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Overview

How to Hire Farm Workers is a self-paced, online course that covers the basics of hiring and managing farm employees. We structured this course to guide you through the process of hiring the right person for your farm. Registration in the course gives you access to five hours of content, including videos, checklists, templates, and resources. 

The course is divided into three sections:

1. Hiring Process – How to write a job posting, interview candidates and set up payroll. 
2. Attracting Great Farm Workers – How to build a positive work culture and prioritize strong communication
3. Working Together – How to create a comprehensive onboarding plan and skills training, support employee wellness, providing and receiving feedback as an employer, and organizing effective meetings.  

Is the How to Hire Farm Workers course for me?

How to Hire Farm Workers is open to anyone who wants to learn about hiring farm employees – whether you’re just thinking about hiring your first employee and want to see what is involved in the process or you have a team of employees and are looking for ways to attract and retain people to work on your farm. All production types and farm sizes are welcome!

Course Format

This course is self paced and entirely online. That means you can do the course at any time, from anywhere! 

All the content is available as soon as you register and includes a mixture of text, videos, self-assessment quizzes, resources, and templates. The topics are organized in a way that walks you through the hiring process from writing a job description to celebrating at the end of the season but you are welcome to move through the course in whatever way suits your context. 

Cost

We love supporting new and young farmers to grow! To ensure that this program is accessible, we are offering a sliding scale payment, which means that you are able to select how much you pay to participate.

 The suggested sliding scale cost is

$25–$125

which is $25 per session.

• If you are not able to pay on the suggested sliding scale, you are welcome to contribute an amount that works for you. No one will be turned away from our programs for lack of funds.
• We base the price range on the cost of running the program (coordination, speaker fees, facilitation, program development, and online infrastructure). When you register you are able to enter any amount as a registration fee. If you’d like to learn more, please go to “What is sliding scale payment? Why do we use it?”.
• If you have any questions, would like to pay without using a credit card, and/or want to arrange a payment plan, then please contact us at elearning@youngagrarians.org. Teams that join the program together can register as one entity.

Questions or ideas? Email the E-Learning team at elearning@youngagrarians.org.

Looking for more resources? Click the button below to learn more about our E-Learning programs. 

Farm on Friends, 

The YA E-Learning Team
Chantelle & Alex