A major step change must occur to take mechanisation to a whole new level to help improve forestry safety, a forestry safety seminar has heard. Forest Enterprises’ Dan Fraser, who has been involved in the forestry industry here for close to two decades said it was time to lift the bar. Forestry in Europe has been using remote controlled equipment — yarders, skidders and forwarders for more than 25 years. …Mr Fraser said future training demands should move away from basic chainsaw skills and incorporate sophisticated machine-operator training and teleoperation. “That is the future of this industry. We need to lift the bar so we are attracting more great people into this industry.