A series of safety courses and workshops for agriculture and related industries are organized to address regulation, current issues, and business practices for the labor force and employers. Topics include labor laws, human resources, pesticide application, CPR and First Aid, forklift and other vehicle operations, farm manager training, electrical safety, etc. Courses are conducted in English and Spanish and are held at Sonoma County Farm Bureau. Custom, onsite training is also available. Reservations are required for all trainings. To share business information, sponsorship participation is welcome. Nationwide Insurance is a valued sponsor of the Training Program.
August 23: Long Term Care
September 1: Rodent Control
September 6: Farm Bureau Extension, Fall Protection (English & Spanish)
September 13: CPR/First Aid/AED (English)
September 14: CPR/First Aid/AED (English)
October 4: Agrotourism
October 13: Farm Bureau Extension, Field Fumigants
October 18: Land as Your Legacy Succession Planning
November 1: Electrical Safety
November 10: Farm Bureau Extension, Pesticide Use & Bees
November 14: Fire Prevention
December 13: CalOSHA Top 10 Violations
December 16; Hazardous Ag Materials (HAM), (English & Spanish)
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Health & Safety on the Farm and Ranch: Presented by Nationwide
California Farm Bureau is pleased to offer these risk management trainings to members. Subject matter experts will share information immediately applicable to your business operations and advance your professional development. These classes are free to all Farm Bureau members. To register, go to https://www.cognitoforms.com/CaliforniaFarmBureau3/HealthAndSafetyOnTheFarmAndRanchTrainingsPresentedByNationwide , or call the Sonoma County Farm Bureau office 707-544-5575. To register you will need your full Sonoma County Farm Bureau membership number.
Farm Bureau Extension: Continuing Education Series
Farm Bureau Extension, a new program offered by California Farm Bureau, is offering a continuing education series of classes held virtually. These classes are free to all Farm Bureau members. Topics for the 2022 series will be announced soon. To register, go to https://cvent.me/4xdbBd?RefId=Counties, or call the Sonoma County Farm Bureau office 707-544-5575. To register you will need your full Sonoma County Farm Bureau membership number.
Ag Supervisor Development Program
Field supervisors, mayordomos, and crew leaders are the front line of your management team. These leaders can ensure quality production, compliance with company policies, and keep your operation running smoothly and efficiently. However, inadequately trained supervisors can provoke significant legal and financial risks, poor quality work, higher injury rates, increased worker turnover, and costly regulatory penalties and lawsuits.
Protect your business by investing in professional development for your key staff! Ensure they understand critical regulations, and have the personnel management skills to enforce policies, foster a safe work environment, and promote worker satisfaction and retention.
Through this highly interactive training supervisors will practice skills and gain knowledge on topics most important to their success and that of your business.
The 12-hour certificate program is held over two days, with an additional mandatory 1-hour employer orientation, and follow-up performance survey to support your supervisors in their professional development. Click above to register.
CPR/ First Aid/AED Training
This course encompasses the new CPR (hands-only) and traditional CPR and foreign body airway obstruction management. The first aid portion encompasses management of medical emergencies in the crucial first few minutes while help is on the way. Upon successful completion, participants receive a two-year certification card.
Sexual Harassment Prevention in the Workplace
Are you in compliance with the training requirements of AB 1825? ALL California employers with five (5) or more employees must provide non-supervisory employees with one hour and supervisory employees with at least two hours of anti-harassment training every two years. You are invited to join one of our next live training sessions.
Sonoma County Farm Bureau and The Saqui Law Group offered this seminar on July 26, 2017
PRESENTER: Michael Saqui — The Saqui Law Group
TOPICS COVERED: Legislative Update and Trends; “TRUMP-Train” trends and their effect on AG; Farmworker transportation; Dealing with Employee confusion and “Fake News;” Wage and hour; Truck drivers: the impossible problem of meal and breaks; The new Ag Overtime and 7th day dilemma; Dealing with I-9 compliance issues; Employer workplace obligations; What to do when ICE shows up; and Q+A.
Sonoma County Farm Bureau offered these courses on June 29, 2017 in English and Spanish
Attendees had the opportunity to receive instruction for two types of forklifts, industrial and rough terrain.
Each instruction was offered in two languages, English and Spanish separately.
Upon completion of the classroom and equipment training, a three-year certification was given.
PG&E and partnering organizations: Sonoma County Farm Bureau, St. Francis Winery and Fresno State Center for Irrigation Technology offered this seminar on June 7, 2017
Instruction how to evaluate energy efficiency for agricultural pumps & a demonstration with the PG&E Electric Safety Board
The workshop covered: APEP/PG&E subsidized pump tests (25 + HP pumps), APEP/PG&E incentives for pump retrofit/replace (all sizes) Reading the SmartMeter to determine cost of pumping Variable frequency drives (VFD’s) and other PG&E Energy Efficiency Programs for residential, commercial and agricultural customers, WEXUS Agricultural Energy Management Program
Eligible pumps: agricultural pumps, municipal pumps (no primary or secondary sewage treatment pumps), turf pumps (golf courses, parks, schools)
Sonoma County Farm Bureau offered this training on April 11, 2017 in English and Spanish
The two-hour class fulfills a law, AB 1825, that requires supervisory personnel to have two hours of training in sexual harassment every two years.
The class covered the various types of sexual harassment, how to deal with complaints, how to prevent situations and other types of harassment.
Sonoma County Farm Bureau offered this training on April 11, 2017 in English and Spanish
The seminar covered the role of supervisors and their responsibilities in implementing worker safety and labor law.
Information included: labor issues in the field, pesticide hazard communications, material safety data information and new farm labor laws and regulations.
Sonoma County Farm Bureau offered a series of courses for CPR, First Aid and AED (Automated External Defibrillator) in English and Spanish
The course provided training to respond to accidents and sudden illnesses in emergency medical situations. Upon completion of the class, a two-year certification was given for CPR and First Aid.
Sonoma County Farm Bureau offered a series of courses in English and Spanish
Instruction covered a range of topics and provided vital safety information with handouts; including the Hazard Communication Standard (Globally Harmonized System) and Heat Stress Regulations.
The Respirator Fit Test procedure was available.
Sonoma County Farm Bureau partnered with Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce and program sponsors, PG&E and American AgCredit, to provide an eight week program from February through April to learn and increase Spanish language skills; important skills to be utilized for employment, family and community life.
Sonoma County Farm Bureau, EMS Regs and CARB (California Air Resource Board) offered this seminar on January 11, 2017
Do you own, operate, or dispatch heavy-duty diesel trucks in or to California? This course provided information how to comply with CARB diesel regulations and emphasized what is needed to be compliant for 2017. Important annual deadline: January 31st.
Do you know if your diesel vehicles have lost the AG or Low Exemption status? Early in 2016, CARB conducted an audit of truck information and mileage reporting from the TRUCRS online reporting system. If any information was missing (ex: missing odometer reading), the status of that truck was changed to “None”. In most cases, that creates a non-compliant status for the CARB rule leading to potential fines. View your TRUCRS account and check the status of your vehicles using the Low Mileage AG provision. For more information about how to reinstate, contact CARB.
Sonoma County Farm Bureau offered a Pesticide Applicator Workshop on Lasers, Bats & Regs on December 12th. Licensed pesticide applicators and crop advisers had the opportunity to receive continuing education credits.
Sonoma County Farm Bureau provides training required by regulatory agencies, safety and compliance issues, estate and tax incentives, business practices and so on. Each annual program evolves based upon regulatory and current, relevant information needs. This sponsorship provides:
• Quarterly placement of a color, 1/8 page ad in the Sonoma-Marin Farm News publication
(ad artwork to be received by 15th of previous published month)
• Your company/organization logo sent with our quarterly electronic training information
• Your company/organization logo included in training promotional materials
• Your company/organization logo added to the training page on the Sonoma County Farm Bureau website
As the Training Program changes and expands each year, this sponsorship provides a direct-to-consumer approach. The opportunity is offered for a specific “onsite” class, seminar or workshop date. This sponsorship provides:
• Placement of a color, 1/16 page ad to be published with course marketing in the Sonoma-Marin Farm News publication
(ad artwork to be received by 15th of previous published month)
• Your company/organization can display marketing materials/products during training instruction
• Acknowledgement of venue and refreshments support