Auditor General's Report on the Public Accounts of Montserrat 2004

there was no formal response 6 for 19% of the recommendations, subsequent
audits revealed that several of them were implemented.
5.8 Staffing
179. The Office of the <strong>Auditor</strong> General’s personnel establishment
comprises of 14 members of staff (12 auditors and two ancillary staff).
180. The following staff movements were recorded for 2004:
We welcomed Mrs Anne Thomas who joined the department as
<strong>Auditor</strong> effective 1 March.
Miss Cecelia Corbette, Office Attendant, opted for early retirement
effective 31 December. We wish her the very best in her future
endeavours.
181. As expressed in the 2003 Annual Audit <strong>Report</strong> the Department’s
workload is constantly increasing and there is need for additional staff if
the Department is to meet its mandate in an efficient and expeditious
manner. At the end of 2004 the Department was still awaiting the
additional staff.
5.9 Training
182. Continuous professional development is critical to ensuring increased
professionalism of staff and an improved audit product. To that end
management has utilized a combination of training strategies to ensure that
staff acquires requisite knowledge and skills.
5.9.1 In-house training
183. Senior managers continue to share their knowledge and skills by giving
direct guidance on tasks to be undertaken and using their mentoring and
coaching skills.
184. During the financial year, eleven (11) members of staff benefited
from the following in-house training seminars conducted by a Training
Specialist of the St Lucian Office of the <strong>Auditor</strong> General:
6 The response rated was calculated on the basis of written managerial responses to the
recommendations. Where no written responses were received the recommendation was
counted as a no response.
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