PD PORTS DEMONSTRATES THE VALUE OF INVESTING IN PEOPLE

News Release PD Ports, Harbour Office Tees Dock (Port Operations Centre) August 31, 2012

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31 August 2012
Two of PD Ports’ employees, Anthony Paxton and Darren Coleman,
have great cause for celebration
having recently completed specialist engineering degrees,
achieving first class honours at Teesside
University.
Anthony and Darren, both based at PD Ports’ North East locations,
have been working for four years
on a part time basis to gain this qualification. Both employees
joined PD Ports as apprentices some
eight years ago and have continued to study within their chosen
field of engineering throughout this
time.
Currently, Anthony works as Engineering Mobile Plant
Superintendant at Teesport, the 2nd largest
container port in the North of the UK, and Darren has been
recently promoted to Project Engineer
Electrical working within the projects office at Vulcan Street,
Middlesbrough.
Teesside University will be officially awarding Anthony a BA
Honours degree in Mechanical
Engineering and Darren a BA Honours degree in Electrical and
Electronic Engineering at the
University’s annual graduation ceremony in November.
Looking ahead, Anthony and Darren are both planning to take the
next step in their chosen careers
and begin the progression towards achieving full chartered
engineering status as a member of
IMechE (Institute of Mechanical Engineers) and IET (Institute of
Engineering and Technology)
respectively.
Russ McCallion, PD Ports’ group human resources director, said:
“We are delighted to see Anthony
and Darren achieve first class honours in their degrees. At PD
Ports we see the ongoing training and
development of our people as critical to our long term success.
Offering employees the opportunity to
further their skills and knowledge base not only helps raise
aspirations and increase motivation but it
also ensures that our business is backed by a highly skilled and
happy workforce.
“Anthony and Darren have demonstrated how this commitment to
training is embraced by our
employees and achieving first class honours is a clear reflection
of the hard work and dedication
Anthony and Darren have given to their studies. Congratulations to you
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