Training & Development
Swish recognises that a well trained workforce that is encouraged to develop its knowledge and skills on a continuous basis will make a major contribution to the competitiveness and success of the company.
Swish is committed to sustainable development and as part of this wishes to see its workforce trained in a range of appropriate skills to achieve flexible coverage. In addition the company wishes to increase its employee’s awareness and appreciation of quality, environmental and Health & Safety issues.
2010 Training
Swish departmental managers maintain training plans which sets out the training history and future training requirements. During 2010 the following general training was undertaken:
Health and Safety 2010
- All employees in the company received manual handling training from an external provider. Certain employees were trained as trainers themselves to pass on the skills acquired to new employees.
- In order to reduce accidents in certain departments a number of Health and Safety Awareness training sessions were undertaken.
- Training was given to a number of employees to undertake risk assessments
- Six employees were trained to undertake internal systems audits
Health and Safety 2011
Plans are in place for 2011 to:
- Provide Health and Safety awareness training for all employees
- Energy awareness training for all employees
- Specialist H&S and quality assessment training for frontline production operatives.
General
It is the general policy of Swish to provide training as neccessary as follows:
- Review of any updates needed to areas set out in the induction
- The company’s Corporate Responsibility policy for sustainable development
- Requirements of the law relating to the business and its activities
- Management skills eg communication skills, project & people management
- Personal development eg time management, leadership, delegation, team working
- Other training as may be needed or requested by individual employees
Individual departments draw up their own programmes to satisfy this requirement.
Training Results
In 2011 Swish set up a set of criteria for assessing training performance. At the end of the year all departments will formally report levels of training completed. The target is:
- 100% of all inductions completed (mandatory)
- 80% of all planned training completed
Alll SHEQ training undertaken during 2010 was reviewed in the Annual Management Review meeting in Jan 2011. Reporting of training undertaken in 2011 will be on a formal basis for all Departments at the Management review for 2011 (Jan 2012). The results will then be published on this website.
Swish Engineering Department
Training in the Swish Mixing Plant