Spring is in the air, and that means action at Klausing Group. One of the most critical things we do to prepare for the landscaping season ahead is to take every step to prepare every one of our employees to represent our company safely and well. We have a specific, well-orchestrated way of doing this each year: a hands-on training event we call Spring Into Action.
The annual Spring Into Action event allows every Klausing Group employee the opportunity to get familiar with all the equipment we use. Our crew leaders set up training stations where every employee can receive instruction and hands-on training, while production managers roam between stations lending their expertise as needed. Together, they review the operations manual, safety protocols, and standard operating procedures for each piece of equipment, and each employee gets the chance to use it. Everyone must receive a check-off from the crew leader at each station indicating whether or not they have done well with it before they go on to the next. They also learn “tricks of the trade” to help them work efficiently and professionally as well as safely. Those who don’t pass the first time will be given additional training later before they are cleared to use the equipment on their own.
Safety is always a priority at Klausing Group, and safety training is always a large part of what goes on at a Spring Into Action event. In addition to safe handling of equipment, employees learn appropriate situations to use items (for example, we use stick edgers and not string trimmers, to edge a sidewalk.) We also go over vehicle safety. Everyone reviews how to back up safely, and how to do a DOT inspection, which is something we do each morning on every vehicle.
We also make sure everyone understands the importance of keeping order in trailers and storage areas. At Klausing Group, we believe firmly in the principle of “a place for everything and everything in its place.” It’s part of our company culture, and we believe it contributes both to our efficiency and to our excellent safety record.
Between our two locations this year, we expect to train close to 60 employees during Spring Into Action. For each of them, it is an opportunity not just to receive top notch training in landscape maintenance, safety, and equipment handling, but to get to know how Klausing Group operates, what they can expect from our company, and what will be expected of them.
Getting everyone together in this way allows everyone on the Klausing Group team to get to know each other in a way that doesn’t happen during the year when crews go their separate ways. Everyone gets to meet everyone else, so at the end of the day we all go home feeling like part of a strong, unified team, and ready to do our best for the benefit of all.
Klausing Group offers competitive benefits and opportunity for advancement for hard-working, experienced landscape professionals. If you are interested in employment opportunities at our company, call us at 859-254-0762 (Lexington branch) or 502-264-0127 (Louisville location), or reach out to us online.