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 Bulletins

Supervision Guidelines for FMO RoR (Provisional Licence) for Forest Machine Operation(s)

FISA Safety Bulletin

Historically, this was known as the “Provisional Licence” scheme or “FMOCS” and originally administered by FCA, Forestry Commission L&D Branch Ae & mwmac Ltd.

Within the 6-month duration of the FMO Record of Registration, for it to remain valid, an employer must ensure there is adequate and appropriate supervision provided for trainees operating forest machines.

This is also a legal requirement under Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations and can be delivered by one or more individuals within, or external to, a work team.

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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.