Page 8 - Sisk Annual Report 2015

SISK GROUP - SICON LTD INVESTING IN PEOPLE

The company is aware the future depends on the
talent it recruits and develops.

The ‘One Sisk’ approach has been the catalyst to
review our previous graduate and apprenticeship
schemes, and increase investment, but with fresh
ideas and a more cohesive and consistent
companywide approach. These various schemes
are known as Excelerate.

In 2015 we will enhance our As part of the scheme, graduates can
apprenticeship scheme, aimed at find themselves for instance working on
complementing our existing learning and the site of a new pharmaceutical plant
development activities. Building on the in Ireland before moving on to a city-
Apprentice Training Scheme success in centre development in London involving
Ireland, where it has been in operation listed buildings.
at our Joinery Training Centre in Dublin
since 1974, it will offer young people in Our training programmes also support
Britain and in other regions in Ireland the our “zero” philosophy, aimed at
chance to work their way up to become creating a working environment with
a site manager. no accidents or injuries. While many
other construction companies have
Personal mentors such as Dave reduced their investment in learning
Tracey, who has been managing Sisk’s and development over recent years, we
apprentices for more than 30 years, continue to invest heavily, increasing the
support apprentices on-site as they learn number of employee training days by 20
practical skills and see at first-hand how per cent on 2013, with each employee
the construction industry works in the now receiving 5.5 days training per year.
21st century. The Sisk family themselves are engaged
in, have helped shape and are supportive
The new apprenticeship programme of the company’s various training
complements Sisk’s Excelerate Graduate programmes, having come through the
Development Programme, which was business themselves over the years.
launched in 2013 and now has more than
70 people on the programme. Designed “Building for Success” and “Collaborating
to develop a graduate to chartership for Success” are management training
in four years, it offers trainees work programmes designed specifically for
experience on-site and workshops us and are important additions to the
focused on practical skills, supplemented suite of development programmes the
with online modules for convenient, company is investing in for our current
flexible learning. and future leaders.

SISK REVIEW 2015 / 7