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Safetree delivers health and safety initiatives to the forestry industry. It is operated by the Forest Industry Safety Council, a partnership of workers, industry and government.

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Machine-Assisted Felling

Machine-assisted felling is one of the most hazardous tasks in forestry. Join Safetree auditor Jason Hemopo as he takes us through how to do it safely in these videos created by Farman Turkington Forestry.

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New guidance for the forestry sector

Learn about the new forestry ACoP and small forest harvest GPG

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Contractor Certification

Find out how to become a Safetree Certified harvesting or silviculture contractor, which provides independent confirmation of good H&S practices.

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Safetree Contractor Register

See the Register of Safetree Certified harvesting & silviculture contractors. Contractors can login to the Register to manage their registration.

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Safetree Worker Certification

Find out how you, or members of your crew, can become Safetree Certified Workers. Certification is available for fallers and breakers-out.

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Safety Alerts

Safety Alerts are a great way to share information and experiences around the industry. See the latest Safety Alerts. If your business has an Alert, send it to info@safetree.nz and we'll share it.

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Resources

Explore our resources specifically designed for forestry businesses and crew members. These include factsheets, videos, BPGs and health and wellbeing info.

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Industry Stories

In these videos forestry businesses share their experiences and lessons, including how they've engaged with workers and used innovation to create a safer workplace.

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Manual Felling

Manual Felling is the most hazardous task undertaken in forestry. See resources to manage the risks.

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Statistics

Here you will find Safetree's Health and Safety Performance Dashboard for forestry, IRIS reports that collect incident information from some forestry companies. and other reports.

Tailgate meetings

Safetree's tailgate meeting resources include a template for running a tailgate meeting and factsheets that can be used at meetings to support good H&S discussions with crews.

Silviculture

Browse Safetree's information for silviculture businesses and crews. These include a set of factsheets specifically for silviculture that can be used at tailgate meetings.

Tree-Faller Game

Use this game to practice for the Safetree Worker Certification assessment. Only very experienced Fallers can make it through all the levels. Available for desk-tops, Apple and Android devices.

Dealing with windthrow trees

Cyclone Gabrielle and more recent severe weather events have left considerable windthrow in forests. Here is information on how to manage the hazards presented by windthrow trees.

Winch-Assisted Harvesting BPG

At the industry’s request and with funding from ACC and WorkSafe, Safetree has developed a Winch-Assisted Harvesting Best Practice Guide.

Repairs & Maintenance

See this guide by Rayonier Matariki Forests to safe systems of work for mobile plant repair & maintenance. It includes two short videos with key safety messages.

Small scale forestry

Browse Safetree's information for small scale forestry operations, including info for landowners, managers, crews and workers.

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Latest news

Safetree launches industry-first Forest Manager Certification

Forest management companies can now independently demonstrate their commitment to health and safety leadership through a new certification programme launched by Safetree.

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New machine-assisted felling training videos released

The videos provide detailed, step-by-step guidance on planning and carrying out machine-assisted felling safely.

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