Example estate management dissertation topic 8:

Health and safety within forestry management.

This dissertation evaluates present day health and safety practices within forestry management. Through so doing it seeks first to argue that the introduction of measures such as chain-saw licencing for tree surgeons, and a greater acceptance of the professionalism of health and safety, have, despite popular perceptions, benefitted the profession with regard to declining number of incidences over recent years. Thereafter the dissertation seeks the views of present day health and safety officials so that it may make reasoned suggestions through which to further enhance their standing within the wider estate management community.

Suggested initial topic reading:

• Cabe�as, J.M. (2007). ‘An approach to health and safety in EU forestry operations: Hazards and preventive measures’. Enterprise and Work Innovation Studies, IET, vol. 3, pp. 13-34.
• Solomon, C. (2002). ‘Accidental injuries in agriculture in the UK’. Occupational Medicine, vol. 52(8), pp. 461-466.
• Thelin, A. (2002). ‘Fatal accidents in Swedish farming and forestry, 1988-1997’. Safety Science, vol. 40(6), pp. 501-517.