Digital safety paperwork
Site Safe puts prestarts and Take 5's on a QR tag in every vehicle, with records emailed to the site. Free for one vehicle.
Bottletree Contracting
Industry support you can trust.
Training and assessing, drone inspections, wash plant maintenance, SHMS design and site software for Central Queensland's mining, agricultural and industrial sectors.
Based in Emerald. Working across the Bowen Basin.
Who we are
We're here to make your life easier.
Practical training, assessing, drone services and site software, built by people who work on site.
We specialise in competency-based training, site-ready workforce development and high-accuracy aerial data for inspections, mapping and compliance. Our focus is simple: safe, efficient, no-nonsense solutions that meet requirements and deliver measurable results.
Our services
One contractor for the jobs that keep a site running.
UAV inspections & mapping
Asset inspections, orthomosaic maps and stockpile volumes without putting people at height.
Drone services →
Training & assessing
Operator training and competency assessment on your gear, with audit-ready records.
Course list →
Wash plant maintenance
Fixed plant maintenance from a trade-qualified fitter who also operates CHPPs.
Plant maintenance →SHMS design
Safety and health management system documents, procedures and forms written for your operation.
Software & apps
Prestarts, Take 5's, shift logs and inspections turned into apps your crew will actually use.
Shutdown support
Planned and breakdown maintenance support for fixed processing plant.
Training & competency assessment
Results on site, not just in the classroom.
Training structured around real operating environments and compliance requirements, so your team is measured against practical outcomes.
- Competency-based training aligned with operational standards
- Structured assessments that verify real capability
- Documentation suitable for client and auditor review
- On-site delivery or workplace simulations
- Onboarding, refreshers and contract compliance
Our most common courses
Need a unit that isn't listed? Ask. Training can be tailored to your site and equipment.
UAV & drone services
Not just photos from the sky.
Purpose-driven data capture for mining, industrial and operational environments where precision, safety and reliable data matter.
- Inspections
- Vertical and horizontal site and asset inspections, thermal where needed.
- Mapping
- High-resolution imagery and orthomosaic maps.
- Stockpile volumes
- Volume measurement and reporting without walking the pile.
- 3D models
- Progress monitoring and site models where required.
Software & app development
Apps built from the plant floor.
Every app we build starts as a real problem on a real site. These are screens from the working apps.
Live · web, iOS & Android
Site Safe
Vehicle prestarts and Take 5's from a QR tag on the dash. Whoever is driving scans it and completes the check on their phone. No account or app needed.
- QR tag per vehicle
- No driver login
- Rego, call sign and photo
- Take 5's sent to admin
- Contractor vehicles link to site
- Priced by vehicle count
In development · CHPP trial
CHPP Shift Log
A shift handover system replacing the Excel log in a coal handling and preparation plant. Quick on a phone for checks and ash results, full software on the control room's ultra-wide screen.
- Lab ashes imported from email
- Rolling 12-hour view
- Changes logged under each ash
- Target change history
- Check sheets with photos
- Exports to the Excel log
Step 1
Walk the process
We look at the form, spreadsheet or radio call you want gone, and who uses it on shift.
Step 2
Working demo
A clickable version on phone and desktop within days, not a slide deck.
Step 3
Trial alongside
It runs next to your existing system, exporting back to it, until the crew trusts it.
Step 4
Roll out
Hosted and supported, on the web and the app stores if you need them.
Got a spreadsheet that should be an app?
Inspections, permits, handovers, equipment tracking. If your crew fills it in every shift, it can be faster and easier to audit.
Wash plant maintenance & SHMS design
Fixed plant and safety systems, planned around production.
Over ten years of fixed processing plant experience, from trade-qualified mechanical fitting to running the plant as a CHPP operator. We plan maintenance around production because we know how the plant runs, not just how to fix it.
We also write safety and health management system documents, procedures, risk assessments and forms for the work you actually do, and can turn them into digital forms your crew completes on their phone.
What we're working on
Safe, efficient, no-nonsense.
Bottletree Contracting is an Emerald-based company built around the problems Central Queensland sites deal with every day. Each initiative fixes one of them.
Plant handovers without the spreadsheet
The CHPP Shift Log replaces the Excel shift log with lab results, control changes and plant checks in one place. Now in trial.
Site-ready local crews
Practical training and assessment on real equipment, so operators are competent on day one and records stand up to audit.
Fewer people at height
Drone inspections and surveys replace physical access for structures, stockpiles and hard-to-reach plant.
Testimonials
From the crews we work with.
LA Dirt Rats
Bottletree Contracting has handled both our operator training and drone surveying, and it's made a real difference to how we run jobs. The training is practical and easy for the crew to understand, and the drone data lets us plan properly and avoid costly mistakes before machines hit the ground.
- Understand earthmoving
- Minimal downtime
- Usable information
Rogers Contracting and Grader Hire
Bottletree Contracting has assisted us with operator training, assessments, and safety documentation. Everything is practical, straightforward, and tailored to the type of work we actually do, which keeps us compliant without slowing the job down.
- Clear communication
- Efficient process
- Crew knows what's required
Tarabah Grazing
Bottletree Contracting provided practical operator training and assessments suited to real station work. The process was straightforward, easy to organise, and didn't interrupt day-to-day operations.
- Professional
- Clear
- Easy to deal with
Contact us today.
Quotes for training, drone work, maintenance, safety systems or a custom app.
Phone
0429 086 007