Chemical Industry Awards 2009

Skills Award sponsored by Cogent and NSAPI

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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 1 May 2009. 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 in confidence to Mike Lancaster on the Entry Form which will be available in early December, signed by a member of the company leadership team, by Friday 27 March 2009.

FURTHER INFORMATION

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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.

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