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Colombia is not isolated from the challenges of the global mining industry and one of those key challenges has and will continue to be the availability of skilled labour . RELIANZ places a great deal of investment into creating internal development training programs , training schools and continuously retraining its own employees .
This then “ seeds ” the labour pool as RELIANZ trains its customers in order to develop their skillsets and capabilities to operate technology and improve efficiency at its site .
“ We strive to be the employer of choice ,” says Briggs . “ So , we do everything we can to offer job security , a safe working environment and creating a culture of drive and innovation . This doesn ’ t stop at our technical staff , right through the company we create a strong sense of unity and this goes out to the companies that we work with too .”
Safety , and creating a safe working environment , is one of the core values of RELIANZ . The company makes its approach to safety visible at all levels of its strategic planning process and
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