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The Blue Tongue Difference

Our Industries

Forestry and Logging

Want to improve your Heavy Duty Equipment Technician workforce? Our unique solutions can help you reduce costs and achieve a 93% retention rate.

What We Provide As Part of Our Forestry and Logging Programs

Automotive Service Technician to Heavy Duty Equipment Technician Upskill Program

Blue Tongue developed the first Automotive Service Technician to Heavy Duty Equipment Technician Advanced Group Training Program in Australia in 2011 with one specific goal: to solve the critical workforce shortages of Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians.

Since the implementation of our Advanced Group Training Programs, Blue Tongue has sourced, hired, upskilled, and supported over 1,000 automotive mechanics to gain qualifications and work as Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians for our Clients. We have achieved a 93% retention and completion rate with our Clients, and 80% of our upskilled workforce are still working with Clients more than four years later.

Heavy Duty Equipment Technician International Talent Program

Blue Tongue has two decades of experience in sourcing, selecting, and employing specialist technical trades from around the world to help forestry and logging Clients overcome Heavy Duty Equipment Technician shortages.

In us, Clients have a true partner. They can leverage our decades of experience in international talent sourcing as we manage everything from hiring to relocation, and then offer continued workforce management support for the duration of the Program.

Clients have seen huge advantages from our International Talent Program such as improved workforce retention, culture, and loyalty. And because we invest all upfront costs ourselves, Clients can take on skilled international talent with virtually no risk.

Blue Tongue has reinvented the way to solve critical Heavy Duty Equipment Technician skills shortages in the forestry and logging industry.

  • We work closely with forestry and logging Clients to plan, design, and project manage a custom, innovative Program addressing long-term critical Heavy Duty Equipment Technician workforce challenges.
  • We invest significant funds ensuring technicians are up to date with industry standards and skills before they start with our forestry and logging Clients.
  • We undertake extensive market research and testing with candidates before inviting them to join our Programs, ensuring they are the right fit for our forestry and logging Clients.
  • We have tested and honed our Programs over decades, ensuring that our forestry and logging Clients get unrivaled results.

Industries You Might Be Interested In

Mining and Civil

Blue Tongue has unbeaten experience and expertise in providing Heavy Duty Equipment Technician workforce solutions to mining and civil clients, including oil sands mining. Blue Tongue sources, selects, hires, upskills, relocates, and supports technicians via our innovative mining heavy equipment maintenance Programs to help mining and civil businesses drive exceptional results.

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Oil and Gas

Blue Tongue offers specialized oil and gas workforce skills and training programs to help Canadian businesses solve Heavy Duty Equipment and Electrical Instrumentation Technician shortages in the oil and gas industry. These Programs are designed specifically for the oil and gas industry, with practical training and employment on real rigs and equipment, ensuring our employees are able to commence work on day one as competent technicians.

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Heavy Haul Transport

To supply Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians to the Canadian heavy haul transport industry, Blue Tongue sources and upskills technicians to fill these critical roles. Our unique Programs are designed to expand the number of skilled Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians available in the Canadian market in order to overcome severe skills shortages in heavy equipment repair and maintenance.

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