ROOFING RICHARDSON ROOFING
Ultimately, each of these benefits hinges
on the company’s ability to deliver market
leading expertise. On this note, the organ-
isation is a very keen developer of skills
within the organisation, which is primarily
pushed through in-house training on a con-
tinual basis. This has allowed for the or-
ganisation to continue developing the skills
within its team on a continued basis and has
been, since the organisation’s establish-
ment, a key focus for the company.
On the note of apprenticeships, George
Richardson also provided comment, ex-
plaining: “We’ve got a lot of youth coming in,
and we like to train as much as we can with-
in the company and then bring them up. The
way the industry is going now, you’re find-
ing that we’re almost becoming mini-build-
ers, because you have to have a SMSTS
operative on-site, rather than the historical
approach of some contracted foreman; be-
cause of this we’re having to train all of the
“It’s very important that you start by working
at the low-level, across the trades, because
then you start to gain the respect of people
and understand what they have to do then
make money.”
Given Richardson Roofing’s focus on
training and, indeed, on the problem-solving
approach which it takes, the company is also
known to try and train individuals in the Rich-
ardson way of doing things from the very start.
This has seen the organisation attempting to
encourage youths to pursue apprenticeships
with the firm, training them in the organisation’s
way of doing things, but also providing ample
opportunity for progression and multiskilling
within the diverse operational base.
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time, and every year we always have ap-
prenticeships going on because you need
to bring youths through.”
Indeed, much of this focus on