Contents

  • Cover
  • Front matter
  • Introduction
  • Identifying and managing risk
    • Risk overview
    • Working smart and efficiently
    • Starting the job – be prepared
    • The job is not finished until it is signed-off
  • Basics
    • Roading terms
    • Basics about soil
  • Good construction
    • A well-constructed road
    • A well-constructed landing
  • Earthworks
    • The right machine for the task
    • Clearing and stripping
    • Cut and side cast construction
    • Cut and bench fill construction
    • Full bench construction with end-haul
    • Earthworks compaction
    • Landing construction
    • Forming road corners and in-bends
    • Final grading before metalling
    • Stabilising cut/fill slopes
  • Water control
    • Water control overview
    • Ditches
    • Road drainage culverts
    • Berms and cut-outs
    • Flumes
    • Silt traps and soak holes
    • Silt fences
    • Single culvert river crossings
    • Ford crossings
    • Bridges
  • Applying aggregate (metalling)
  • Repairs and maintenance
    • R&M overview
    • R&M common to new construction
    • R&M of road formation
    • R&M during harvesting operations
    • R&M of river crossings
  • Assisting loggers and harvesting rehab
    • Installing deadmen
    • Installing debris traps
    • Harvesting track rehabilitation (rehab)
    • Harvesting track rehabilitation – cut-outs
    • Landing rehab
  • Want to learn more?
  • Glossary

NZ Forest Road Engineering Manual: Operators Guide

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  2. Identifying and managing risk ›
  3. The job is not finished until it is signed-off
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The job is not finished until it is signed-off

You should leave the site proud of what you have achieved. The finished job shows your skills and care as an operator. Always do a final check.

Table 3: The job is not finished until it is signed-off
Safety
Is the site safe? For example, free of dangerous trees, perched rocks, other hazards
Are all markers and signage in place?
Are there any health and safety risks left for future operations?
Environment
Did I comply with all the NES permitted activity standards, the resource consents or other job conditions?
Was all the rubbish and waste taken off-site?
Does the machinery need cleaning before moving onto the next job, to reduce the spread of noxious weeds?
The job
Was the plan followed? If there were plan changes, have these been agreed and documented?
Was the preparation done correctly? For example, topsoil and stumps stripped?
Was the subgrade formation work done correctly? For example, benched and compacted where needed. Does the road have the correct width, grade and alignment?
Was the water control installed correctly? For example, culverts are well located and spaced, water table drains of the right depth, berms to protect fill
Are all cut batters left in a stable and safe state − benched if over 6 m in height?
Are fill slopes compacted and stable?

If you have answered “no” to any of these questions, discuss them with your supervisor!

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