Here is where you can find the latest safety and Safetree™ news.
Got 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...
Read postFiona’s Blog Safetree has been asked to update the industry’s alcohol and drugs guideline with a view to ensuring it is effective and reflects current best practice thinking. The existing NZFOA guideline focuses heavily on testing –...
Read postFiona’s Blog We’re sharing two recent Safety Alerts that highlight the importance of managing the risks of machine roll-overs. (See the alerts below). These Alerts underscore the need for workers, contractors and forest owners/managers...
Read postFiona’s Blog It’s great to see that Safetree’s leadership training has been made available to other primary industry businesses, with the support of the Ministry of Primary Industries. Despite the restrictions imposed by...
Read postNew and Improved Dashboard Reporting As of 17 January 2022, the Safetree Certification system has moved from BraveGen to EcoPortal. With EcoPortal, Certified Contractors can see all of their audit information! Plus, they can share it with...
Read postOmicron looks certain to sweep across New Zealand over the coming months and experience overseas suggests this highly infectious Covid-19 variant is going to disrupt supply chains and leave businesses without enough workers to operate either...
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