Bottletree Contracting

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.

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.

One contractorfor the jobs thatkeep a site running.

  1. A survey drone hovering over a coal stockpile at sunset
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    UAV inspections & mapping

    Asset inspections, orthomosaic maps and stockpile volumes without putting people at height.

    Drone services
  2. Two dozers parked on a mine site under a cloudy sky
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    Training & assessing

    Operator training and competency assessment on your gear, with audit-ready records.

    Course list
  3. Coal running across a vibrating screen deck under spray bars in a coal preparation plant
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    Wash plant maintenance

    Fixed plant maintenance from a trade-qualified fitter who also operates CHPPs.

    Plant maintenance
  4. A hard hat, hi-vis shirt and a binder of procedures on a site office desk at dawn
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    SHMS design

    Safety and health management system documents, procedures and forms written for your operation.

    Safety systems
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    Software & apps

    The Site Safe suite for prestarts, Take 5's, checklists, shift handover and isolations, plus apps built for your own site.

    Site software
  6. Crew hosing down a coal preparation plant floor at sunrise
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    Shutdown support

    Planned and breakdown maintenance support for fixed processing plant.

    Book support

Results on site,not just in theclassroom.

Two dozers parked on a mine site under a cloudy sky

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.

    Not just photosfrom the sky.

    Purpose-driven data capture for mining, industrial and operational environments where precision, safety and reliable data matter.

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      Inspections

      Vertical and horizontal site and asset inspections, thermal where needed.

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      Mapping

      High-resolution imagery and orthomosaic maps.

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      Stockpile volumes

      Volume measurement and reporting without walking the pile.

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      3D models

      Progress monitoring and site models where required.

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    Apps built fromthe plant floor.

    Every app we build starts as a real problem on a real site. Our site software is sold as Site Safe, a suite of three tools made by Bottletree Technology, which also builds websites and apps for other local businesses. The screens below are from the working apps.

    Live · part of Site Safe

    Site Safe Forms

    Prestarts, Take 5's and checklists from a QR code. Each vehicle gets a tag on the dash, the Take 5 goes on the crib room door, and each checklist goes where the check is done. Whoever scans it fills it in on their phone, with no account or app needed.

    • QR tag per vehicle
    • No login to fill in
    • Critical items fail the prestart
    • Defect photos
    • Take 5's emailed to the company
    • Checklists for any other check
    • Records kept and exportable
    • Priced by vehicle count
    See Site Safe Forms
    Demos available · part of Site Safe

    Site Safe Shift Log

    Shift handover software for CHPP control rooms, replacing the Excel shift log. Quick on a phone for checks and ash results, full software on the control room's ultra-wide screen. Set up for each plant.

    • 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
    See Site Safe Shift Log
    Early access · part of Site Safe

    Site Safe Isolations

    Permit to work and isolation control. The permit office runs it on a computer: permits built from the JSA, issued, accepted and transferred, with the permit board and equipment register on screen. Out at the plant, the phone proves every lock: scan the point, photograph the lock, and sign on by scanning the permit.

    • Permits built from JSAs
    • The permit board on screen
    • Scan the point, then lock it
    • A photo of every lock
    • Sign on and off by QR code
    • Nobody left on at knock-off

    From the form you want gone to an app the crew trusts.

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      Walk the process

      We look at the form, spreadsheet or radio call you want gone, and who uses it on shift.

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      Working demo

      A clickable version on phone and desktop within days, not a slide deck.

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      Trial alongside

      It runs next to your existing system, exporting back to it, until the crew trusts it.

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      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.

    Talk about your app

    Fixed plant andsafety systems,planned aroundproduction.

    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.

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    A slurry pump opened up for maintenance, showing its worn impeller Cyclones and pipework on a floor of a coal preparation plant

    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.

    1. Digital safety paperwork

      Site Safe Forms puts prestarts, Take 5's and checklists on QR codes, with records emailed to the site. Free for one vehicle.

    2. Plant handovers without the spreadsheet

      Site Safe Shift Log replaces the Excel shift log with lab results, control changes and plant checks in one place. Demos available now.

    3. Site-ready local crews

      Practical training and assessment on real equipment, so operators are competent on day one and records stand up to audit.

    4. Fewer people at height

      Drone inspections and surveys replace physical access for structures, stockpiles and hard-to-reach plant.

    From the crews we work with.

    “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.”

    LA Dirt RatsUnderstand earthmoving · Minimal downtime · Usable information

    “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.”

    Rogers Contracting and Grader HireClear communication · Efficient process · Crew knows what's required

    “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.”

    Tarabah GrazingProfessional · Clear · Easy to deal with
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    Based in Emerald.Working acrossthe Bowen Basin.

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    Quotes for training, drone work, maintenance, safety systems or a custom app.

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