Elements and Performance Criteria
- Quantify and qualify factors to be included in the organisational forest management system
- Applicable occupational health and safety (OHS), environmental, legislative and organisational requirements relevant to developing forest management systems and processes are identified and followed
- Strategic factors impacting on organisational compliance with legislation and policies are identified and quantified
- Range and scope of activities being undertaken by the organisation within legislative and policy guidelines are quantified
- Information is monitored to identify and maintain knowledge of forestry management issues
- Qualifying strategic and operational factors impinging on organisational forestry management processes are measured
- Establish forestry management plan and system
- Strategic priorities are identified and planned that support overall legislative and policy guidelines
- Design of the organisational forestry management system is directed and managed
- Criteria for implementing and maintaining systems concerned with managing forests are developed
- Methods are developed to gather and monitor forest management information
- Forest management plans and system are regularly evaluated to ensure accuracy and compliance with legislation and policies
- Facilitate the introduction of the forest management system
- Processes for forestry management are developed and introduced
- Processes are circulated within the organisation and sign-off by staff, employees and contractors is obtained
- Compliance of staff, employees and contractors is monitored
- Feedback systems are developed, circulated and maintained to ensure all stakeholders can support the forestry management process
- Implement forest management system
- Methods for determining effectiveness of the major elements of the forest management system are introduced
- Resources are allocated to the implementation process in line with timelines and budget
- Those involved in implementing the system are informed of expected outcomes, and responsibility for designated roles is assigned
- Operational controls for implementing plans are established
- Staff are trained to ensure that quality assurance practices are applied to the forestry management process on a daily basis
- Monitor and evaluate forest management system
- Routine monitoring of forestry management plans and programs is conducted
- Information on the condition of forests is evaluated and considered for ongoing improvements
- Reports are monitored for compliance with regulations and controls
- Corrective action is taken to ensure compliance
- System is regularly evaluated and modified to reflect ongoing improvement