Basic training - agricultural machinery (3 groups)

The course covers all three groups of agricultural machinery, that is self propelled forage harvesters, combine harvesters and special crop harvesting machines. Cooperatives and larger farms take it, where one person goes through the whole fleet during the season.

We go through the construction and the controls of the individual machines, preparation before the season and the daily check, work with the cutting and harvesting mechanism, the procedure when it clogs and the rule that cleaning is done only with the engine switched off and the parts at a standstill, work on a slope and the stability of the machine, moving on a public road including width and lighting, the risk of fire on stubble and equipping the machine with a fire extinguisher, the movement of people around the machine and reversing.

The course ends with a written test. After that we issue a written certificate of completed education and training under Section 16(1)(b) of Act No. 124/2006 Coll.

The course is open to a person from 18 years of age who has completed compulsory basic schooling and holds a medical report on fitness for work that is not older than six months. Without a driving licence we issue a certificate limited to the workplace.

The certificate has to be kept valid. The familiarisation is repeated at least once every three years under Section 7(5) of Act No. 124/2006 Coll., and updating professional training every five years under Section 16(8). You can take both with us; the course Refresher training, agricultural machinery serves for that.

If a smaller scope is enough for you, courses for one group and for two groups are also available.

We train under Slovak regulations, which derive from Directive 2009/104/EC on the use of work equipment, valid throughout the European Union. In our experience the certificate is commonly recognised in the other member states.