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Initiatives for Forestry
Four forestry initiatives currently underway have been developed through strategic partnerships with industry associations, employers, labour and WorkSafeBC safety representatives.
BC Faller Training and Certification
Representatives from COFI, United Steelworkers-Canada, the Interior Logging associations and WorkSafeBC have been working together to update the 1991 faller/bucker training program. The update (in 2002) reflects the changes in harvesting techniques, forestry technologies and will reflect the change to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation Part 26 requiring faller certification and training.
The new training program includes a student and instructor guide, a faller's logbook, and materials to perform a program evaluation. A video demonstrating the principles and practices of safe falling is also part of the curriculum. To ensure consistent, high quality training, instructor criteria and standards and supervisory quality checks have been developed. The new comprehensive certification process upgrades the knowledge of existing fallers as well as creates a generation of well-trained workers for the future.
Certification
For more information on the certification process, see the BC Faller Training Standard & Certification web site at
http://www.bcforestsafe.org/training/faller_certification.html
or call the BC Faller Training Standard & Certification Program at 1-877-741-1060.
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