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Forestry Safety Day

21st October 2025

Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells. 10am - 3pm

Open to anyone working in forestry operations in Wales, Confor is hosting a Forestry Safety Day in collaboration with Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the Forest Industry Safety Accord (FISA).

Forest workers from the Welsh public and private sectors are invited to join us for a day discussing industry safety, from reporting and planning requirements to mental health and risk zones.
We expect speakers from FCA, FISA, Mountain Rescue and NRW.

Light lunch and refreshments included.

This event is kindly sponsored by Pontrilas Sawmills and NRW.

This is a free event but tickets are limited. Please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

More detail here.

 

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