Performance Standards
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In order to provide logging companies with a definitive, measurable means of achieving certification, AMLCP has established eight goals, the end to which all efforts of harvesting are directed. The goals are further defined by harvest responsibilities, each with their own set of performance indicators. These indicators, when met, enable a company to achieve the eight goals and earn AML certification.
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Harvest Integrity System
Certified Atlantic Master Loggers are expected to document the activities associated with harvest contracts. This documentation shall include:
- Timber Harvesting Agreement (written agreement between contractor and landowner)
- Harvest operations plan and post-harvest checklist that ensures requirements of performance standard were considered
- Harvest Summary (final summary of harvest results – shared with landowner)
The Harvest Integrity System (HIS) will include the following components:
1. A written agreement with landowners/managers that clearly defines the terms of the harvest process. This agreement will address at a minimum, the following requirements:
- Description or map of the area of operation;
- Requirement to adhere to applicable laws and regulations (e.g., Occupational Health and Safety, Forestry, Wildlife, Fire Protection Legislation, and Environmental Protection Legislation) and the standards for performance outlined in the Atlantic Master Logger Performance Standard;
- Method and terms of payment;
- Liability issues;
- Cancellation/termination conditions;
- Road construction, maintenance and upgrading;
- Timing of operation;
- Binding of agreement to executors and heirs of the property in case something should happen to the landowner;
- Extension of operation timing due to unforeseeable acts; and,
- Provision for or against assignment of contract.
It is recommended that the agreement be reviewed by legal counsel prior to use.
2. A Harvest Operations Plan that identifies property ownership information and consideration for environmental, water resources and silvicultural requirements in developing a harvest plan or prescription.
3. A Post-Harvest Checklist that reviews how well the prescription was adhered to and whether there are any follow-up requirements.
4. A Harvest Summary that provides a summary of the harvest completed on a particular property, including what was harvested, where it was delivered, and the payment to the landowner (this will be essential for chain of custody, if required).
Click here to download printable examples of checklists that a Master Logger may use.
A Master Logger may develop his/her own documents but the purpose and scope of the documents shall be consistent with this procedure and the requirements of the Program Standard.
If the Master Logger is contracted to work on Crown land, or on land certified to a forest certification standard, it is acceptable that the documentation requirements of the landowner / manager be used instead, provided there is an equivalent document in use. In these circumstances, it is expected that the contractor will maintain copies of the documentation for periodic inspection.
It is the responsibility of the Master Logger to use the HIS in every contract or agreement entered into subsequent to becoming certified, and maintains records.
It will be the responsibility of the Field Verifier to verify that the Master Logger has established and maintained an HIS.
