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Fiona's Blog Many companies use a consultant to help them with their health and safety. Over the years I’ve seen the results of this - and there is the good, the bad and the ugly. And yes, I’ve seen these situations in forestry as...
Read postFiona’s blog They say old habits die hard - and in forestry some old habits are putting people and businesses at risk unnecessarily. There’s anecdotal evidence that many forestry businesses are still following a ‘hazard spotting’...
Read postFiona's blog I’m pleased to announce that Simon O’Grady will be joining FISC in April as our Chair. Simon works outside the forestry industry, as Chief Investment Officer at Kiwi Wealth, so will operate as an independent chair. In his...
Read postFiona's blog With forestry operations across the country back up and running after the holidays, now is a good time to remind everyone of how we can ‘make forestry unstoppable’. You’ll be aware of the government’s ‘Make Summer...
Read postThe Forest Industry Safety Council is seeking a worker representative for the South Island. See more
Read postFiona's blog What a year it’s been! Hopefully, we’re not going to have another one like this. I’m really proud of the work we’ve done in 2020. In particular, I’m proud of the way the industry worked together to create and...
Read postFiona's blog Learning from what goes wrong at work, and what goes right, is important because it helps us identify ways to improve and build stronger businesses. Traditional incident investigations are one way to do this. But these...
Read postFiona's blog I’m pleased to announce that WorkSafe has extended the pilot of Safetree’s Toroawhi/worker engagement champions initiative for a further six months, to the end of June 2021. This extension is a welcome endorsement of the...
Read postWe are looking for someone to represent Māori on the Forest Industry Safety Council, a not-for-profit that works to protect the safety and wellbeing of people working in forestry and that runs Safetree. The ideal candidate: Would be...
Read postFiona's blog Looking after your health and wellbeing is about to get easier thanks to new features in the forestry version of the KYND Wellness App. From this week people using the App will get notifications straight to their phones...
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