"Developing an effective workforce"
SCT strives to enhance the capabilities of its people through professional training and development. We will ensure that our employees are highly skilled and capable of meeting current and emerging business needs. Training and Development is a vital component of improving the organisation’s effectiveness. Training initiatives will be directly linked to business needs and plans.
"Training and Development delivers for
both the business and our people"
The Company recognises that professional and career development is a partnership between the individual and the organisation. Both benefit from enhanced skills and abilities.
Our workforce development goals are:
- to provide the business with a dynamic workforce, able to provide a high quality service and respond to change safely and with minimum impact on the environment
- a developing culture, focused on continuous improvement and quality customer service in a competitive environment
- training and development activities linked clearly to short and long term business objectives
- to provide our people with long term integrated career structures
- job skill and personal development programs appropriate to each level of the organisation
- the capability to quickly respond to change
"Our training is based on sound principles"
- Training programs must focus on developing the competencies required to do the job. They should incorporate performance criteria to allow learning to be measured objectively.
- Prior learning and skills are recognised, valued and used.
- Quality assurance is an integral part of all training and development activities.
- Training activities will be valued, resources and given priority.
- Technology-based systems will be used to provide flexible quality training, if appropriate. This includes simulation, computer-based training and interactive media.
- Informal learning, recognising that everything we do represents an opportunity for learning.