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Social 4 Values
Dams work to create new opportunities, promoting wellbeing and reducing inequalities within our local area of Merseyside ensuring our employees achieve their potential. We participate in Community Projects and support the development of young people through our Apprenticeship Schemes and Training opportunities. We are also committed to our local community with most of our employees coming from the local area.
97.5% of staff from the local community.
Dams are committed to offering training and development to
all employees. It is planned that the systematic range of training opportunities offered will provide employees with the necessary knowledge, skills and aptitude relevant to their work and to meet the required company’s quality and efficiency targets.
Equality
Dams are committed to fairness, equality of opportunity and diversity in all its employment practices, policies and procedures. We try to work in a friendly environment, both in the context of our work and in our own communities. We continually review our recruitment and retention strategies to ensure they focus on attracting the best talent into key areas. Our recruitment materials, sources and practices are structured to avoid any bias within the recruitment process.
OVER A QUARTER OF MIDDLE OR SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM ARE WOMEN
Health & safety
We have continued to invest in safety training including
safety representatives achieving IOSH certification, first aid
and fire marshall certificates, banksman training, and more employees have achieved certification to drive forklifts &
PPTs. All employees have received training in working in noisy environments, manual handling & lifting techniques, and there have been sessions on health & safety culture to continue all the work we have done on safety awareness.
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