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Hamon Annual Report 2010
Average headcount per region 2010 2009 2008
Europe 674 647 560
North America 192 209 241
Australia & Asia 275 214 173
Africa 31 24 22
Others Americas 49 46 19
Total 1 221 1 140 1 015
In terms of regions, the number of staff has mainly
increased in:
■ Asia (+29%), due to the developments at Hamon
Shriram Cottrell, the opening of Research-Cottrell
Cooling (Tianjin) and the consolidation over a
12-month period of Hamon DGE and TS Filtration
■ In Africa (+30%), due to the acquisition of J&C
Engineering.
These figures illustrate Hamon’s strategy to further
develop our operations outside of Europe and North
America, which has been underway for a few years.
Average headcount
per category 2010 2009 2008
Management 48 46 39
Employees 709 652 582
Workers 464 442 394
Total 1 221 1 140 1 015
Lastly, if we examine the categories of employees,
we can see that the increase has mainly affected
employees, and to a lesser extent workers.
As at 31 December 2010, the total number of staff
(open-ended contracts) came to 1 215 people,
comprising 988 men and 227 women.
Recruitment
Hamon prides itself on recruiting high-caliber employees.
In each country where we operate, our policy is aimed
at recruiting local personnel. We also have a very small
number of expatriate executives in relatively new
subsidiaries or those that have grown significantly over
recent years. The aim is to support their development
and to promote Hamon’s experience and best practices.
The number of expatriates is marginal – it represents
approximately 0,5% of total employees in the Group
and approximately 6,5% of employees in management
positions.
Training
An important factor in contributing to the development
of our staff and to their satisfaction is to give each
employee the training that he or she needs. Through
different programs we have provided more than 13 000
hours of training in 2010, which is 14 hour/year per
person for the considered perimeter (see Report
parameters). In addition to this formal training (covering
health and safety, the use of our new ERP tool which
is gradually being implemented, technical training
sessions, etc), our employees are also given more
informal training, which is a kind of mentoring or tuition
specific to their role and based on different projects
they are involved in.
Healthy and safety
The health and safety of our staff in the work place
continues to be a priority, be it in factories, offices or
on-site. On-site work presents specific risks that are
difficult to fully overcome. Hamon is adopting measures
to improve the situation.
For more information, see the section detailing the key
performance indicators for Health and safety and
Environment in the annexures.
We are also working towards OHSAS 18001 certification
for health and safety. At present, four subsidiaries have
attained OHSAS 18001 certification, one is SCC
certified (“SHE Checklist Contractor”) and one is
NOSA certified in South Africa (out of the 19 main
subsidiaries considered). The process is underway in
other subsidiaries.
It is also of note that our American subsidiary Hamon
Custodis was given an award for excellence (Certificate
of Achievement for Construction Safety Excellence)
from its customer Southern Company for projects
carried out in 2010. Hamon Research-Cottrell USA also
received an award in 2010, the “Lifetime Achievement
Award” from the American Lung Association, for its
great contribution to improving the air quality in the
United States.
Ethics
Founded on respect for values and with family traditions
having contributed to its history and development,
Hamon continues to promote its code of ethics at the