The Geological Code

• Obey the Country Code
• Always asked permission when entering private property
• Don't interfere with machinery
• Don't litter the ground with rock fragments, or drop pieces from other sites
• Don't disturb wildlife and plants
• Check tides and local hazards
• In remote areas tell someone you intended route and the time you are due back and remember to tell them when you have returned safely!
• Never go underground in caves or mines alone
• Don't take risks on insecure rock faces or endanger others
• Be considerate leave no traces of your activities

Hammering and collecting :

• Always wear eye protection when hammering
• Observe and record - don't hammer indiscriminately
• Keep collecting to a minimum - collect from screens or waste it is and try to avoid collecting in situ material
• Never collect from walls or buildings
• Never hammer underneath an overhang
• Don't undermine fences, roads or buildings
• Don't disfigure rock faces and spoil them for others

In quarries :

• get permission before entering
• Wear protective clothing such as hard hats, goggles, safety boots and high visibility waistcoats (these may be required as a condition of entering the site)
• Report your arrival and departure
• Keep away from any machinery or vehicles
• Keep away from unstable faces
• Checked on blasting areas and times.
• Keep away from areas that have been blasted recently.
• Beware sludge lagoons

(based on the Geologists' Association leaflet with permission)