Human Resources

1. Promote quarry visits and encourage members to make contact with schools and host open days and making use of the Make the Link information pack
2. Liaise with careers service and Education strategy unit to influence teacher awareness of the industry.
3. Set up Company clusters around new college groups.
4. Liaison with ANIC, DEL and DE to ensure that quarry products related jobs are fairly and accurately represented in advice and materials.
5. Encourage members attendance at college and school careers days.
6. Facilitate links with colleges and schools and encourage companies to offer support to course students and be more open to work experience placements.
7. Encourage and support arrangement of college visits to quarries, particularly for construction related students.
8. Liaise with HE institutions to offer more typically quarry-related courses. Highlight how skills from almost any degree may well be transferable to careers in our industry.
9. Encourage presentations and talks to students on the opportunities within the industry. These to be carried out by “industry champions”.

Key Performance Indicators

1. Number of site educational visits.
2. Number of new entrants into the industry
3. Number of industry employees
4. Age profile of the industry
5. Attendance at careers days and open days

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