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Falling and Bucking - BC RAVS
A Falling and Bucking RAVS is the written answer document that satisfies the falling and bucking element of the ISNetworld RAVS questionnaire. This BC version is written to Part 26 of the BC Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, so an ISNetworld reviewer can verify it against the legislation WorkSafeBC enforces. You add your company name, confirm the company-specific details, and upload it to your ISNetworld account.
- Pre-written answer aligned with Canadian regulatory references
- Upload to ISNetworld, Avetta, or ComplyWorks
- Word format — add your company name and customise in minutes
- Written by Canadian safety professionals
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Overview
What this RAVS document does
Falling and bucking timber is among the most dangerous work in BC, where a misjudged cut, a dangerous tree, or a worker in the falling area can be fatal. A hiring client that configures this element wants to see that a contractor uses qualified fallers and documented procedures.
This document states your company's falling and bucking program in the structure an ISNetworld reviewer expects: faller qualification and training, falling cut procedures and escape routes, the assessment of dangerous trees, bucking procedures, and control of the falling area. Each point ties back to Part 26 of the BC OHS Regulation. The file arrives in editable Word format - add your company name, confirm the company-specific details, and upload.
What the reviewer verifies
What ISNetworld checks
ISNetworld does not just check that a falling and bucking answer exists. A reviewer verifies the document addresses each requirement the hiring client has configured. For this element, that typically means confirming the document covers:
- A written falling and bucking program with purpose and scope
- Faller qualification, training acceptable to the Board, and documented progress
- Falling cut procedures, undercuts, back cuts, and escape routes
- Assessment and felling of dangerous trees
- Bucking procedures and the hazards of releasing a cut log
- Control of the falling area and the rule on entering an active falling area
What is inside
The document sections
- Purpose, scope, and definitions
- Roles and responsibilities
- Faller qualification, training, and documentation
- Falling cut procedures and escape routes
- Assessment and felling of dangerous trees
- Bucking procedures and log-movement hazards
- Faller location, assistance, and entry into the falling area
- BC OHS Regulation references
Regulatory references this RAVS is written to
- BC OHS Regulation
- Part 26 - Forestry Operations and Similar Activities
- Governing legislation
- Workers Compensation Act (British Columbia)
- Regulator
- WorkSafeBC
Who it is for
Who needs this RAVS
This RAVS is for BC contractors whose hiring clients require the falling and bucking element in ISNetworld, Avetta, or ComplyWorks. It applies to logging and forestry, land clearing, right-of-way clearing, and utility vegetation contractors whose crews fall and buck trees. If a hiring client's pre-qualification configuration flags falling and bucking, this is the document the reviewer is waiting on.
Practical guidance
How to pass the falling and bucking review the first time
- Use the BC version. ISNetworld reviewers reject falling and bucking answers written to the wrong jurisdiction. This document is written to Part 26 of the BC OHS Regulation and is what WorkSafeBC enforces.
- Confirm faller qualification. The RAVS states no worker falls or bucks until qualified, with training acceptable to the Board. A hiring client audit will ask to see the training records.
- Keep the falling-area rule clear. The document states only workers with associated duties enter an active falling area, and only after the faller advises it is safe. Make sure crews work that way in practice.
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Common questions
Questions about this RAVS
- What does the ISNetworld BC falling and bucking RAVS include?
- It is a complete, pre-written falling and bucking program written as an ISNetworld RAVS answer. It covers faller qualification and training, falling cut procedures and escape routes, dangerous tree assessment, bucking procedures, and control of the falling area, all referenced to Part 26 of the BC OHS Regulation.
- Does this cover dangerous trees?
- Yes. The document addresses the assessment of dangerous trees - hazardous tops, dead limbs, split trunks, heavy lean, and root damage - and the practice of felling dangerous trees progressively into open areas before adjacent live trees.
- Is this written to BC legislation?
- Yes. The document is tied to Part 26 of the BC Occupational Health and Safety Regulation and the Workers Compensation Act, which WorkSafeBC enforces. ISNetworld reviewers verify provincial answers against provincial legislation.
- How long does it take to complete and upload?
- Most companies finish in 15 to 30 minutes. You add your company name, confirm a few company-specific details, then copy the content into your ISNetworld RAVS questionnaire.