Port Nelson Annual Report 2012 (pdf)

our vision
port people
Percentage of Positives
4.5%
This year we set out defining our Vision and Purpose. In order to
ensure that we captured input from all our people, we held companywide
workshops and asked the fundamental questions of ‘why are we
here?’ and ‘where are we going?’.
The result was that our Purpose is clearly defined as ‘To facilitate
regional prosperity’ and our Vision is to ‘Be the Benchmark – through
continuous improvement’ with both encapsulating a strong part of
our history and focus for the future.
The Vision is underpinned by six pillars and a brief statement about
what we want to achieve in these key areas over the next five years, as
detailed throughout this report.
Pre-implementation
of Random Testing
Post-implementation
of Random Testing
4.0%
3.5%
3.0%
2.5%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
.5%
0%
developing capabilities
New staff joining us, and increasing Port Nelson’s expertise, include:
• Rob Hawkes, our new Customer Relations and Business Development
Manager, brings a wealth of logistics experience in both marine and
shore-based environments.
• Our new Health and Safety Advisor, Lee-anne Ricketts, has been
working with a wide range of the PNL team to identify future
initiatives towards ‘zero harm’.
• Nevin Price transferred from a marine role into project management
and is working to progress our ‘Journey to Excellence’ (J2E) programme,
identifying improvements to reduce waste using the team’s own ideas.
Also joining us in permanent positions were Barry Cross, Workshop;
Josef Beyer-Rieger, Security; Odile Gibbs, Finance and Administration;
and Mike Cresswell, Stevedoring.
health and safety training
Continuing with the development of our Health and Safety (H&S)
representatives, congratulations to both Paul Stent from Quaypack and
Peter Moore from Stevedoring who attended Level 1 H&S representative
training in May. Additionally, we rolled out our first tailored fall arrest
systems on building and construction sites to our stevedores in August.
Overall, the feedback from the course attendees was positive and all
gained further skills in working safely at heights. Congratulations to all
ten course attendees in achieving the unit standard.
lost time injury
We had seven LTIs this year, yielding an LTI Frequency Rate of 2.48
compared to 3.89 in June 2011 and 2.75 in June 2010. While it is positive
to see this reducing, there have still been seven of our people who have
sustained an injury serious enough to require time off work. Reducing
our accident rate to zero requires the ongoing focus of everyone in the
prevention of accidents through proactive hazard management, being
aware and alert on our safety-sensitive site, acting safely and watching
out for each other. ‘Good Safety is Good Business’.
random testing
The random drug and alcohol testing programme is now well
implemented at Port Nelson, having been in place since March 2011.
The programme is an important monitoring tool for ensuring that
our people are coming to the workplace fit for work. The following
graph has been created using data from the last three financial years,
with the information being split into pre and post-implementation of
random testing.
The graph provides a clear indication of the impact our random
testing programme has had on our results.
training
Our training processes, trainer competency and module development
have been the focus for the last year. In the past 12 months, we have
developed and implemented 16 new Learner Guides for operational
positions across Stevedoring, Marine and Logistics, that need to be
completed before the trainee is deemed competent to work safely
and efficiently alongside their fellow crew members.
Our training team has increased in size by four people, as we’ve
identified new trainers from Marine, Stevedoring, Logistics and
Quaypack. All of our trainers have upskilled by attending training
sessions on: How Adults Learn, Giving Trainees Effective Feedback
and Creating Interest in Training.
We have four staff that are 90 per cent through their National
Certificate in Stevedoring and Ports, Level 3 with a completion date
of December 2012. Our intention is that more staff will acquire this
qualification.
The Vault software system is now well established as our way of
storing all company training information, and we are now entering all
Health and Safety, personal protective equipment, lifting equipment
registers and contractor details into the system.
employee survey
In late 2011, we reported on the results of our Employee Survey, which
was carried out by an independent survey company, JRA. The survey
measures overall engagement levels and benchmarks the results
against the best workplaces in New Zealand. We have an excellent
response rate with 84 per cent of employees completing the survey.
In terms of engagement, our results on employees who are prepared
to ‘go the extra mile’ were similar to other companies. The survey
confirmed that there is a general sense that our people enjoy
the teamwork they experience in their roles. In addition, there
were pleasing results around the priority placed on safety, the
understanding and belief in our ASPIRE values, the expectations
of a high level of performance, and awareness of how each role
contributes to the success of the organisation.
The survey also identified areas we can improve on, including
providing more development opportunities, dealing effectively with
poor performance, and better utilising our talent.
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