Skills Alliance for the Process Industries Award
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PURPOSE
The purpose of this Award is to recognise the employer who has done the most to contribute to the acquisition of skills by the company’s workforce.
ELIGIBILITY
The award is open to any chemical manufacturing company. Following initial judging, applicants will be notified if they have been short-listed by 7 May 2010. The winner will be announced at the Chemical Industry Awards Dinner on 25 June in Edinburgh and a representative from each short-listed company will receive an invitation to attend. Winning applicants should be willing to participate in publicity.
CRITERIA
Contenders for this Award will be judged against the following criteria:
- Innovative approaches to training and competence development of the workforce – demonstrated by examples
- Recognised excellence in performance management cascaded from the company leadership
- A continuous learning approach to developing employees
- Demonstration of any external accreditations such as Gold standards (check title), Investors in People etc. and support to employees to gain external qualifications to assist their career development
- Proven and sustained attractiveness of the company to potential employees
- Strong ability to retain staff
JUDGING
The judging Panel will consist of the sponsor, a CIA staff member and at least one independent expert.
CLOSING DATE
Entries to be made electronically in confidence to Mike Lancaster on the Entry Form signed by a member of the company leadership team, by Friday 26 March 2010.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information please contact:
Mike Lancaster
CIA
Kings Buildings
Smith Square
London
SW10 3JJ
Tel: 01430 421077
Fax: 08718 130307
Email: lancasterm@cia.org.uk
CONFIDENTIALITY
All information provided in the entry form will be treated in the strictest confidence. It will be used solely for the purpose of judging.
Applicants will be consulted in case it is wished to use some material for future publicity purposes or for development of case studies.
