Thumbs up to Caverton and their core value of safety!
Caverton introduces safety awards ? The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper
Caverton Helicopters has introduced a set of annual awards as a way of further encouraging its members of staff to always put safety at the centre of all their activities.
The statement quoted the Chairman, Caverton Group, Mr. Aderemi Makanjuola, as saying, “The three cardinal principles of our operations are safety, safety, and safety. We have a strong safety culture already. But we can’t take this for granted. We have to keep instilling it in our staff that this is a non-negotiable value for us.”
The Chairman’s Annual Safety Award for 2011 was given to Captain Tade Osunfisan, a pilot, for bravery, sound judgment and professional conduct during an emergency.
“Safety is at the core of our business,” stated Mr. Bashir Bakare, a director of the company, who handed out the awards. “It matters to our clients, and it even matters more to us. It is the centre-piece of our operations.”
The company was incorporated in 2002, but commenced operations in 2004 with an intra-city shuttle service in Lagos.
For upward of five years, the company submitted itself to rigorous audits from the major oil companies in Nigeria.
In 2009 it passed the Shell Audit, which is regarded as the industry standard. The company got its big break in 2010 when, in partnership with Dancopter of Denmark, it was awarded a five-year contract by Shell for the provision, operation and maintenance of six AW139 helicopters.