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Joe’s blog It was with great sadness that I heard about the death of a Gisborne forestry worker the week before last. It was a stark reminder that forestry remains a high-hazard industry, despite the considerable improvements made to health...
Read postMeet Joe Akari, new CEO of Safetree/FISC Joe’s blog Coming back to work in the forestry industry after more than twenty years I’ve been struck by just how much has changed – particularly the shift to mechanised harvesting. I’ve...
Read postMental Health Awareness Week It's Mental Health Awareness Week - a good time think about how forestry can better look after the mental wellbeing of workers. In particular, we need to think about the impact business decisions and working...
Read postSafety Alert: Trees Falling on Vehicles With many regions getting record rainfall this winter it’s no wonder that we’re hearing about rain-related incidents on sites. This includes incidents of trees on rain-sodden hillsides falling...
Read postAll Certified Contractors on the Safetree Certified Contractor Register by 31 August go into the draw for the vouchers to win 1 of 5 $100 Hunting and Fishing vouchers. What is the Safetree Certified Contractor Register? The Safetree...
Read postGot a worker with a problem? Not sure what to do? This might help. Safetree has signed an industry level arrangement that gives forestry people access to professional counselling services at a discounted rate. Contractors, forestry owners...
Read postThe cost of certification is going down The cost of Safetree Certification is being lowered for Contractors. As Safetree Certification is not-for-profit, funding secured will subsidise the annual cost to Contractors. Funding subsidies are...
Read postThanks to everyone who attended this conference in Queenstown. Themes of leadership and communication were key messages from our speakers, highlighted as essential skills to making significant changes in performance. Keynote speaker Nigel...
Read postI heard a great story the other day about the way one contractor is helping to manage the risk of impairment from alcohol and other drugs at work. I was talking to a Safetree auditor about how Safetree is revising the industry’s alcohol and...
Read postAfter seven great years this is my last Safetree blog. What an experience it’s been overseeing Safetree/FISC’s growth from a recommendation in the 2014 Independent Forestry Safety Review to an established organisation with a focused work...
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