Elevated level of safety

The Delta tree service team received rescue training on the annual safety reset day in Dunedin yesterday.

Arborists (from left) Braxton Mackenzie-White, Cam Bell, Joe Nunn, Dan Stones, Reece Watson and Jamie McDonald practised a pole rescue on the trunk of a tree in Queens Dr.

Delta tree service team manager Mark Roberts said the safety reset was the first task everyone at Delta did every year to get back in a safety mindset.

This year’s theme was communication and manual lifting.

The pole rescue training was being conducted on trees that were scheduled to be felled in the coming weeks and a different style of rescue would be practised on trees that would be retained.