Safety Guides & Technical Notes

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

FISA Technical Notes can be found here.

FISA 103

Planting

This leaflet covers the measures to be taken to ensure that the risk of injury is minimised when using manual tools for tree-planting operations.

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FISA 102

Pre-planting spraying of container-grown seedlings

This leaflet covers the pre-planting application of pesticides to container-grown seedlings for forestry and other tree work.

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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.