Training and Development
CHt views the training and development of its staff as fundamental to the future of our business and a key to success. The Company is fully committed to supporting the continuous learning and development of its people.
The joint venture between Laing O'Rourke, our parent company, and Learning World provides a framework for all our training and development. This gives our employees access to a range of training to support their roles and ensure the competence of our workforce meets demands of the market place. Learning World provides a web based learning environment for every employee, offering each of our people the chance to develop their skills.
CHt also recognises that the provision of opportunity for continuous improvement and development not only enhances competencies, commitment and motivation but also serves to attract and retain high calibre staff.
Graduates
CHt aims to recruit and attract top quality graduates from across the country into a range of roles. We are looking for graduates who are ambitious, positive, team focused and performance driven. They should be able to demonstrate analysis, creativity, judgement, agility and empathy for our graduate management programme.
We recruit graduates onto our structured graduate management programme or straight into roles within their chosen field, depending on qualifications and abilities.
Our graduate programme comprises both on the job training and also a series of formal modules. It is geared towards broadening key management skills and giving access to an extensive range of on-line learning. These accredited training modules have been tailored to support the needs of our business while they develop your technical capabilities, knowledge and personal skills
Our graduates gain on the job experience across our business as well as a deeper understanding of the construction industry. For more information on our Graduate Management Programme, please click here
Young Guns
The Young Guns programme has been developed to provide learning opportunities and expose talented individuals, usually in the early stages of their career, to new avenues of knowledge and experience. It is about intellectual flexibility and engaging in real issues.
Young Guns aims to identify and develop talented individuals with the intellectual capacity, temperament and capacity to take the lead in those projects and programmes important to the future success of the business.
Leaders of Tomorrow
The "Leaders of Tomorrow" Programme is an exciting opportunity targeted at talented senior level staff who have the ability to take on the most challenging leadership roles in our organisation. It is an intensive and stretching programme designed to develop our talented senior managers and leaders into world class leaders. The programme aims to nurture and develop new and innovative ways of thinking and behaving that will enable participants to lead the process of renewal and innovation within our business.
Further Education
CHt will support employees' development, through professional and academic qualifications. This encompasses study through distance learning, day release, evening classes and block release, depending on the course chosen.