Livestock haulage certificate

clokey89

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Location
saxton
I’m looking for some general information to swat up for my livestock haulage certificate, does anyone have any useful links to what I need to know for the test?

Many thanks
 

Man_in_black

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Livestock Farmer
I'm afraid it's just another money making scam/job creation scheme for the leeches that feed off the hard working livestock sector :mad:
As said above, the questions will contain the answer (or they did when I did it).

The problem is, with lots of youngsters, if they haven't been literally told everything, then they don't think of it & accept any responsibility. "Oh but no one told me it'd get hot in there in middle of August "
 

Woolly

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Location
W Wales
There are some tricky Q's eg how far can you transport animals if you don't have a cert? How long can they be kept in the vehicle? What ramp angle for sheep - many older trailers are apparently illegal as ramps are too steep - just tell them you put a brick under the tailgate - what a load of rubbish!!? How many m2 for each animal etc etc. How would you approach vegans standing in the road?! I went on a half day course, cost quite a bit £110.
 
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There are some tricky Q's eg how far can you transport animals if you don't have a cert? How long can they be kept in the vehicle? What ramp angle for sheep - many older trailers are apparently illegal as ramps are too steep - just tell them you put a brick under the tailgate - what a load of rubbish!!? How many m2 for each animal etc etc. How would you approach vegans standing in the road?! I went on a half day course, cost quite a bit £110.
Have you ever been asked to see it
 

roscoe erf

Member
Livestock Farmer
There are some tricky Q's eg how far can you transport animals if you don't have a cert? How long can they be kept in the vehicle? What ramp angle for sheep - many older trailers are apparently illegal as ramps are too steep - just tell them you put a brick under the tailgate - what a load of rubbish!!? How many m2 for each animal etc etc. How would you approach vegans standing in the road?! I went on a half day course, cost quite a bit £110.

full speed
 

Woolly

Member
Location
W Wales
Have you ever been asked to see it
No, but only had it a couple of months - trading standards suggested I should do it, so you can be got at that way too. And I can transport cattle too - but I've never handled a cow in my life!!

There is an interesting get out for small nos of sheep - no cert required if you're only transporting one sheep, eg a ram as I was. If you transport 2 sheep, you are OK if you have a passenger to look after the 2nd sheep. Similarly for 3, 4, 5 sheep - just carry the requisite no of passengers to each look after a sheep and you can go > 65km. Presume it's for showing purposes?
 
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dowcow

Member
Location
Lancashire
So how far can you transport animals without a certificate? I've shifted animals a mile or so down to the field, but dad always takes them to the auction. I would quite like to be able to take them to the auction myself, if only for the lovely bacon, sausage and egg butty at the other end.
 

Al R

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
So how far can you transport animals without a certificate? I've shifted animals a mile or so down to the field, but dad always takes them to the auction. I would quite like to be able to take them to the auction myself, if only for the lovely bacon, sausage and egg butty at the other end.

40mile (65km)
I looked at the Gov website this morning and they need to be re-done every 5 years @yellowbelly
 

twizzel

Member
No, but only had it a couple of months - trading standards suggested I should do it, so you can be got at that way too. And I can transport cattle too - but I've never handled a cow in my life!!

There is an interesting get out for small nos of sheep - no cert required if you're only transporting one sheep, eg a ram as I was. If you transport 2 sheep, you are OK if you have a passenger to look after the 2nd sheep. Similarly for 3, 4, 5 sheep - just carry the requisite no of passengers to each look after a sheep and you can go > 65km. Presume it's for showing purposes?

I thought this but got pulled up by the farm assurance person when my OH and I took a single ram back to its owner over the distance limit... (n)
 

yellowbelly

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
N.Lincs
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