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Quality Roading and Services
A positively engaged workforce
CONNEXIS AWARD: Turnover between $10m and $100m COMPANY: Quality Roading and Services (QRS)
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Wairoa civil contracting and roading construction company Quality Roading and Services prioritises on-the-job training and education for staff.
The award-winning company is owned by Wairoa District Council and is the town’s second-biggest employer. Everyone has individual training plans for acquiring new skills, increasing their contribution, and building self-esteem.
QRS uses external and internal trainers. Induction, engagement and exit survey results reflect a positively engaged workforce but the company is always looking to improve.
A third of staff are currently working towards apprenticeships from heavy diesel mechanics to road construction. Some staff have branched into project management and engineering.
QRS offers competitive pay and overtime rates, and guaranteed hours with staff paid a minimum of 45 hours a week. Paramount to working at QRS is a desire to share in the company’s overarching goal: a strong and successful company growing the Wairoa community.
QRS hosted the ‘Your Road to Success’ event earlier this year: a family-friendly celebration acknowledging staff who’ve completed licenses, courses, papers and apprenticeships over the past 12 months. It was also a chance for QRS to thank their families for supporting them.
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