Business View Magazine | April 2020

86 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2020 trainings that are required by law, but in addition to that, we have a career progression program for our employees,” he remarks. “We actually send them to Profrac University, whether you have a lot of experience or no experience. When you come in, you get a baseline of your knowledge level and then we set out your career path going from that baseline, onward, so you can progress at your own rate.” While fracking has its critics, Kaster believes that the need for the volumes of natural gas and oil are not going away anytime soon. “In the industrialized world, oil and gas is a must,” he avers. “Look at all the undeveloped countries that that silica exposure hazard, more so than other companies out there.” Safety on the highway is another important agenda item. “Coming down the highway is our biggest exposure to harm,” Kaster explains. “More fatalities and injuries in the oil and gas industry are related to driving; it’s the number one source. So, we have speed limiters in our vehicles, and we have 24/7, live coverage of where our vehicles are and how they’re acting.” Finally, Kaster touts ProFrac’s training program as one of the most robust in the services industry. “We have our normal onboarding safety raining, Ken Reynoso HSE Manager South ark Markham Employee Development Manager, Bill Fiffick Training Director, Jeffrey Costlow HSE Curriculum Manager,