Safety Guides

FISA Safety Guides are listed below and are all downloadable for printing direct.
They are numbered in the same format as the previous AFAG Safety Guides.

FISA Technical Notes can be found here.

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

 

FISA 706

Timber Haulage

This leaflet covers the safe practices to be followed when operating large goods vehicles (LGVs) in the forest. 

This guide is kindly sponsored by Volvo.

FISA 705

Steep slope working in forestry

This leaflet covers the safe work practices to be followed when harvesting and extracting trees on steep or difficult ground. 

FISA 704

Excavators in tree work

This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed when operating tracked 360 excavators and walking excavators in forestry and other tree work. 

FISA 703

Debogging and recovery of forestry machines

This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed when recovering machines that have become bogged down during forestry and other tree work.

FISA 702

All-terrain vehicles

This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed when using all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). ATVs are sit-in vehicles that are designed specifically for off-road use.

FISA 701

ATV quad bikes

This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be adopted when using a sit-astride all-terrain vehicle ( ATV), often known as an ATV quad bike. These are most commonly four-, but can be three- or even six-, wheeled vehicles designed for off-road use.

FISA 608

Tree Shear and Grapple Saw

This document provides guidance on the safe working practices to be followed when operating tree shear and grapple saw equipment.

July 2022 - FISA 608 updated to version 4; Alongside this a suitable training course has been scoped and outlined, this outline will continue to be reviewed in line with the guidance.

FISA 607

Firewood processors

This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed when using firewood processors. It covers machines with a cutting device (either circular saw or chainsaw types) and a splitting ram and includes advice for electrically powered, power take-off (PTO) shaft or petrol-engine-driven machines.

FISA 605

Mechanical roadside processing

This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be adopted when carrying out mechanical roadside processing in forestry and other tree work.

FISA 604

Wood chippers

This leaflet covers the safe working practices to be followed when operating a wood chipper.

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.