Lafarge Indians Learning &
developments has won the prestigious Annual CLO ( Chief Learning Officers )
Awards. Lafarge Indian received the silver troffy in the best risk, safety &
policy compliance Training program category for initiatives taken to ensure
increase safety compliance.
The
annual CLO award is instituted by the Tata institute of social sciences and
international labour organization. It is partnered by the government of India
and the Australian trade commission and supported by Indian society of training
and development.
The
evaluation criteria for the award included degree of difficulty, significance
of the learning and business challenge, innovation in approach delivery methodologies
and content development and demonstration of improvement in organizational/
team performance.
To
make Lafarge India the safest company with zero incidents and occupational
health illnesses, the learning & development team partnered with the health
& safety team to develop a structured approach to bring about a behavioral
change among employees towards safety. A safety induction module has been
developed and module has been developed and deployed.
All
new joiners are briefed about lafarge’s safety standards and set also are also
provided basic information about lafarge’s H&S standards & advisories,
safety policy.
A
set of H&S rules have also been formulated and employees are mandated to
follow these rules. Employee safety matrix is maintained to track number of
safety trainings attended by any employee, topics he has received trainings on,
topics he has received trainings on, topics of which training is to be imparted
and periodicity of refresher session.
Other
initiatives include field training for senior management members,
implementation of the safety observation tracking system, consistent safety
communication in local languages and development of specific modules like
Visible Felt Landership.
Speaking about this win Martin Kriegner,
Country CEO Lafarge Indian said, “We are pleased to have received the Silver
Trophy in the Best Risk, Safety and Policy Compliance Training Program category
for initiatives Lafarge has taken to ensure increased safety compliance's.
Safety
is our priority number one at Lafarge and this recognition will motivate us to
keep Safety as our priority across all aspects of our professional and personal
life and make Lafarge India the safest company with zero incidents.”
Lafarge
is a learning organization and Learning & Development is a key function.
The organization focuses strongly on development opportunities at the
organizational, team and individual level. The Learning and Development team in
India has made its mark by addressing various training needs related to Safety,
Technical training, Soft Skills, functional skills and other organizational
competencies. A term of 20 trainers are involved in nurturing talents locally
and globally as trainers and coaches.
