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Kames Petroleum Services
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2014
Kames Petroleum Services Vision and Mission
Kames Petroleum Services Objectives
Kames Petroleum Services Occupational Health Policy
Kames Petroleum Services Core Competency Model
Health and Wellbeing
We support our employees in living healthy,
balanced lives, as we understand that this
is fundamental to their productivity and
motivation while at work. In 2014, we developed
an Occupational Health Management Plan,
which comprises of foundation domains
and key elements to continually improve the
implementation and effectiveness of health
protection initiatives and health promotion
programs in order to achieve the occupational
health objective of meeting the emerging
challenges towards sustaining an optimal
health status of our workforce.
Heat Stress Awareness
One key focus of our occupational health
management is the prevention of heat stress
incidents among our employees and contractors,
particularly in the summer months when weather
in the Gulf is extremely hot. We implement a heat
stress program annually, delivering interactive
awareness sessions highlighting the risks of
working in extreme heat and appropriate
safety measures.
Health Campaigns
We also continued to conduct health campaigns
to spread awareness of healthy eating habits
and of risk factors and preventative measures
to avoid different types of diseases. For World
Heart Day, a team of doctors, health specialists
and nutritionists was invited to Kuwait City
Headquarters to provide physical examinations,
including an assessment of fitness and posture,
and to advise employees on diet.
Our Kuwait office also launched Kames Petroleum Services’s
second Employee Fitness Challenge under the
slogan ‘Get In, Get Fit’. This year, employees were
invited to play a total of four sports over a three
month period, with a professional sports company
monitoring and managing employee participation.
The best player and team and most improved
player within each sport were selected to receive
an award. The challenge not only encouraged
employees’ physical wellbeing, but also provided
an opportunity for our employees to work as
a team and bond with one another.
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Establish OH
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Monitor Health
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Enable Health
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Manage OHMP
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Domain 3:
Personal Health
Resources
Domain 1:
Physical Work
Environment
Domain 2:
Psychosocial
Work
Environment
Domain 4:
Dolphin’s
Interaction
with Local
Community
OH Management
at Dolphin
Put Our People First
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Training and Development
Kames Petroleum Services continually builds the knowledge
and expertise of its employees by assessing areas
for improvement through performance reviews,
and then investing in relevant and targeted
employee training and development.
Executive Education
Executive education is a vital component of
our employee retention strategy, and integral to
supporting and driving the future direction of the
company. As such, the average hours of training
per senior manager has doubled in the last year
to reach 75 hours.
One example of the program in practice is
the Kuwait Executive Leadership Development
Consortium, held under the instruction and
administration of INSEAD, the internationally
renowned business school. In 2014, four Dolphin
Energy employees were among 30 executives
from the Gulf region who completed a rigorous
two year course of study that included five
learning modules: Strategy and Planning,
Customer Centricity, Supply Chain Management,
Strategic Human Resources and Finance.
Each employee participated in a case study
group, and presented their results to a panel
of executives. The program also included one-
on-one coaching conducted over a period of
24 months and a team building event.
Plans to develop the company’s commitment
to executive education will be enhanced
in 2016 with the introduction of a program
in collaboration with Cambridge University’s
Judge Business School. Seminars designed
to improve executives capabilities in the four
competencies deemed fundamental to ‘Managing
the Business’ will be delivered. These will focus on
Transformational Leadership, Advanced Business
Acumen, Communicating for Followership and
Delivering Results.
Core Competencies Model
Kames Petroleum Services uses its core
competencies model as a foundation
for training, performance management,
selection recruitment and career
development. The model consists
of a carefully selected collection
of knowledge, skills, behaviors
and qualities deemed critical to
successful employee performance
at the company.
Foundation
• Customer Focus
• Drive for Results • Ethics and Values • Timely Decision Making
Manages Self
• Functional and
Technical Skills
• Informing
• Self-Development
• Time Management
Manages Others
• Conflict Management
• Managing and
Measuring Work
• Motivating Others
• Planning
• Problem Solving
Manages
the Business
• Decision Quality
• Managing Vision
and Purpose
• Organizational Agility
• Strategic Agility
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