Hadlow College Agriculture and Land-based technology students received advice from UK Power Networks that could save their lives!
The electricity distributor’s safety team visited the main Hadlow site near Tonbridge and presented the dangers involved in working on farms where there are overhead cables.
The special safety workshops, from the company that delivers electricity across the South East, advised 70 agriculture students to always look out for high voltage overhead cables when driving machinery.
Every year UK Power Networks engages with around 250,000 people of all ages on public safety.
Ros Forbes, a safety advisor at UK Power Networks, said: “It is important for us to go out into the local community and deliver our messaging direct. We want to prompt collaborative working and positive conversations about safety which, ultimately, will help save lives if extra care is taken around power lines. Our advice is always to be vigilant, to look up and around to see what electrical equipment is near you if driving or using agricultural machinery.”
Ronnie Townsend, from Hadlow College said: “These workshops are so beneficial to our agriculture and land-based technology students, highlighting the dangers of overhead cables and electrical hazards in a farming environment. Many of them already work on farms and others are shortly having placements, so it’s vital information.”
