevery visible and always have<br />
the forks pointing down.<br />
“Therewas training about towing or<br />
lifting heavy loads and checking guards<br />
and behaviour around things like PTO<br />
shafts.Itwas verymuch sequential<br />
learning, learningaswewent butwith<br />
very good supervision.”<br />
Jake believesall parts of afarm’s<br />
structure can play arole in goodhealth<br />
Jake Jarman in action during the FMG Young Farmer of the Year, in Christchurch.<br />
PHOTO SUPPLIED<br />
andsafety. Fromyoung staffthrough to<br />
roles like his, as consultantsoradvisers.<br />
“Sometimes you getsoboggeddown<br />
with thedaytoday graft that it is hard to<br />
see wheresmall improvements can make<br />
abig difference. If we stop seeing health<br />
andsafety as compliance and look at it as<br />
productive farming with thriving staff, we<br />
might see an improvementinour pretty<br />
miserabletrack record of injuries and<br />
deathsonfarm.”<br />
Jake has aBachelor of Agricommerce at<br />
Lincoln University and then aMasters in<br />
Agricultural Science, throughMassey<br />
University –completinghis studies in<br />
Hamilton with the support of aDairyNZ<br />
postgraduate scholarship. He then spent<br />
time working parttimefor Dairy Trust<br />
Taranaki and on the family farm before<br />
joiningANZ in February <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Those experiencescontinued his health<br />
andsafety learning.<br />
Jake won his FMG YoungFarmer<br />
regional title at his first attempt, and<br />
enjoyed acleansweep, winning the most<br />
points in allfour contest strainers.<br />
Tourism<br />
contract<br />
‘tighter’<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council has<br />
more effectivekey<br />
performanceindicators (KPIs)<br />
in place and a‘‘tighter’’<br />
contractlined up for district<br />
widetourism promotion.<br />
Speaking at Methven<br />
community Board (MCB)<br />
meeting this week council<br />
economic development<br />
managerSimon Worthington<br />
said it washoped to penanew<br />
three year contract with<br />
ChristchurchNZ very soon. The<br />
contractwas worth $195,000 per<br />
year,as per the previous year.<br />
Mr Worthington said the<br />
contractcontained KPI’s that<br />
would allow better<br />
benchmarking and progression<br />
moving forward.Itwas hoped<br />
thatthrough adigital marketing<br />
specialist at ChristchurchNZ<br />
more traffic could be driven<br />
throughthe Mid Canterbury<br />
eventswebsite<br />
(midcanterburynz.com) and<br />
online platforms.<br />
Mr Worthington said atighter<br />
contractwith ChristchurchNZ<br />
would give more uplift to local<br />
tourism events.His team<br />
plannedtoupdate and tidy up<br />
the midcanterburynz.com<br />
website over the next couple of<br />
weeksand therewould be local<br />
rather thanregional control<br />
overit.<br />
He urged tourismoperators,<br />
like those in Methven, to upload<br />
their events and use the free<br />
site.<br />
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