Smith and Sons Electric Code of Excellence is a program designed to bring out the best in our construction employees and demonstrate to our customers that Smith and Sons Electric’s employees:
Exercise safe and productive work practices
Perform the highest quality and quantity of work
Utilize their skills and abilities to the maximum
The Code of Excellence is to convey a strong message that SMITH AND SONS ELECTRIC Electricians will:
- Arrive to work on time, ready and willing to work.
- Follow appropriate employer and customer work rules.
- Promote an alcohol and drug free workplace.
- Work in a safe and healthy manner.
- Give 8 hours work for 8 hours pay and ensure supervision has been notified when we need to leave the jobsite.
- Respect management directives that are safe, reasonable and legitimate.
- Respect the customer's rights and property.
- Respect the rights of our coworkers.
- Utilize the skills and abilities we have learned to gain a competitive advantage.
- Take care of the employer's tools and equipment as if they were our own.
- Refuse to condone any act of property destruction, including graffiti.
- Start work on time, work until the appropriate quitting time and limit break periods to the time allowed.
- Use the proper tool for the job while maintaining personal responsibility for our tools.
- Perform personal business, including cell phone use, during authorized break periods only.
- Never participate in job slowdowns, disruptions or activities designed to extend the job or create overtime.
- Always strive to conduct ourselves in a way that promotes a positive image of SMITH AND SONS ELECTRIC.
SMITH AND SONS ELECTRIC management must have knowledge of the Code of Excellence program principles, its relationship to SMITH AND SONS ELECTRIC organizing and overall employee responsibilities. Yet, more importantly, employees in these management roles need to know how to effectively managing their jobs and the Code of Excellence program. SMITH AND SONS ELECTRIC electricians honoring the Code of Excellence program will rightfully have similar expectations of management, with these being in the areas of:
- Total acceptance of supervisory positions and related responsibilities
- Communication and cooperation with the job Foreman
- Employee encouragement but, if necessary, fair and consistent discipline
- Job safety, health and sanitation needs or requirements
- Ample job layout/directions to minimize down time and maximize employee productivity
- Availability and timely delivery of necessary materials
- Proper number and type of tools and equipment to ensure job progress
- Maintenance and upkeep of tools and equipment
- Storage and protection of employer and employee tools and equipment
- Employ adequate number of employees to perform efficiently or, conversely, limit number of employees to the work at hand.
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