Arboriculture & Forestry Advisory Group Leaflets
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Establishment
AFAG 102 - Pre-planting
spraying of container-grown seedlings
AFAG 103 - Planting
AFAG 104 - Fencing
AFAG 105 - Hand-held
power posthole borer
Maintenance
AFAG 201 - Hand
held weeding, brashing and pruning
AFAG 202 - Application
of pesticides by hand-held equipment
AFAG 203 - Clearing
saw
Chainsaws
AFAG 301 - Using
petrol-driven chainsaws
AFAG 302 - Basic
chainsaw felling and takedown
AFAG 303 - Chainsaw
snedding
AFAG 304 - Chainsaw
cross-cutting and manual stacking
AFAG 306 - Chainsaw
clearance of windblow
AFAG 307 - Chainsaw
felling of large trees
AFAG 308 - Top-handled
chainsaws
AFAG 310 - Use
of winches in directional felling and takedown
Work off ground
AFAG 401 - Tree-climbing
operations
AFAG 402 - Aerial
tree rescue
AFAG 403 - Mobile
elevated work platforms (MEWPs) for tree work
Extraction
AFAG 501 - Tractor
units in tree work
AFAG 502 - Extraction
by skidder
AFAG 503 -
Extraction by forwarder
AFAG 504 - Extraction
by cable crane
AFAG 506 - Extraction
by horse
Processing
AFAG 601 - Mobile
circular saw bench
AFAG 602 - Mobile
peeling machine
AFAG 603 - Mechanical
harvesting
AFAG 604 - Wood
chippers
AFAG 605 - Mechanical
roadside processing
AFAG 606 - Mobile
stump grinders
AFAG 607 - Firewood
processors
Vehicles
AFAG 701 - ATV
quad bikes
AFAG 702 - All-terrain
vehicles
AFAG 703 - Debogging
and recovery of forest machines
AFAG 705 - Steep
slope working in forestry
General Safety
AFAG 802 - Emergency
planning
AFAG 803 - Firefighting
AFAG 804 - Electricity
at work: Forestry and arboriculture
AFAG 805 - Training
& Certification
Further Information
AS24 - Power
take-offs and power take-off drive shafts
AIS24 - Safe
use of forage harvesters
AIS27 - PUWER
98: How the Regulations apply to agriculture and forestry
AIS29 - LOLER:
How the Regulations apply to forestry
AIS30 - LOLER:
How the Regulations apply to arboriculture
AIS38 - Power-fed
mobile wood chippers - Operator protection at...
HSE31 - RIDDOR
explained (Revision 4)
INDG177 - Health
& safety guide for gamekeepers
INDG145
- Review of workplace control measures to reduce risks...
INDG214 - WORKERS
SAFETY ADVISOR CHALLENGE FUND
INDG229 - OC
770/07 - SAFEGUARDING METAL SPINNING MACHINES
INDG290 - Simple
guide to the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
INDG294 - Guidance
for the recovered paper industry - recover...
INDG317 - Topic
Inspection Pack - Workplace Transport
INDG345 - HSE
- Publications - Welfare at work
INDG363 -
Protect your hearing or lose it!
WIS35 - Safe use of
power-operated cross-cut saws
WIS36 - Safe use of
manually operated cross-cut saws
WIS38 - PUWER
98: Retrofitting of braking to woodworking machines
AFAG Guides (forestry leaflets) information
Farm and estate forestry operations
Managing Health and Safety in Forestry [275kb]
Tree Work Accidents: An analysis of fatal and serious injuries
