Pictured above: Mansell's management trainees and apprentices who are delivering the Zero Harm message

Apprentices and management trainees from the Stourbridge-based Western region of Mansell Construction Services are spreading the word to promote a new companywide safety initiative aimed at making safety personal. 

Zero Harm is a Mansell programme with the aim of completely eradicating accidents, injuries and long-term health issues from its many sites. The initiative emphasises personal responsibility among the company's employees and those of its supply chain companies.

Now the company has appointed a team of apprentices and management trainees as ambassadors to deliver the key messages of Zero Harm to visitors to its Stourbridge office, supply chain partners and the wider community.

The ambassadors took part in workshops, role-play and mentoring to train them to deliver the key messages around "Making Safety Personal". All visitors to Mansell are given information packs and the ambassadors' contact numbers to call with any questions. They are also helping with workshops for supply chain partners.

Western Region operations manager Martin Farrell said his young colleagues were playing a vital role.

"As well as delivering a very important message this initiative has seen these young people grow in stature and confidence, gain a better understanding of the business and its priorities, improve their inter-personal and communication skills and reinforce our view of their management potential," he said