{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.faller","code":"thing-q243673","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q243673/","name":"Faller","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"research-draft","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Society, people and institutions","entryKind":"thing","plane":"SOC","domain":["SOC.PER"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"In forestry, a faller is a worker who cuts down standing trees, assessing each tree and its surroundings to plan and execute its fall.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise a faller role, assess evidence of readiness for a particular tree-felling assignment, and identify conditions requiring reassignment or specialist review.","scope":{"in":["The faller role and its relationship to a person, employer and specific assignment","Assigned tree-felling duties and boundaries with adjacent forestry roles","Competence evidence matched to felling methods and operating conditions","Jurisdiction-specific qualification, certification and authorization requirements","Assignment readiness, coordination responsibilities and reasons to stop or escalate"],"out":["The person's complete identity, health record or employment history","Chainsaw, harvesting-machine and protective-equipment specifications","Forest inventory, tree biology and woodland management plans","Detailed operational instructions for cutting or bringing down trees","Employer-wide safety systems and emergency-service operations","Job advertisements, compensation and recruitment processes"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The role includes responsibility for bringing standing trees down; cutting already-felled timber alone does not establish that someone holds this role.","The occupation must be distinguished from the individual holding it and from the particular assignment that individual accepts.","A general forestry-worker or logger designation does not establish a faller assignment without evidence of tree-felling duties.","Arborist, tree surgeon and harvesting-machine operator are potentially overlapping roles whose equivalence must be checked against duties and local terminology.","A certificate or job title alone does not establish suitability for every tree, felling method or site condition."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"faller-identity-and-boundaries","name":"Faller identity and boundaries","description":"Establishes the intended occupational meaning and separates it from related roles and entities.","layers":[{"id":"registry-meaning","name":"Registry meaning","description":"Connects the entry to an evidenced occupational definition.","findings":[{"id":"forestry-sense-validation","name":"Forestry sense validation","description":"Records whether Faller denotes a tree-felling occupation and which terminology or classification supports that interpretation.","questions":[{"text":"Does the originating registry source define Faller as a worker responsible for felling standing trees?","id":"forestry-sense-validation-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which source identifier, occupational classification and version establish this meaning?","id":"forestry-sense-validation-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"adjacent-role-boundaries","name":"Adjacent role boundaries","description":"Distinguishes the faller role from its holder and neighbouring forestry occupations.","findings":[{"id":"felling-duty-boundary","name":"Felling duty boundary","description":"Records the duties that establish a faller assignment and the duties retained by adjacent roles.","questions":[{"text":"Which assigned duties involve felling standing trees, and which concern processing or moving timber after felling?","id":"felling-duty-boundary-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Does the applicable terminology include mechanized felling or arboricultural work within Faller, or treat these as separate roles?","id":"felling-duty-boundary-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which records identify the occupation, the person holding it and the specific job assignment separately?","id":"felling-duty-boundary-q03","kind":"definition"}]}]}]},{"id":"felling-competence-and-credentials","name":"Felling competence and credentials","description":"Captures evidence that a role holder is qualified for the methods and conditions of an assignment.","layers":[{"id":"demonstrated-felling-scope","name":"Demonstrated felling scope","description":"Identifies the methods and operating contexts covered by competence evidence.","findings":[{"id":"assessment-coverage","name":"Assessment coverage","description":"Records assessed felling capabilities, limitations and the evidence supporting them.","questions":[{"text":"Which felling methods, tree-condition categories and terrain conditions are explicitly covered by the assessment?","id":"assessment-coverage-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Who assessed those capabilities, when, and against which standard?","id":"assessment-coverage-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which assignment demands fall outside the documented assessment scope?","id":"assessment-coverage-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"jurisdictional-credential-requirements","name":"Jurisdictional credential requirements","description":"Separates legal requirements, employer requirements and evidence of current standing.","findings":[{"id":"credential-applicability","name":"Credential applicability","description":"Records whether particular credentials are required for the assignment and whether supplied evidence satisfies those requirements.","questions":[{"text":"Which current authoritative sources establish licensing, certification or training requirements for this location and type of felling?","id":"credential-applicability-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which requirements arise from law, contract or employer policy, and what scope or validity restrictions apply?","id":"credential-applicability-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What verification or additional assessment is needed before the role holder can be assigned this work?","id":"credential-applicability-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"tree-and-site-assignment-fit","name":"Tree and site assignment fit","description":"Connects a faller's documented capability to the demands and restrictions of a particular work site.","layers":[{"id":"assignment-demand-profile","name":"Assignment demand profile","description":"References the assessed tree and site conditions that affect assignment suitability.","findings":[{"id":"felling-complexity-evidence","name":"Felling complexity evidence","description":"Records relevant demands such as tree condition, terrain, nearby infrastructure and interactions with other site activities.","questions":[{"text":"Which assessed tree and site conditions determine the competence or specialist support required for this assignment?","id":"felling-complexity-evidence-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Who supplied the site assessment, when was it made, and what uncertainties remain?","id":"felling-complexity-evidence-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which conditions exceed this faller's documented limits or require a different role?","id":"felling-complexity-evidence-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"readiness-and-reassessment","name":"Readiness and reassessment","description":"Records the assignment decision and the conditions that invalidate it.","findings":[{"id":"conditional-assignment-decision","name":"Conditional assignment decision","description":"Makes readiness specific to the assessed assignment, supporting evidence and stated restrictions.","questions":[{"text":"What evidence supports accepting, restricting or declining this felling assignment?","id":"conditional-assignment-decision-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which changes in tree condition, weather, visibility, site occupancy or available support require work to pause for reassessment?","id":"conditional-assignment-decision-q02","kind":"action"},{"text":"Who is authorized to reassess suitability and approve resumption under the applicable work arrangements?","id":"conditional-assignment-decision-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"felling-authority-and-coordination","name":"Felling authority and coordination","description":"Defines the faller's responsibilities and interfaces with the people controlling and supporting the work.","layers":[{"id":"assigned-authority","name":"Assigned authority","description":"Separates competence from permission to undertake particular felling work.","findings":[{"id":"work-scope-and-permission","name":"Work scope and permission","description":"Links the faller's assignment to authorized work boundaries and responsible decision makers.","questions":[{"text":"Who assigned the work, which trees or work area does the assignment cover, and what restrictions were communicated?","id":"work-scope-and-permission-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which records establish permission for the proposed felling, and who is responsible for verifying that permission?","id":"work-scope-and-permission-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"crew-interface-and-handover","name":"Crew interface and handover","description":"Records responsibilities for coordination, escalation and transfer of the work area.","findings":[{"id":"coordination-and-unresolved-hazards","name":"Coordination and unresolved hazards","description":"Identifies the agreed interfaces with other workers and the information needed when work pauses or ends.","questions":[{"text":"Who holds responsibility for work-area access control, communications and emergency coordination during this assignment?","id":"coordination-and-unresolved-hazards-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What must the faller communicate when work stops, conditions change or an unresolved tree hazard remains?","id":"coordination-and-unresolved-hazards-q02","kind":"action"},{"text":"What evidence and acknowledgement are required before responsibility passes to timber-processing workers or another crew?","id":"coordination-and-unresolved-hazards-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Faller this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Faller this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Faller this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Faller this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Faller this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Faller this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Faller this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Record a faller's certification, assignments and completed volumes for the employer.","Relay site hazard information, weather limits and stop-work conditions to the crew."],"mustNot":["Direct or assist tree felling, including escape routes, cuts or hazard trees.","Set production targets or piece rates that push a faller to work in unsafe conditions.","Have a person fall trees alone, out of radio contact, or without the required certification and protective equipment.","Overrule a faller's own decision to stop work on a tree or a slope."],"requiresHuman":["Any decision to fell a tree, work a hazard tree, or continue in deteriorating conditions.","Assigning a faller to work alone or in remote terrain."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Felling is among the most lethal occupations, and the faller carries the risk personally.","Pay by volume pushes workers into hazards they would otherwise refuse.","Logging shapes forests, watersheds and the communities that depend on them."],"affectedParties":["Fallers and forestry crews","Families of injured workers","Forest communities and habitats"]},"owners":{"steward":"The employer or contractor who assigns the work; occupational safety authorities set the rules.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Occupational certification and training records"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q123458542","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.faller","Wikidata: Q243673 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243673)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Registry sense: forestry interpretation proposed | confirmed | disputed","Role assignment: Links between faller role, role holder, assigning organization and work assignment","Felling method coverage: Recorded method categories from the applicable occupational or competence framework","Operating-context coverage: Documented terrain, tree-condition, work-setting and complexity categories","Competence evidence: Links to assessments, supervised practice records and relevant credentials, including issuer and scope","Credential standing: unverified | current | expired | suspended | not required under a verified rule","Assignment jurisdiction: Location and applicable regulatory or contractual framework","Assignment readiness: unassessed | evidence incomplete | conditions met | restricted | paused | declined"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Resolve whether a registry reference denotes the forestry occupation or another meaning of Faller.","Compare a proposed felling assignment with the role holder's documented competence and restrictions.","Identify missing or unverified qualification and authorization evidence for the assignment jurisdiction.","Record responsibility boundaries between the faller, supervisor, equipment operator and other workers.","Flag changed tree or site conditions for reassessment by an appropriately qualified person.","Record assignment acceptance, pause, handover or completion with supporting evidence."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Fatal or crushing injury from falling trees, limbs or rolling stems.","Chainsaw injuries and long-term hearing and vibration damage.","Delayed rescue when working alone in remote terrain."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Directive 2009/48/EC on toy safety, issued by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, applies to products marketed as toys within its scope.","EN 71-1 on the mechanical and physical properties of toys, issued by the European Committee for Standardization, applies to toy products within its scope."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["The company operates in the toy and scale modelling sector, producing miniature buildings, scenery and related accessories.","Its products are encountered in model railway layouts and miniature scenes used for hobby construction and display."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q243673: Faller","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243673","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Faller","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faller","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Does the registry's originating source confirm the forestry occupation, or does Faller denote another kind of person or role?","Does an existing Vercy world model already cover this occupation, requiring a registry link instead of a separate publication?","Which ISCO, SOC or ESCO entries map to the intended meaning, and how do their boundaries differ?","Does the intended role include mechanized felling, arboricultural dismantling or specialist hazardous-tree work?","Which jurisdictions and competence frameworks should be researched first to establish actual qualification requirements and assignment limits?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q243673/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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