Forestry inspector

The inspection is the instrument. The inspector carries out checks, monitors the workplace, and sees a forestry operation as it actually runs rather than as its paperwork describes it. The inspector writes work-related reports that record the findings and can be understood by people outside the field.

Several kinds of rule apply at once. The inspector works from forestry regulations and from the environmental protection rules that apply in agriculture and forestry, and examines both the way timber is taken and what is done afterwards, including reforestation.

Money and safety are inspected alongside the forestry. Wages and costs form part of the examination, and the health and safety measures are checked and then communicated to the workers. The inspector analyses the business processes behind an operation and reports on the work carried out.