Information

  • Document No.

  • Client /landowner

  • Site

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Personnel

Operation

Operation type

  • Roadline

  • Coupe

Harvest type

  • Clear fall

  • Thinning

  • Partial

Harvest system

  • Cable

  • Ground based

Status

  • New

  • % complete

  • Completed

General info

1. General

  • Is a copy of the FOP and any variations available at the operation at all times?

  • Is information available showing coupe and EMP number?

  • Are roads being maintained adequately - ie logging machinery kept off, culverts and table drains clear and road surfaces permitting proper drainage?

  • Is the operation and machinery clear of any litter or evidence of fuel or oil leaks or spills that may cause environmental harm or present ignition risk?

  • Is harvesting within planned boundaries (external and SSR) as shown on the FOP?

  • Is appropriate machinery and harvesting systems being used?

  • Has all waste and rubbish been removed in accordance with the FOP?

  • Have issues identified in previous monitoring reports been addressed?

  • Has contractor confirmed that all machinery has been washed down as per requirements prior to entering the coupe?

  • If cartage restrictions ( eg. School bus times, load limits) are in place are trucks complying with them?

Entrance to worksite

2. Roads

  • Is road construction being undertaken?

  • Are the roads located and constructed in accordance with the FOP?

  • Are table drains clear and constructed properly?

  • Has drainage been diverted before stream crossing?

  • Have borrow pits been rehabilitated?

  • Is road drainage adequate?

  • Are culvert size spacing and depth correct?

  • Have temporary stream crossings been removed and water barred?

  • Have temporary tracks been drained?

  • Are roads in a safe, sound condition?

  • Are warning signs displayed/positioned correctly?

Landings

3. Landings

  • Are the landings located and constructed (size, cording, drainage) in accordance with the FOP?

  • Do Snig tracks approach the landing appropriately?

  • Has water flowing towards the landing been diverted?

  • For temporary landings has soil been stockpiled?

  • Have bark and butts been returned to the forest or placed in aerated heaps clear of surrounding trees?

  • Are the crosscutting, classification and segregation duties being performed correctly?

  • Are all products being segregated into seep rate stockpiles?

  • Have all potentially hazardous trees been removed from around the landing?

Fire equipment

4. Fire Equipment

  • Is fire equipment on site?

  • Is the following equipment on site?

  • Portable 300l tank (filled), pump and hose

  • 2 X rake hoes

  • 30 mtrs of hose plus 30 mtrs canvas length

  • Knapsack and or air water extinguisher for every chainsaw and every machine

  • Can all personnel use the pump?

Snig tracks

5. Snig tracks

  • Are snig tracks located in accordance with the FOP? ( Avoid streams, facilitate drainage, minimise number)

  • Are snig tracks free of turbid running water or mud over 20 metres?

  • Are stream crossings constructed in accordance with the FOP?

  • Has blading of mud or soil been avoided?

  • Is rutting depth within acceptable limits (less than 30cm over 20m)?

  • Are all wet weather limitations being observed?

Water course management

6. Water Course Management

  • Are streamside reserves clearly marked, correct width, and undisturbed by machinery?

  • Are all streams and drainage lines being treated in accordance with the FOP?

  • Unless allowed in the FOP, are the streamside reserves clear of logging debris?

  • Has machinery damage to stream banks been avoided?

  • Are streams clear of visible evidence of sediment?

  • Has mud from landings been prevented from entering streams?

  • Are fuels and lubricants stored in a location where leaks cannot enter streams either directly or indirectly through table drains?

Utilisation

7. Utilisation

  • Is timber being felled systematically, and to the prescription stipulated in the FOP?

  • Is timber being felled to minimise damage to high value log products?

  • Is damage to retained trees within acceptable limits?

  • Are felled trees processed to maximise value recovery?

  • Are all saleable high value products being segregated correctly at the landing?

Conservation

8. Conservation - Natural and Cultural Values

  • Have the conservation prescriptions in the FOP been followed?

Restoration

9. Restoration

  • Is drainage and restoration being done progressively?

  • Have road, snig tracks, landings and other restoration been completed as specified and is effective?

  • Have log crossings been removed?

  • Is this the final visit?

  • Is there a need for burning of bark heaps or residual fuel loads?

  • Please advise the forest planner for inclusion in burning program!

  • Does a regen survey need to be completed at a later date?

  • Please advise the forest planner for inclusion in regen survey program!

  • Seed present?

  • Seed worth collecting?

  • Were any forest health issues evident, including new sites of declared weeds?

Sign off

10. Comments

  • Any WH&S issues raised?

  • Enter all WHS issues raised

  • WHS issue
  • Enter information

  • Enter any comments regarding the operation

  • Comments
  • Enter Comments

  • Enter any photos of operation

  • Photos
  • Take image

11. Corrective actions

  • Enter corrective actions

  • Corrective action
  • Corrective action

  • Person responsible

  • By date

Sign off

  • Landowner

  • Contractor or agent

  • SFM or Assessor

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