Utility places higher ranking in Training magazine’s Top 125
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB)
ranked 75th at the Training Magazine Top 125 Awards Gala held on February 3, in San Diego, Calif. Training magazine is a leading business publication with a focus for learning and development professionals. Each year the magazine ranks 125 leading organizations in employer-sponsored training and development programs.
“The utility ranked higher than a lot of larger companies, and achieved a higher ranking than last year,” said BWWB General Manager, Mac Underwood. “It is a great accomplishment.”
Last year, the utility ranked 95th for its Leadership Development Program. Participants in the program tackled actual organizational challenges through completing a work-related team project that was approved by executive management.
Each year the Top 125 include rankings based on a multitude of benchmarking statistics, such as total training budget; percentage of payroll; number of training hours per employee program; goals, evaluation, measurement, and workplace surveys; hours of training per employee annually; and detailed formal programs. Rankings are determined through assessing a range of
qualitative and quantitative factors, which include financial investment in employee development, the scope of development programs, and how closely such development efforts are linked to business goals and objectives.
Founded in 1951, the Birmingham Water Works Board serves 600,000 people in Jefferson, Shelby, Blount, St. Clair, and Walker counties. The BWWB operates four filtration plants, a certified testing laboratory, and has more than 4,000 miles of pipe in its distribution network; it ranked among the top five water systems in the United States. For more information about your
Birmingham Water Works Board, please call 205-244-4000 or visit
www.birminghamwaterworks.com.
