Grande CÔte Operations africa of its efforts to developing and promoting the best that the surrounding region has to offer .
“ It is true that in some areas the skill sets just aren ’ t there ; there aren ’ t the people who can operate certain items of plants , so our philosophy is to employ and train ,” Finnis said . “ We have a highly skilled set of expats here doing the training for us and there are very well educated people here who will continue to grow in the organisation .
“ Skill sets in areas like some trades , instrumentation and high tech plant aspects we don ’ t see exist , so we have to make sure we tailor our training and expatriate support for areas like that .
“ We are looking long term and building for the future so that in a couple of years the local guys will have received the high levels of guidance and mentoring required to take over from the expats and to run things themselves .”
“ It is true that in some areas the skill sets just aren ’ t there ; there aren ’ t the people who can operate certain items of plants , so our philosophy is to employ and train ”
– Simon Finnis
Local focus csr and sustainability doesn ’ t just stop at employment opportunities either , with a tailored sustainability department set up to cover areas of environmental considerations , health and safety procedures , community initiatives and corporate aid .
“ Beginning with the Grande Côte workers , in a perfect world we employ people locally rather than from Dakar so they can go home every night to their families , get plenty of rest
Grande Côte aim to train local people
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