OHS requirements: | are to be in line with applicable federal, state or territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures and may include: safe work procedures hazard and risk control elimination of hazardous materials and substances techniques for manual handling, including shifting, lifting and carrying |
Legislative requirements: | are to be in line with applicable legislation from all levels of government that affect forest operations in relation to cultural heritage protection and may include: specific site environmental management plans relevant codes of practice Safe Work Australia code of practice ‘Managing Risks in Forest Operations’ relevant Australian and industry standards forest operational plans hazard reduction policy and procedures plantation legislation reforestation codes duty of care |
Organisational requirements may include: | legal compliance documentation organisational and site guidelines policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility procedural manuals quality and continuous improvement processes and standards OHS emergency and evacuation procedures ethical standards recording and reporting equipment use, maintenance and storage environmental management requirements, including waste minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines supervision requirements training and licensing |
Government departments and agencies: | are those federal, state or territory and local departments, authorities, commissions or offices responsible for and administering cultural heritage legislation, codes, guidelines and policy and procedures, and may include: Indigenous affairs and culture heritage and history environment sustainability forestry parks and wildlife water |
Indigenous heritage: | consists of any place or object of significance to Indigenous people because of their traditions, observances, lore, customs, beliefs and history, and may include: sacred sites ceremonial sites burial sites rock art and engravings ochre pits scatter sites scarred or carved trees stone arrangements or bora rings stone tool manufacture and grinding sites artefacts massacre sites |
Historical heritage: | is the legacy of physical artefacts inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations, and may include: buildings constructions mining ruins roadways landscape features, including: convict markings or carvings blazed trees historic locations and sites monuments historic artefacts and objects |
Natural heritage: | designates outstanding physical, biological and geological features, which may include: physiological feature paleontological feature biological formation habitat of protected, rare or endangered species specific species management area scientific site educational significant site spiritual site nature reserve wilderness area |
Operational plan: | may include: harvesting plan coupe plan road plan drainage plan maps aerial photographs generally includes information and instructions relevant to: general coupe/compartment requirements forest inventory trees to be felled and retained site plan and environmental features environmental requirements exclusion zone data and details sensitive habitat locations |
Appropriate personnel may include: | colleagues supervisors managers regulatory agency personnel |
Protection zones: | are areas or zones where operational conditions are varied by prescriptions for the management and protection of cultural heritage sites, and may include: sites of cultural or heritage significance Indigenous sacred sites protected areas or features sites containing danger or risk exclusion zones |
Changing conditions: | are those conditions that can alter or change and therefore require different work strategies or practices to maximise cultural heritage protection from an increased risk of harm and may include: unexpected discovery of an Indigenous site changing cultural sensitivity unexpected discovery of a heritage or historic site environmental features, changing ecology or ecosystem or habitat protected, rare or endangered species encountered operational conditions, such as: adverse weather conditions wind light ground conditions fire |
Documentation and reporting may include: | notifiable Indigenous heritage information requirements archaeological or historic finds legislative compliance environmental compliance information on appropriate habitats or landscape features exclusion zones hazards or potential cultural heritage hazards and risks quality outcome requirements and records certification requirements maintenance schedules and records verbal, manual or computer-based system |