Progress Report 2007-2008 - Department of Environment and ...
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Results <strong>of</strong> both internal <strong>and</strong> external regulators’ auditing are contained in milestone 31. Australian<br />
Forestry St<strong>and</strong>ard (AFS) audit outcomes are available on request.<br />
<strong>Report</strong>ing<br />
Forests NSW continues to publicly report at a statewide level compliance <strong>and</strong> monitoring results in its<br />
SEEing report. The compliance summary lists infringements notices issued by external regulators. It<br />
also lists the compliance checks made by Forests NSW as part <strong>of</strong> the internal monitoring <strong>and</strong> auditing<br />
strategy <strong>and</strong> associated compliance, expressed as a percentage.<br />
Review<br />
As part <strong>of</strong> the implementation <strong>of</strong> Forests NSW EMS, all operational control documents are regularly<br />
reviewed <strong>and</strong> updated in accordance with the timeframes specified within the documents, or within the<br />
Document Control Procedures, which describe the process for reviewing documents (including internal<br />
Forest Practices Circulars) for consistency with current st<strong>and</strong>ards.<br />
For example, in mid-2005, Forests NSW completed its review <strong>of</strong> the Forest Practices Code 1<br />
(Plantations Code 1995) Timber Harvesting in Forests NSW Plantations.<br />
Staff training <strong>and</strong> development<br />
DECC<br />
<strong>Report</strong>ing on the number <strong>of</strong> staff directly employed within the reporting area, categories <strong>of</strong> training <strong>and</strong><br />
numbers trained in each category is not possible in detail for DECC in the <strong>2007</strong>–<strong>2008</strong> reporting year.<br />
Updated figures to June <strong>2008</strong> on employees by classification for DECC staff, the location <strong>of</strong> staff<br />
(Regional or Metropolitan) is provided in Appendix 6 (pages 193–194) <strong>of</strong> the DECC Annual <strong>Report</strong><br />
<strong>2007</strong>–08. Information on the DECC Learning <strong>and</strong> Development Framework, Aboriginal Cadetship<br />
Program, Fire Management Training <strong>and</strong> other staff training <strong>and</strong> development programs is provided<br />
in pages 115–118 (in Chapter 5: Skilled people <strong>and</strong> smart systems) <strong>of</strong> the DECC Annual <strong>Report</strong><br />
<strong>2007</strong>–08.<br />
Forests NSW<br />
Forests NSW has published information for staff training <strong>and</strong> development, as well as number <strong>of</strong> staff<br />
directly employed by Forests NSW in the Forests NSW SEEing <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2007</strong>–<strong>2008</strong>. Social<br />
<strong>Environment</strong>al <strong>and</strong> Economic <strong>Report</strong>. Forests NSW, Pennant Hills NSW. However, reporting on the<br />
categories <strong>of</strong> training <strong>and</strong> numbers trained in each category for each <strong>of</strong> the Forest Agreement areas is<br />
not possible for Forests NSW, as reporting boundaries do not match Forest Agreement boundaries.<br />
NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS