The forest industry has developed major new safety improvements in both culture in the workplace and technologies to reduce harm on the forest floor according to the Forest Industry Engineering Association. Source: Timberbiz
“Our Safety Summit in March 2017 has a great line up of inspiring and practical speakers. Many of them have already delivered safety outcomes for their teams and clients. So, the case studies they will bring are proven to bring results,” Forest Industry Engineering Association manager, Gordon Thomson said.
“For the first time FIEA has teamed up with the Forest Industry Safety Council (FISC) to organise a workshop as part of the Safety Summit,”
“Working with Fiona Ewing of FISC has led us to include a series of workshops and panel sessions for people to interact – from the forest floor to the CEOs.”
Two key speakers from Canada one is Peter Sprout, a very experienced tree falling trainer from coastal British Columbia. He oversaw the BC forest industry faller certification, which has been upgraded hugely over the last five years.
The other is Richard Lawler, Director of Engineering, Forestry for John Deere Forestry from USA. Richard has worked closely with developments in steep slope harvesting in both North America and New Zealand.
The two overseas keynote speakers are among many local industry leaders and safety champions who have come forward to support the 3 FIEA Forest Industry Safety Summit.
The summit is on 1-2 March 2017 in Rotorua at the Distinction Hotel. The following week it runs at the Bayview Eden Hotel in Melbourne on 7-8 March.
For full details www.fiea.org.nz/forest-safety/
