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Please find attached copy of the updated Industry Restart Guidelines- Seasonal Horticulture.

This update covers changes to Record keeping and Facemask requirements.

Victoria has further relaxed its COVIDSafe settings

• Main event - online with international speakers
  • Mandatory export workshop info (online) Wed 15 June (4 hours approx).  $165
  • Production and Management: Thurs 16 June and Thurs 24 June (4 hours each). Recorded sessions will be made available on web for anyone to view at a later date. Free.
  • Export 101: July 21.  For new export growers – attend as well as the mandatory session. Free.

An Agenda is being prepared and more information will be provided.

VCA Season in Review- 1:30pm, 29th April 2021

Growers are invited to attend the “VCA’s Season in Review” which will follow directly after the CGA workshop at 1.30pm.  The Season in Review will consist of a panel of key growers from different regions to review and discuss the past season and the many challenges faced and how to change and adapt going forward. See below flyer for more details.

Quad bikes help farmers tend to crops and livestock quickly and efficiently, but they also cause many farm deaths and injuries. Each year around 18 people die in quad bike incidents in Australia and many more are injured. The emotional and financial cost is immense.

This handbook sets out legal requirements and ways to ensure the safe use of quad bikes on farms. It is for farmers, their families, employees and contractors. While the focus is quad bike use on farms, it will help everyone who rides a quad bike as well as their managers.

This handbook has been updated to reflect the changes in relation to the control of rollover and recognised helmets for quad bike use on private land. It should be read in conjunction with the operator manual for your specific quad bike.

Download a copy of the Worksafe Quadbike handbook here..

• The Victorian Government announced that the 75 per cent cap on office workers will be removed from Friday 26 March.
• All workplaces are still required to ensure people can work from the office in a COVIDSafe way with a density limit of one person per two square metres.
• While it is not mandatory for offices to use the Victorian government QR Code or a system which is API compatible, digital record keeping is strongly recommended to help contact tracing. Click here to register for the free Victorian Government QR Code.
• All businesses must continue to review and update their COVIDSafe Plan, particularly as more people return to offices.
• Download and display the signage available to remind people to check-in and other safety measures. 
• Remember, if your workers have even mild COVID-19 symptoms, please support them to get tested.
• Public Transport Victoria has made changes to support the safe return to offices and has advice for users at ptv.vic.gov.au/more/coronavirus-covid-19.