Safety Guides & Technical Notes

FISA Safety Guides are listed below and are all downloadable for printing direct.

FISA Technical Notes can be found here.

Categories: Safety Library

FISA Outline Chainsaw Competency System

FISA Outline Chainsaw Competency System - version 5 is available to download below. 

October 2022 - Example Chainsaw Operators Logbook - download below.
Recording your competence is how you are able to demonstrate and log your ongoing competency development. This provides evidence and proof you can manage the work tasks you are undertaking. The record of competency also helps to look at new skill development you will aim to achieve in future.  Your competency log will probably be asked for by those you work for and the site Forest Works Manager (FWM). A log you can effectively share with others will help you manage how you share your competency record.  How you record your competency log is your choice, we offer a paper example chainsaw operators logbook here.  You may keep a paper record; you may choose to use a digital APP as your method of recording. 

More background on the chainsaw competency system can be found here.

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Safety Guides

FISA Safety Guides are numbered in the same format as the previous AFAG Safety Guides:

  • 100s - Establishment
  • 200s - Maintenance
  • 300s - Chainsaw Use
  • 500s - Extraction
  • 600s - Processing
  • 700s - Vehicles
  • 800s - General Safety

Technical Notes

  • TN001 - Using Tree Jacks
  • TN002 - Planning Chainsaw Operations
  • TN003 - Inspection of Work Equipment & Machines
  • TN004 - Chainshot - Manage the Risk

Additional information

Aerial tree work guides from Arboricultural Association can be found here

A couple of AFAG guides can be found here

Bulk purchase of some of the FISA guides is available - please email technical@ukfisa.com for more detail.