News/Useful Information

• eArborist    Sell your Arb equipment free on-line
• TER. The national plant and equipment register. Stolen equipment database.

Legislation

• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. (PUWER) (see publications below)

LOLER & PUWER publications (all free to download)  

• Simple guide to the Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. INDG 291 HSE Leaflet.
• PUWER 98: How the regulations apply to Agriculture and Forestry.  HSE Leaflet (AIS 27).  

• Power-fed mobile wood chippers - Operator protection at infeed chutes  HSE Info sheet

• Forestry and British Timber. UK. Monthly.

AFAG Publications. Available to View On-Line and download free direct from the AFAG website.

• 604 Wood chippers
• 605 Mechanical roadside processing

Publication Extracts (books, handbooks & bulletins)

• All Bar None: Woodchipper article discussing latest safety requirements.  Landscape & Amenity Buyer. October 2000. Horticulture Week.

National Proficiency Tests Council (NPTC) -   Scottish Skills Testing Service (SSTS)

The following assessment schedules can be downloaded free of charge from the NPTC website.

• Certificate of Competence in Brushwood Operations

AIE Links

• Main Subject Index
• Log Splitters, Personal Protective Equipment, Stump Grinding Machines.

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