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Human resources

The success of the Altron group of companies is dependent on the operations’ ability to attract, motivate and retain key skills, particularly in the technical fields. The group companies continue to invest in the development of human capital and have instituted long-term strategies to ensure a readily available talent pool, while continuing efforts to ensure a workplace reflecting the demographics of the country.

Employment equity

Altron is committed to meeting its internal targets, aligned with the codes and ensuring equitable representation in all occupational categories and levels in the workplace. This is driven by co-ordinating committees and progress is regularly reported to the Altron board and executive committee. The following table reflects the demographics of the employee base in the Altron group extracted from the most recent submissions to the Department of Labour.


	Male			Female					Foreign nationals

Occupational		Col-			Col-			White
levels	African	oured	Indian	African	oured	Indian	White	male	Male	Female	Total

Top management	5	2	1	1	0	0	6	50	1	0	66


Senior management	6	12	24	4	7	8	56	279	0	0	396

Professionally
qualified and
experienced
specialists and
mid-management	89	78	110	32	23	34	246	749	5	0	1 366

Skilled tech. and
acad. qualified
workers, junior
management,
supervisors, foremen,
and superintendents	922	497	413	353	197	239	741	1 490	6	1	4 859

Semi-skilled and
discretionary
decision-making	1 398	464	72	341	145	63	255	156	2	1	2 897