Agenda for the 18th AFAG meeting
Health and Safety Executive
Agriculture Industry Advisory Committee
Arboriculture and Forestry Advisory Group
The 16th meeting will be held on
Thursday 6 May 2010 at Wakehurst Place, Ardingly,
West Sussex, RH17 6TN, 10.00hrs - 16.00hrs. Coffee from 09.30.
- Welcome / Apologies for absence
- Minutes of 17th meeting, 1 December 2009 - (AFAG Action Note 17)
- Matters arising
- AFAG Workplan 2010-11 & HSE's Strategy (AFAG/10/01)
- Review of AFAG Projects (AFAG/10/02) - Project Leaders
To review and update Progress Report.[NB Project A2 and Training and Certification issues will be covered during afternoon session]
- Lunch
- Communications - Sector
- APF 2010 - 'Training & Safety' Arena
- Saltex 2010 - 'Skills and Learning Zone'
- Forestry Summit - organisation of event
- AFAG Guidance - recent/proposed leaflets
- HSE Tree Work Website - update and feedback from the industry
- SHADs
- Training and Certification
- Current issues with certification and CS Units - Steve Hewitt
- Progress on revision of AFAG 805 - Simon Richmond
- Standards Work - Hans Fairley/James Brown/Sector
Verbal update on current work and international meeting in Scotland 2010
- Date and venue of next meeting
- Any Other Business
Previous AFAG papers are available on the AIAC / AFAG webpage.
Alan Plom
AFAG Secretary
