Personnel development is viewed as one of the most important factors predetermining successful performance of Sawmill 25. Therefore matters of professional training and development are given attention to by the administration alongside with the matters of investments in production development and modernization.

Special methods and systems of professional development, chief executives training and career development are adopted in the company. Sawmill 25 continuously allocates funds to professional development of its workers.

The mill’s chief management considers these expenditures to be an investment in personnel that will return in the form of productivity growth.

The professional development process is directed along four basic trends:

• Professional training
• Advanced professional training
• Reserve school training
• Retraining.

The personnel development programme not only facilitates creation of favorable working climate in the Company, but also helps to increase motivation and loyalty of the personnel, provides succession in management. Professional development serves well to the workers themselves, making them more competitive on the labor market and providing more possibilities for professional growth both in and outside the company.