Employee Learning & Development

At Irish Cement the continual development of our employees is a critical element of the ongoing sustainability of the company. The success that we have sustained in our business activities over 85 years is testament to the ongoing focus on the training and development of our colleagues throughout the organisation.

Employee Learning & Development

In more recent times the successful integration of accredited ISO9001 Quality Management, ISO14001 Environmental Management systems and Engineers Ireland Continuous Professional Development standard into our day-to-day operations has been underpinned by the continued focus on achievement of training targets in the areas of Health & Safety and technical competence development.

Objective:

Continued business performance success arising from the sustainable competitive advantage that arises from superior competence in health and safety and technical skills of our employees.

Targets:

Success in this area is monitored using the following key parameters:

• Percentage of employees covered by health and safety training
• Percentage of employees covered by technical skills training/development

Enabling Initiatives:

• Training and development plans in each department within each operating facility

Performance

Sustainability Target – Employee Learning & Development

• In 2022 over 14,071 hours of training was completed by employees of Irish Cement
• 80% of this training was Health & Safety focused

Limerick Works:

• In 2022100% of employees received Health & Safety related training
• In 2022 100% of employees were covered by ISO9001 Quality Management and ISO14001 Environmental Management systems

Platin Works:

• In 2022 100% of employees received Health & Safety related training
• In 2022 100% of employees were covered by ISO9001 Quality Management and ISO14001 Environmental Management systems