Managing Risk from Falling Trees - Seminar programme

Duration - 2.5 Hours

Arrive 09:30 - 09:45

Programme

09:30 - Coffee

10:00 - Start

• A brief overview of the legal framework
• The Health and Safety Executive
  • Management of risk from falling trees - Sector Information Minute 01/2007/05
  • The Tolerability of Risk Framework
• Reasonable practicability and proportionality in risk decision making
• Considering the benefits of trees as well as the risks
• The National Tree Safety Group guidance
• Coffee break (20 minutes)
• Prioritising risks
• The tree risk assessment process
  • Desktop study
  • Drive-by assessment
  • Walkover assessment
  • Tree inventories
  • Detailed inspections
• Avoiding the inappropriate use of risk matrices
• Quantifying the risks
• Instructing a tree risk assessment
• Questions and discussion

12:15 - Coffee and networking

12:30 - Finish and depart