Tree Safety Contractor Engagement & Management Paul Smith – Technical Officer
Purify the air through Reduction of radiation Reduce storm water Enhancement of cultural Role in recreation; Decrease loss of soil capturing particulate and solar heat gain runoff through enhanced and aesthetic qualities trees grow/are grown nutrients to erosion matter, carbon dioxide, through shading and soil permeability (e.g. traffic calming, in location that people and leaching ozone and other air evapotranspiration (sustainable urban enhanced walking recreate pollutants drainage) environment) Role in human Noise filters well being e.g. traffic noise Help reduce Links to our intensity of heritage and urban heat past island effect Help create a Increase sense of place water soil infiltration and storage Contribute to ecological communities Can provide What did trees and the urban fruit, flowers Carbon and scents sequestration and storage Mirror forest ever do for us…... achievements Provide of society privacy - screening Improve soil biological Maintain/ activity enhance soil organic Provide matter employment Produce Increase oxygen property values Biophillic – Humans Community Natural, graceful Marketable products Decrease the need for nature desire to be involvement and shapes of trees such as mulch, timber, energy for cooling around trees and socialising e.g. tree What next? provide an etc buildings nature planting architectural transition (shape, scale, form)
Key Messages • Trees are important so we should look after them trees .org.uk
Common Sense Risk Management of Trees “People are prepared to accept a degree of risk because of the value of trees, and the pleasure they derive from visiting or participating in leisure activates in tree’d environments. Therefore, it is acceptable that tree management does not seek to eliminate all risk of minor and easily healed injuries. ” National Tree Safety Group, 2011 trees .org.uk
Judge Richard Wakerley QC said: "The condition and the danger the tree presented would have been obvious to anyone making a close inspection of that tree." trees .org.uk
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A sensible approach…. • Create (at least) a basic tree policy or strategy and stick to it • Levels of surveying & inspection, identification of high use/target areas (zoning), timescales, reactive and proactive measures, designated responsibilities trees .org.uk
Decay is a natural process? trees .org.uk Taken from Lantra Basic Tree Survey and Inspection Course
Key Messages • Trees are important so that we should look after them • Have a plan, ideally documented trees .org.uk
Engaging Contractors • What’s a good idea to check? trees .org.uk
Engaging Contractors cont. • Desirable attributes? trees .org.uk
Industry Good Practice / Guidance • Guides to Industry Good Practice - AFAG Safety Guides FISA Safety Guides HSE Leaflets, etc ICOP Guidance • Operator Training and Certification - NPTC/Lantra Certificates of Competence (license to practice) First Aid Training Signing and Guarding Training, etc trees .org.uk
A mark of excellence trees .org.uk
Key Messages • Trees are important so that we should look after them • Have a plan, ideally documented • Engage the right people to do the right jobs trees .org.uk
Consider joining the AA www.trees.org.uk trees .org.uk
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