A A s s s s e e s s s s m m e e n n t t G G u u i i d d e e Primary Agriculture P P r r i i n n c c i i p p l l e e s s o o f f h h u u m m a a n n r r e e s s o o u u r r c c e e s s m m a a n n a a g g e e m m e e n n t t a a n n d d p p r r a a c c t t i i c c e e s s i i n n a a g g r r i i c c u u l l t t u u r r e e NQF Level: 2 US No: 116113 The availability of this product is due to the financial support of the National Department of Agriculture and the AgriSETA. Assessor: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workplace / Company: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodity: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Obtain access to your farm’s human resources policy. If you do not have access then the same points of discussion will still apply.
(Remember to record information that might be useful to your summative assessment)
1. Does your workplace have a policy in place?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
2. Have you ever been through an induction process to familiarise you with the policies, philosophy, rules, procedures and the grievance and discipline procedure at the farm?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
3. Why do you think it is important to have a human resource policy in place on a farm?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
4. Give your understanding of what discipline procedures mean to you?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
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5. If you have a code of practice that explains how people are to behave on the farm, what happens if you or the management does not follow this code of practice?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
6. Are the living conditions of farm families on a farm the farmer’s responsibility?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
7. Do you think that the production and motivation of workers would be affected by the conditions under which they live?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
8. Are farm workers in general aware of their rights as workers?
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Discuss the legislation that applies to your work environment. There are a couple of acts that will be available to the group to aid your discussion.
Determine and discuss the following:
1. Working hours.
a. What hours would you like to work that suit you and your family best?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
b. At what time should you be at work according to your job description? (Refer to start time and duration).
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
c. What hours must you work according to the workplace policy?
d. What hours should you be working according to the legislation act?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
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2. Remuneration-
a. What type of remuneration would you prefer?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
b. What is prescribed by the workplace policy?
c. What is indicated by legislation?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
3. Safety issues-
a. Which safety issues would you wish to have prescribed by legislation or changed at your workplace?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
b. What is prescribed by the workplace policy?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
c. What is indicated by legislation?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
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4. Over time
a. What is prescribed by the workplace policy?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
b. What is indicated by legislation?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
c. How would you prefer to be compensated for over time?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
5. Legal strikes
a. What is permissible according to workplace policy?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
b. What is indicated by legislation?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
c. How would you prefer strikes to be addressed within the workplace policy?
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
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Read through the Employment equity act to get guidance on how to structure a complaint and what are your rights and responsibilities as a worker.
Discuss. Now think about what the result would be if management decides not to follow all the different procedures laid down by legislation in place and to carry on with their old way of doing things. How would you as a worker, and member of a union, go about dealing with the situation?
If you battle with this section, the facilitator will aid and guide you as a group, but when you report back to the larger group the facilitator will ask the other groups to make an input into your answers.
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
In your group (maximum 4 members), discuss why it is important to compile a job description and how a job description relates to all the human resources practices conducted on the farm.
(If you do not have an H R policy in place, this can form the basis of a policy for when you return to the workplace. You now need to report back to the larger group on your findings and take note of information that might be useful to your summative assessment.)
Model Answer(s):
Non Provided – site or industry specific
Group activity:
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Work as a team and write a job description and performance agreement for a packer of fruit. Remember to include all aspects of the work that such a packer may be required to do. There after compile an employment contract with such an imaginary packer. Wages, leave, working hours etc must be included.
Share your three documents with one other group and use each others input to improve your own documents.
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In your group investigate the compulsory safety regulations in existence on the farm. The safety officer or the HR manager should be in possession of such a document.
In your group compile a list of all the applicable safety equipment on the farm. Determine the exact location of the equipment and the procedure by which the equipment is checked and maintained.
In your groups, you need to discuss and record information on the following:
• Why is health and safety so important in all operations on a farm? • Describe where the safety equipment is kept on the farm and why is it so
important to know the location of safety equipment? • Why must an assigned person check the safety equipment every month and
sign a register that is kept on file? • List the safety requirements for a storeroom?
efore the knowledge test is undertaken, the learner must be reminded of what is expected from him / her in terms of summative and reflexive competence. Read
and explain to the learner, the Preparation for Your Final Assessment section in the learner workbook. Learners and assessor should sign off this section to acknowledge that this step was completed.
Please set up a knowledge test from the questions given as a guideline to learners and supply each learner with a test sheet.
Supply each report with the following heading:
Questions Model Answers
1. What is a human resource policy?
A Policy is the company’s (farm’s) interpretation of how they will implement that law within the workplace.
2. What is an ACT?
An act is a set of guidelines, which companies (farms) should use to set up their internal policies
3. If the workers feel that they have a legitimate grievance that management is not listening to, who can they turn to?
Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
4. What is the function of Disciplinary rules?
Creates fairness in the event of non-compliance to rules and regulations Discipline is there to change behavior in a constructive manner with the appropriate support by management.
5. What are grievance procedures? A procedure whereby a worker or employer can voice their differences.
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6. What is a job description?
A job description is a detailed description of the work an employer has assigned to an employee. On a farm this may include the workers specific tasks and may vary according to season.
7. The Employment Equity Act deals with which issues?
This Act sets out the conditions for the recruitment and selection of employees. This Act also deals with equality of workers regarding being treated fairly and without bias. This Act would form part of a workplace’s recruitment and selection policy.
8. Which Act deals with conditions of employment?
Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1983.
9. What is Personnel evaluation?
To evaluate personnel is to analyse, interpret and determine the merit or quality of work completed and the results achieved. This evaluation is made according to the job description and the performance agreement.
10. Why is evaluation necessary on a farm?
This determines whether the desired results have been achieved and is helpful in assessing possible needs for future training.
11. Why is a contract important to a farm worker?
It formalises the agreement between worker and employer and contains elements of relevant employment Acts that serve to protect the rights of a worker
12. What is a performance agreement? A method whereby a worker is able to determine and evaluate what is expected of him/her.
13. In case of spills, have on hand a:
• Broom. • Spade. • supply of dry fine sand
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14. What in your opinion is the most important safety rule on the farm where you are working?
No specified answer. Will be farm specific.
15. Why is it necessary to maintain safety equipment?
In order for the equipment to be available and functional in an emergency it has to be checked and serviced regularly.
16. Name two items that are classified as safety equipment
Fire extinguisher, safety boots, goggles, gloves, etc.
17. What do you understand under the term “personal hygiene”?
The responsibility a worker needs to accept regarding own health, cleanliness on own body and immediate surroundings (work area)
