Are you looking to reduce spending on expensive subcontractors and labour hire, while also increasing workforce retention and workplace culture?
Then Blue Tongue can help.
Our Service Range
Automotive Service to Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians
We help Canadian businesses solve skills shortages for the long term. To date, we’ve sourced, hired, upskilled, and supported 1,000+ Automotive Service Technicians to become Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians, with a 93% retention and completion rate, and 80% of our upskilled workforce still with Clients over four years later.
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Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians
With two decades of experience, Blue Tongue’s International Talent Program handles everything from hiring to relocation, offering ongoing workforce management. Clients benefit from improved retention, culture, and loyalty. We cover all upfront costs, allowing businesses to bring in skilled international talent with minimal risk.
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Heavy Commercial Mechanic (on-highway)
The heavy haul transport industry needs skilled technicians. Our International Talent Program is tailored to meet this demand. With over two decades experience, we specialize in building a long-term workforce of dedicated Heavy Commercial Mechanics (on-highway), ensuring your business has the expertise it needs to thrive.
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Workforce Supply and Management
Blue Tongue designs, resources, and invests in skills acquisition and training projects for Clients who want to solve Heavy Duty Equipment Technician workforce skills shortages. This includes activities such as workforce planning, hiring, training and management of a skilled workforce.
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Workforce Training and Consulting
At Blue Tongue, we upskill workers to meet industry demands. We design and run tailored training projects that address Heavy Duty Equipment Technician shortages using advanced technology and hands-on experience. We support Clients through the entire process, ensuring long-term growth and successful adaptation to industry changes.
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Skills Project Investment Strategy and Consulting
We are market leaders in developing technical workforces to fill critical skills gaps. We bring our decades of experience in consulting and skills investment, which — combined with your leadership and commitment to change — ensures exceptional results to maximize ROI while minimizing risk.
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Virtual Reality Training
We are obsessed with building trade-based, heavy equipment maintenance training programs that provide tangible and practical outcomes for technicians, giving them the skills and confidence to excel in their careers and deliver unparalleled results to our clients.
Learn MoreReduce labour spend and improve skilled workforces for the long term.
- We work closely with Clients to plan, design, and project manage custom, innovative services addressing long-term critical Heavy Duty Equipment Technician workforce challenges.
- We are a true project partner, helping Clients drive the change they need to build reliable, skilled heavy equipment maintenance workforces.
- We invest significant funds ensuring technicians are up to date with industry standards and skills before they start with our 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 Clients.
- We have tested and honed our services over decades, ensuring that our partner Clients get unrivaled results.
Frequently Asked Questions
At Blue Tongue, we are the market leaders in training, upskilling, and reskilling heavy maintenance workforces across key industries such as mining & civil, forestry, heavy haul transport, and oil & gas. With decades of experience in designing and delivering tailored programs, we bring the expertise and resources to help you overcome even the most persistent skills shortages.
Through our Advanced Group Training programs, we’ve successfully hired, upskilled, and managed over 1,000 technicians. In addition, our International Talent program has hired, relocated, and managed more than 900 Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians, providing industry-ready talent for our partners.
To further reduce risk for our clients, we invest in all upfront costs for our programs, so you can focus on what matters most — growing your business with a skilled, future-ready workforce.
At Blue Tongue, we address your skills shortages in ways traditional recruitment and labour hire can’t. Instead of just finding short-term employment solutions, we’re committed to helping you build your most efficient, reliable, and loyal maintenance workforce for the long term. We do this through our innovative Advanced Group Training and International Talent Programs, alongside a range of tailored workforce planning, training, and consulting services.
What sets us further apart is our investment in every project — not just our expertise, but also our time, resources, and finances. This makes us more than a service provider; we’re a true commercial risk partner. Your success drives our success, and we’re with you every step of the way to ensure lasting results.
At Blue Tongue, we provide a strategic solution to reduce reliance on subcontractors and labour hire by helping businesses build their own skilled and loyal workforce. We specialize in developing Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians, Heavy Commercial Mechanics, and Electrical Instrumentation Technicians through our Advanced Group Training and International Talent Programs.
Unlike traditional recruitment, we don’t just fill roles — we source, hire, and manage a highly skilled workforce that meets your long-term needs. We also invest upfront in our programs, minimizing financial risk for our clients while delivering sustainable employment outcomes. This approach empowers businesses to reduce spend on external contractors and labour hire, while creating a more reliable, efficient, and dedicated in-house team.
At Blue Tongue, we go beyond simply supplying a workforce — we’re innovators, pioneers, and risk-takers committed to providing long-term solutions to address the skills shortage of Heavy Duty Equipment Technician. Our focus is on building dedicated, career-driven workforces that align with your business needs.
With over two decades of experience in sourcing, hiring, upskilling, and managing technicians, we have a proven track record of helping businesses overcome workforce challenges. Our approach leads to tangible and sustainable results, such as reduced labour costs and improved retention.
At Blue Tongue, we work closely with clients to create customized workforce solutions that directly address your specific business needs. We collaborate with you to develop tailored strategies that tackle skills shortages and workforce management challenges, ensuring that the solutions are integrated seamlessly across all levels of your organization — from leadership to the frontline.
Our commitment doesn’t stop there. We fully invest in the initial project costs, including hiring and training, allowing you to build a highly skilled technical workforce with minimal financial risk. This partnership-driven approach ensures maximum impact and lasting results for your business.