Page 22 - W M Donald Newsletter - Edition Twelve

Occupational health: changing TAC.
After many years of providing W M Donald with excellent occupational health support, Dr Peter Snape has decided to hang up his stethoscope. We wish him a long and happy retirement.
The retirement of Dr Snape and the continued growth of W M Donald including, in recent years, the establishment of offices in Inverness and Perth, led to a detailed review of our occupational health provision. As a result, W M Donald has teamed up with the TAC Healthcare Group; TAC stands for ‘The Aberdeen Clinic’. Our primary contact is Dr Findlay Dick.
TAC has recently completed W M Donald’s annual health surveillance and reviews. The work was undertaken by four qualified physicians. TAC also administered a programme of free flu jabs for any employee that wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.
We look forward to working with TAC in the years to come and building on the existing health and wellbeing programmes already in place.
22
Training at W M Donald
The disruption to ‘business as usual’ caused by Covid was the driver behind an exhaustive training audit which covered all W M Donald team members: some 140 employees.
The outcome of the audit was an intensive ten-week training plan delivered across W M Donald’s facilities in Netherley (Stonehaven), Inverness and Perth.
The article on page 19 from one our training providers, C&G Safety & Training, gives more detail on the scope of the training undertaken. The face-fit test referred to in the article is required to ensure respiratory protective equipment works effectively. The test requires the operator to be clean shaven and many members of the workforce had grown impressive beards during lockdown. However, I was really impressed with the way everyone got stuck in, shaved off their whiskers and completed the test.
A big thank you to Bon-Accord Training which was also heavily involved in the delivery of mechanical equipment training.
Rachel O’Donnell – HR Manager