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FICA Elections 2024

September 9th 2024 Nominations for the Forest Industry Contractors Association Board nominations open tomorrow 10 September 2024. An election to appoint Board Members will follow the nomination period if there are more Read more

New temporary visa option for some seasonal workers

August 16th 2024 The Government has announced a temporary Specific Purpose Work Visa (SPWV) subcategory to make it easier for employers to hire some seasonal workers for upcoming peak periods. The SPWV subcategory is Read more

FICA E-newsletter - August 2024

August 14th 2024 In our latest FICA update, we're covering: Key Info for Members Market Update  Safetree Fatality Alerts  Do your due diligence  WorkSafe Improvement Notices  FICA Event - Rotovegas 2024 Read more

Cable Yarder Safe Access and Guarding Best Practice Guidelines

August 14th 2024 The final version of the Cable Yarder Safe Access and guarding BPG document is now available. It will be published without WorkSafe endorsement and will not be used as a guidance document for Read more

Slash Risk Management Handbook Out Now

August 14th 2024 The New Zealand Slash Risk Management Handbook is now live on MPI’s website . Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service is offering hardcopies of the handbook to forestry contractors, so it is Read more

FICA E-newsletter - July 2024

July 10th 2024 In our latest FICA update, we're covering: Market Update WorkSafe Strategy and Sector Priority Plan Immigration Update WorkSafe Improvement Notices Nelson / Marlborough Trip Meeting with the Minister Read more

In the Ute with Dave Adams, Operations Manager, G White Logging

July 9th 2024 Dave Adams has had a long career in forestry, first working as a full time logger before turning his hand to safety and training management roles and operations / management. He is the current Read more

Immigration NZ Roundup

July 7th 2024 Here is a summary of recent key operational and policy updates about the immigration system. Please note this is not an exhaustive list of updates. For more information about any of the updates Read more

Manual Tree Falling Scenario

June 24th 2024 We received this write up from Erik Wardrop who is a manual tree faller (Mohua Forestry & Environmental Services Ltd). In this case Erik flagged concerns about manually falling an area with a very Read more
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