With over 40 depots and just one Health & Safety Manager delivering face-to-face training, Agrii needed a flexible, scalable training solution. This was especially important in a sector where safety is critical.

Jaishree Mistry, HR Business Partner at Agrii, explained the challenge they faced delivering training to such a diverse employee base: “We had one Health & Safety Manager travelling across the country. It was time-consuming and inefficient.”

Staff were also unsure about the move to eLearning. “They thought HR had gone mad”, Jaishree said. “‘Why are they giving me all these courses? I’ve been doing my job for 20 years.”

About Agrii

Agrii are a leading provider of agronomy services, including providing technology solutions, expert advice and unparalleled support to their clients.

Sector: Agriculture

No. of employees: 900

Use case: Health & Safety, HR, Compliance, Corporate Governance

The solution

Agrii started using iHasco for Health & Safety, but quickly expanded it to cover HR, corporate governance e.g. GDPR and wellbeing training.

eLearning enabled Agrii to save time and money while making training more accessible and consistent. Internal communication and top-down support helped build trust in the move, and training is now assigned automatically by job family and can be completed from any location.

Why iHasco

• Cost-effective and easy to scale
• Kept up to date with UK legislation
• Flexible enough for both company/group-wide rollouts and individual needs
• Excellent support and collaboration

Why iHasco

Cash savings

Jaishree tells us that iHasco has saved their business cash in three ways:

1. eLearning can now be completed online, anywhere, eliminating the need for staff to arrange a time to be at a specific location. They can do their training from their office or depot.
2. The company no longer needs to pay expenses where colleagues would need to travel in person to receive their training.
3. The time taken to complete training is significantly reduced, which means less time away from day-to-day tasks.

Completion rates

After embedding structured training paths and reminders, course completion rates significantly improved and have remained high.

said Jaishree. Following Agrii’s success, the iHasco platform was adopted across the entire Origin Enterprises Group (Agrii’s parent company), including operations in Central and Eastern Europe.

Agrii also uses the platform to support specific development needs, including soft skills, such as time management, resilience and neurodiversity-focused learning.

The courses making a tangible difference

Collaboration is an important part of the relationship between Agrii and iHasco. Jaishree and her team work closely with iHasco’s Client Success team to influence platform improvements and see them implemented.

iHasco has helped Agrii completely transform their workplace training process for the better.

Here are some examples of courses that have made a real difference:

• Modern Slavery Training – This is something which is sadly common in the farming industry. Those working in agriculture may not have previously been aware of the signs to look out for, but after training they now understand what to do should they come across it. Jaishree says that this course “allowed us to raise awareness”.
• GDPR Training – It can be the simplest of requests that have the biggest impact. Previously, a colleague may ask HR for someone’s personal details to congratulate them on getting married, for example. They now don’t receive these requests as colleagues understand the importance of data protection.
• Sexual Harassment Training – Due to legislative changes at the end of 2024, sexual harassment was something that everybody needed training on – fast.

Agrii has revolutionised its approach to workplace training, achieving remarkable results in efficiency, compliance, and employee development – all while saving time and money.