Sphere have an excellent background in working on Arboriculture projects and take pride in its ability to provide sound, practical Safe and Healthy solutions to a wide variety of Arboriculture conundrums. Sphere has helped to manage Arboriculture projects ranging in value from £150k to £2.3m, utilising a workforce of up to 50 and taking anything from 3 months to 4 years to complete.
The Arboriculture industry is covered by a specific set of guidance notes and competency criteria. Under this guidance there are key areas of responsibility and competency:-
Operators need to be trained in AFAG & NPTC standards — The Nations national guidelines and competency awarding body.
Supervision— Operators need to be suitably supervised with your Supervisors being key to establishing a positive safety culture with clear responsibilities and actions
Operators working near to electrical powerlines need to be trained in Electrical Safety Competence— UA 1, – UA5.
Sphere is keen to aid Arboriculture company’s with their compliance and can deliver practical and pragmatic safety advice where required
General Health and Safety services are also provided dependent upon the client’s requirements and geared to the Arboriculture project at hand
Toolbox talks are an essential part of communicating safety behaviour and Sphere relishes the chance to interact and improve your employees safety perception.
Case Study.
A Nationwide arboriculture company wanted to improve its safety performance and in addition prove to its largest client that it was well suited to take on new work in a competent manner.
Sphere provided a simple gap analysis and positive action policy which, working with sphere’s clients management team improved.
Management decision making- Confidence in the organization from its largest client
- Staff understanding of safety
- Documentation and planning
- Reporting through to the client of safety actions and interventions
- Improved status on UVDB Achillies
- Better contractor control & contractor safety
- Improved staff safety
- Improved public safety
This management process has produced increased profitability for Sphere’s client directly leading to an increase in the workforce and workload
Note: Arboriculture project planning is applied throughout the project lifetime
