Business View Oceania | Volume 3, Issue 11

41 42 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 3, ISSUE 11 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 3, ISSUE 11 safety. The team is located in Geraldine, South Canterbury (New Zealand). Mr. May explains, “We save having a lot of workers on the ground by making sure our machines are placed strategically and kept up to date. We have great knowledge of our location having been here for so long; our familiarity of the land and the long-term relationships we have built here are of great value for us and our forest owners.” A close-knit team of eight, Cable Logging Geraldine fosters values based around trust, respect, family, sustainability, and transparency. Being a family-run business, Mrs. May says employee relationships are paramount to their success. “We have a responsibility to keep our worker morale high. Look after your workers, and they’ll look after you. And in an industry like ours, where the work can be very unsafe if you aren’t doing the right thing, it’s especially important that we are all on the same page. So I’m really proud that we have built such a strong team; the level of trust between all of us is very high.” Health and safety is the main focus for senior management at Cable Logging Geraldine, Mr. May shares. “We do everything we can to actually keep workers off the hill. Given that we work on steep slopes and in all sorts of weather, its incredibly important to keep our team safe. So there’s really nobody on the hill at all on our jobs; by keeping them out of the danger zone, we eliminate the risk of felling accidents while boosting the efficiency of the entire operation. Further mechanisation has been a real priority for us and we keep an eye out for the newest developments in that space to see if there are any new machines or methods of operation that we may be able to take on.” Another area of focus for the company is sustainability. Protecting local waterways and native ecosystems is always on mind during operation, Mr. May says, and is supported by their relationship with the Forest Pirtek South Canterbury are proud to have been supporting Mike and Tracy at Cable logging for the last 20 years. It has been great to observe their professionalism and the growth of their business. We look forward to continuing to work with them assisting with their machinery maintenance requirements. Cal l : 0800 747 835 CABLE LOGGING GERALDINE Senior Representatives, Michael May and Tracy Burrows