Forestry Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) is approvedFriday 15 Aug 2025
The ACOP outlines the responsibilities and legal expectations for forestry operators, and helps workers know what good looks like. It uses shared language between industry and WorkSafe and simplifies WorkSafe’s expectations of businesses and worker to keep people safe at work. When the guidance will be available The ACOP will come into effect on 26 August 2025 and will be published alongside the Good Practice Guide for Small Forestry Operations. We’ve developed a set of online learning modules to help industry get familiar with the ACOP and what it means for businesses and workers. These will also be available once the guidance is in effect. Links to the full suite of guidance and learning modules will be released as soon as it’s available. Next steps The Minister will officially launch the ACOP in Palmerston North on 26 August 2025, at a Forest Industry Contractors Association event. It will go online the same day. After that, we will be coordinating our efforts with forestry people and industry groups to help put the ACOP into practice. Thank you for all your help Once again, we’d like to thank you for your work and considerable contribution in developing an ACOP that brings together sound industry knowledge with technical health and safety expertise. The ACOP sets a good direction for improving health and safety outcomes, and we look forward to engagement with industry continuing. Source: WorkSafe NZ Image credit: FOA NZ  | ||
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