Resources

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How to manage forestry risks

A guide to identifying and managing critical risks at a forestry worksite.

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Worker engagement

Industry stories and resources on improving worker involvement in H&S

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Creating alcohol and drugs-free workplaces

Industry stories and other resources to help protect people from the risks of drugs and alcohol impairment at work.

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Tailgate meeting resources

These resources include a template for running a tailgate meeting and Talking topic cards created for use in tailgate meetings, which cover more than 30 common forestry risks.

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Talking topics – Health cards

Five health cards to complement Talking topic cards, created for use in tailgate meetings.

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Winch-Assisted Harvesting Best Practice Guide

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Industry Stories

Forestry businesses share their experiences.

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Tree-jacking

Using tree-jacking to fell trees in difficult places like fence-lines.

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Repairs & Maintenance of Mobile Forestry Machinery

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Dealing with windthrow trees

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Professional Tree Felling Competency Assessment Tool

An assessment tool to help keep tree fallers’ skills sharp.

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How to Manage Health and Safety under HSWA

An overview of how to manage health and safety in forestry under the law.

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HSWA and Work-Related Health

Learn how to manage the impact of work on health, and health on work, at the forestry worksite.

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Safe start-up meeting presentation

A powerpoint presentation to use at safe start-up meetings.

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The Approved Code of Practice (ACoP)

The ACoP for working in the forestry industry.

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Managing visitor safety

Help to manage visitor safety at your worksite.

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Growing our Safety Culture Programme

This programme helps you build a culture that supports good health and safety. See information about the programme, and some of the resources used in it.

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Working alone poster

Procedures to follow when working alone.

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How to make a work plan

A guide to help you plan a safe operation under the law.

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Tree falling plan checklist

A checklist to help tree fallers stay safe.

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Fatigued? Or Fit for Work?

A guide to identifying and managing fatigue in your crew.

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Emergency plan

A form to help you create your emergency plan.

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Tree falling safe behavioural observation

A form to record behavioural observations for tree fallers.

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Site visit form

A form to use when visiting worksites to ensure safety and efficiency.

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Record of workplace training

A form to help record on-the-job training.

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Steep slope risk assessment form

Help to assess and manage risks on steep slopes.

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Skid site design and planning

Forms to help you plan and design a safe skid site.

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Shovel plan

A form to help you create a shovel plan.

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Two tree lengths rule poster

A poster reminding workers about the two tree lengths rule when felling.

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Breaking out plans

See examples of breaking out plans.

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How to hold a tailgate meeting

A guide to holding a safe and effective daily tailgate meeting.

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Fatigue kills poster

A poster reminding about the dangers of fatigue.

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How to manage overlapping responsibilities

A guide to managing overlapping responsibilities under the law once work has started.

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19-step accident investigation method

A short factsheet about how to conduct an accident investigation.

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How are we tracking?

See a quarterly snapshot of forestry’s health and safety performance.

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Hancock – Frontline leadership

Improving crew culture and frontline leadership is benefiting Hancock Forest Management NZ.

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Professional Breaker Out Competency Assessment Tool

A tool to help assess the competency of breaker outs.

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Temporary traffic management forms

Forms to help plan and manage traffic around forestry worksites.

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ACoP section 18

Section 18 of the ACoP, clarifying changes to the roles and responsibilities of principals and contractors.

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Slash management plan

A form to help manage slash on a forestry worksite.

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Safetree worker certification

Resources for crew and companies outlining Safetree certification for workers.

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Daily production sheet

A form to keep track of the day’s operations.

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How to plan work when there are overlapping responsibilities

A guide to planning work when there will be overlapping responsibilities.

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Hauler plans

See plans for a five and seven guy hauler set up.

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Swing yarder plans

Plans to help set up a swing yarder.

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Useful forestry links

Find useful links to other forestry associated websites.

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Mental Health Foundation

A link to the Mental Health Foundation website.

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Tools for staying safe at work

ACC and WorkSafe safety tools.

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The New Zealand Institute of Forestry

A link to the New Zealand Institute of Forestry’s website.

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Wellplace.nz

Find facts, advice, ideas and resources to take action to improve wellbeing in the workplace.

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WorkSafe

Direct links to forestry-related areas on the WorkSafe websites.

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Forestry Industry Contractors Association

A link to the FICA website for contractors.

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NZ Forest Owners Association

The NZFOA represents the owners of our commercial plantation forests.

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How to hold a tailgate meeting video

A short video covering how to hold an effective tailgate meeting.

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How to tree drive

A short video covering how to tree drive safely if a tree gets hung up.

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How to set a safe retreat position

A short video covering how to set the day’s SRP.

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How to use a machine assist for hung up trees

A short video covering the rules around using machine assistance in felling.

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How to manage upset conditions

A short video about what to do during upset conditions.

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How to manage visitor safety

An animated video covering how to keep worksite visitors safe.

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Port Blakely – the business benefits of a safety culture

See how Port Blakely (formerly Blakely Pacific) is improving its safety culture.

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Open Minds

A link to Open Minds, a Mental Health Foundation resource.

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Safetree Certification Guide

This guide explaining the Safetree certification process, and what it covers.

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Safety II

Help to understand that’s really happening on site with health and safety.

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Fulton Hogan – Managing critical risks

Learn how Fulton Hogan manages its critical risks.

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Learn to “fail safely”

A presentation about “failing safely”, protecting workers from the consequences of errors.

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Guide to doing a Learning Review

Help for forestry businesses to do Learning Reviews, a new way to review and learn from incidents.

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Engineering safety solutions

Learn how Ocean View Logging improved health and safety through engineering solutions.

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Safetree Certification

Find resources about Safetree contractor certification.

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Growing our Safety Culture poster

A poster illustrating the 12 essential elements in building a safety culture.

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Incident investigation resources

Use these resources to help you learn from any incidents.

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Forestry Industry Safety Council (FISC)

FISC works to reduce serious harm and death in New Zealand’s forests.

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7 Canadian fallers share their stories

Read the top safety tips from seven Canadian fallers, gathered through 280 collective years’ experience.

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When an accident happens

What to expect from WorkSafe, and services for victims and their families.

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Engaging with contractors

See how getting the commercial terms right and respecting contractors’ expertise helped Transpower improve health and safety among its tower painting contractors.

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Log loading

Advice on how loader operators, truck drivers, harvest and cartage contractors can work to improve load security.

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Tailgate Talking Topics for small-scale forestry

A collection of Tailgate Talking Topic cards those in small-scale forestry will find useful.

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Hancock – Learning from everyday work

See how HFMNZ trialled a new approach to audits that involves learning from what goes right at work every day.

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Tailgate Talking Topics for silviculture

A collection of Tailgate Talking Topic cards particularly relating to silviculture work.

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Timber Harvesting in New Zealand: A guide for small scale forest landowners

A guide for small scale forest owners from Farm Forestry New Zealand.

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Managing a safe and healthy small forest harvest

A WorkSafe guide to managing a small scale harvest.

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What you need to know before you harvest the woodlot on your farm

A two-page WorkSafe factsheet covering what to consider before harvesting a small forest.

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Traffic Control on Private Roads BPG

A best practice guideline for Temporary Traffic Control on Private Forest Roads.

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Stubbs Contractors – Improving safety and productivity

Read how learning to run a more efficient business helped Stubbs Contractors improve health and safety and win a business award.

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Staying safe when working around powerlines

See guidance and a risk management form for working safety around powerlines.

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Forestry’s wellbeing risks

A summary of the key health risks among forestry workers

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Health assessment form

A form companies and health professionals can use to monitor a worker’s health

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Leadership workshops

Safetree’s leadership workshops support the development of people in forestry, and help businesses improve team performance.

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Notifiable Incident Response Guide

See guidance on dealing with incidents that have to be notified to WorkSafe, such as work-related deaths, or serious injuries and illnesses.

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Fit for Work – Wade Brunt’s Story

Watch this inspiring video on how Wade Brunt improved his own wellbeing and that of his fellow Gisborne forestry workers.

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Covid-19 Protection Framework (Traffic Light System)

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Emergency response

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Driving and Forestry

Resources to support safe driving in forestry.

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Silviculture crew videos

Watch these videos about how silviculture crews add value to forestry.

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KYND Resources

Find out how the KYND Wellness App can help forestry people stay physically and mentall well.

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Conference 2022

Presentations from the Safetree Conference 2022.

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Key Info for Yarder Tower Inspectors

A collection of factsheets on managing health and safety risks faced by Yarder Tower Inspectors.

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Tree Faller Logbook

Use this logbook to track the time you spend manually felling trees.

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Archived Covid-19 Alert Level Protocols

Guidance produced for the Covid alert levels. This has now been replaced by guidance on the Covid ‘traffic light framework’.

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Mental Health and Wellbeing – where to get help

Resources and organisations to support mental health and wellbeing

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Vitae counselling services

Info on counselling services for workers

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Taking Pride in your workers and work

Pride Forestry on crew wellbeing and dealing with a crew suicide.

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Working with Helicopters BPG

Best Practice Guide for working with helicopters in forestry.

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Mechanised Harvesting BPG

Best Practice Guide to Mechanised Harvesting.

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Tree Planting BPG

Best Practice Guide to tree-planting.

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Manual Log-making & Processing BPG

Best Practice Guide to manual log-making and processing.

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Mobile Plant BPG

Best Practice Guide for mobile plant.

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Fire-Fighting & Controlled Burn-offs BPG

Best Practice Guide to fire-fighting and controlled burn-offs.

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Chainsaw Use BPG

Best Practice Guide to Chainsaw Use.

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Cable Logging BPG

Best Practice Guide to cable logging.

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Silviculture Prunning BPG

Best Practice Guide to silviculture pruning.

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Breaking Out BPG

Best Practice Guide to breaking-out.

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Transport BPG

Best Practice Guide to transport in forestry.

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Traffic Control on Private Roads BPG

Best Practice Guide to traffic control on private roads.

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Ground-based Logging BPG

Best Practice Guide to ground-based logging.

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Personal Protective Equipment BPG

Best Practice Guide to Personal Protective Equipment.

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Tree-felling BPG

Best Practice Guidelines for tree-felling.

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Farm & small-lot forrester’s contractor checklist

Key things to know when working with forestry contractors

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