Information

  • Document No.

  • Property Name

  • Client / Site

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Forest Manager's Name and any others present

Audit details and Period of Review

  • Date of last audit

  • Date of this audit

  • Field visit carried out?

  • If NO why not?

Certificate details

  • Is the most recently signed Constitution within date? (5 years)

  • Is the Group Scheme Certificate or Acceptance Letter within date? (5 years)

  • Can legal tenure be confirmed as per UKWAS requirements?

  • Are all legal Aspects the same?

  • Comments and actions

Corrective Actions Brought Forward From Last Audit

  • Corrective Actions

  • Corrective Action
  • Number and Brief Description

  • Severity

  • Closed?

Material Changes Since Last Audit

  • Is the Ownership the Same as previously recorded?

  • Is the current forest area the same as previously stated?

  • State current certified area.

  • What are the designations of the site and is there any change to these?

  • Are the owners' management policy and objectives the same?

  • Is the Forest Plan the same one as at the last audit?

  • Record any other significant changes not recorded above,

Grant Approvals and Other Grant Aid

  • Details of any lapsed schemes

  • Details of any amendments

  • Details of any new schemes

  • Grant payments delayed or overdue

Long Term Forest Plan

  • What is the expiry date on the current forest plan?

  • Plan Review

  • Comment on plan review.

  • Describe any changes to the Forest Plan.

  • Is the compartment schedule up to date?

  • Is the mapping up to date?

  • Are there any mapping additions?

General Aspects

  • Correspondence or communications received?

  • Other notable aspects.

  • Reported incidents not recorded as a CAR.

  • Is the insurance cover up to date?

  • Future plans or other comments.

Harvesting activity since last audit.

  • Compartments and area felled.

  • Compartments and area thinned.

  • Do felled and thinned areas correspond to the approved areas in the Forest Plan or Felling Licence?

  • Are contract checklists and competences for the harvesting in order

  • If active harvesting is progressing check the following.

  • Is any ground damage acceptable? Are log bridges suitable? Are water courses free from contamination?

  • Is diesel and oil storage acceptable? Are tanks locked? Is the site free from oil spillage and contamination?

  • Are timber stack heights acceptable?

  • Do site operatives have and use appropriate personal protective equipment?

  • Is site signage sufficient and appropriate? Are goal posts in place at power lines? If necessary are alternative routes for public access available and marked?

  • Is there an emergency response plan and first aid provision? Is there suitable spill response equipment and materials?

  • Are road conditions and haulage arrangements adequate. (I.e no diesel spillage, rutting of road, runoff of silt to water courses etc)

  • At field inspection check the following. (Either during or after harvesting.)

  • Have/are any special features on the site been/being adequately marked and protected? (Eg protected species, ASNW, Retentions, etc)

  • Have/are deadwood requirements been/being met?

  • Is the site generally clean an tidy?

Chain of custody

  • Check a sample of TANs and or contract documentation.

  • Are the TANs taken from the correct TAN book? (FSC or PEFC as appropriate) N/A if sold standing.

  • Is the certification status correctly stated on contract documentation?

  • Is the certification status and correct certificate number stated on sales documentation? If a Scottish Woodlands worked sale this should be our CoC number. If a standing sale this should be to Group Scheme number

  • Do self billing involves or client invoices correctly state the certification status and number? N/A if sold standing.

Restocking activity since last audit.

  • Compartments and area restocked

  • Species used to restock (including %)

  • Does restocking correspond to the approved Forest Plan or Felling Licence Conditions?

  • Has any ground preparation been carried out to an appropriate standard ref: the Forest and Water Guidelines?

  • Are contract checklists and competences for the restocking in order?

  • FC inspected and approved?

Pesticide use since last audit.

  • Are FEPA Records correctly maintained?

  • Have all pesticide containers been disposed of correctly?

  • Are all pesticides used approved or derogated for use on certified forests?

  • Has all pesticide use been carried out with appropriate contract checklist, trained and competent individuals? Check competences on capacity or file and contract checklist.

Roads and access

  • Are any new road works properly consented? (I.e. SEPA CAR Licences, FCS EIA Determination, Planning Approval if relevant.

  • Are appropriate measures in place to prevent road works from contaminating water courses? (E.g. Silt traps, silt fence, general construction methods.)

  • Are contract checklists and competences in order?

Other operational aspects

  • Have all environmental sensitivities been accounted for? (E.g. Water Guidelines, Protected Species, sensitive sites etc)

  • Note any other operational aspects here. E.g. Fertiliser, respacing, drainage work etc.

  • Do any ongoing operations meet the appropriate environmental and health and safety standards?

  • Do all recent drain and culvert ends have a silt trap?

Sporting, Deer and Game Mangment.

  • Is there a current sporting lease? Check competences on capacity or file and lease.

  • Are sporting and deer cull returns recorded on file?

  • Enter sporting and cull returns

  • Does sporting activity take into account any site sensitivities? (E.g. Siting of release pens, deer browsing on ASNW or PAWS sites)

Biodiversity Aspects.

  • Are Biodiversity Aspects clearly identified in the Forest Plan?

  • Are these clearly mapped?

  • Are there PAWS or ASNW within the forest and have the PAWS and ASNW been properly surveyed and is the survey on file?

  • Are the Management Prescriptions appropriate? Including LISS If suitable site

  • Is Deadwood being managed appropriately?

  • Are Retentions and Natural Reserves identified separately?

  • Are Retentions and Natural Reserves clearly mapped and are measured areas known

  • If Protected Species or UKBAP Species are present is there an appropriate survey and map?

Monitoring Programme

  • List the monitoring objectives in the plan. Are these being met?

  • Minimum UKWAS requirements

  • Harvesting yield?

  • Woodland composition and structure?

  • Flora and fauna (UKBAP and Protected Species)

  • Environmental and social impacts?

  • Other monitoring objectives and findings

Other and General Matters

  • Is public access available at a level appropriate to the woodland and are all statutory accesses respected?

  • Specify any other matters here.

Corrective Actions and Observations raised or remaining open this audit

  • Corrective Actions

  • Corrective Action
  • Capacity CAR Number and Brief Details

  • Severity

  • Observations
  • Details

SIgnatures

  • Signed by manager

  • Signed by auditor

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