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Finally, in ALUMINIUM S.A. the Plant Health
& Safety Committee (PHSC) represents all per-
sonnel in the meetings held with the Man-
agement. The PHSC is composed of five (5)
members, which (in accordance with the law
and in proportion to the number of plant per-
sonnel) are elected by the personnel every 2
years. The PHSC has extended responsibilities
and its members participate in all key proce-
dures, committees or working groups. In par-
ticular, the PHSC members participate in:
the “Green Light Committees” for new
projects/works and major modifications to
facilities,
the analyses of accidents and incidents, car-
ried out using the “Cause Tree Analysis”
method,
the working groups established for the writ-
ten assessment of occupational hazards and
risks and
the Occupational Health & Safety visits
scheduled with the Occupational Physician
and the Safety Officer.
Although our Group’s safety performance de-
clined in 2013, we continue to operate guid-
ed by the principle that our people’s lives and
health take precedence over our business
performance, towards ensuring safe and
healthy working conditions and work areas.
T
he provision of continuous education
and training to its people is a core prin-
ciple for our Group and one in which the in-
vestments it makes focus on offering tools,
know-how and methods to improve the pro-
ductivity and efficiency of our employees and
of the Group subsidiaries. The advanced ed-
ucational qualifications and the profession-
alism that are typical of all Group employees
are evidence of this. Although our training
needs vary between our activity sectors, the
development of our people and the expansion
of their scientific skills and capabilities across
all levels of the personnel hierarchy are
common objectives shared by all our sub-
sidiaries. Of relevance here is our standing
practice in the Construction & EPC Projects
sector, which gives priority to the continuous
development and expansion of the knowledge
and skills of Site Engineers and of their ca-
pacity for dynamic adjustment to the demands
of modern-day technology. The technical
training of these engineers is strengthened
through their active participation in on-the-
job training programmes in which training is
delivered under actual work conditions.
Under our training plan for 2013, we deliv-
ered a total of 53,717 hours of training pro-
grammes, keeping the average training hours
per employee to 34 per year. Compared to
2012, we increased significantly the average
training hours of Executives and of Adminis-
trative employees, as well as the correspon-
ding training hours of our women employees.
At the level of training modules, the reduc-
tion of training times observed in the Health
& Safety module was due either to the con-
clusion of the scheduled training cycles or to
the completion of the works performed in var-
ious construction sites were corresponding
training sessions had been scheduled. Nev-
ertheless, special emphasis was placed on in-
company training and the implementation of
vocational training programmes and in-house
seminars for the development our employees’
skills, held in the office buildings, plants and
construction sites of our companies. In ad-
dition, we grant paid educational leave to em-
ployees attending long-term courses of study
(at the graduate or post-graduate level) and
we encourage the participation of employees
in external training seminars that help them
develop their professional skills, covering
100% of the relevant training costs.
Key areas of the MYTILINEOS Group training plan for 2013:
6.4 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
Leadership skills
development
Foreign Languages
Negotiation skills
Career Development
Review
Personal
organisation & Time
management
Presentation
techniques
Information
Technology (IT)
Environmental
Management
(ISO 14001)
Training in sorting
waste at the source
Chemical laws and
regulations (REACH
Regulation)
Maintenance
Production
Quality
Natural gas –
presentation of
maintenance manual
Earthings & lightning
protection
Arc-welding of steel
Financial and
accounting issues
Employment issues
& Labour legislation
Project Management
IFRS certification
Fire protection
Safe working at heights
Risk Identification
Incident analysis
Rescue techniques
OHSAS 18001
Safety for people
working in premises
where explosives are
present
Lifting equipment &
safety harnesses
Noise
First Aid & breathing
apparatus
Safe use of combustible
gases
Fire protection
ELOT standard for
electrical installations
Refractory materials
Metrology and
Temperature
Piping stress analysis
ISO 50001 Energy
Management System
Health
& Safety
In-company
training
Development of
skills & personal
capabilities
Environmental
training
Technical
Training
Administrative
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