Blue Tongue

Unlock the power of global talent with Blue Tongue's International Talent Program. Our previous and current clients have reported remarkable benefits, including enhanced workforce retention, a positive company culture, and increased loyalty among employees. By tapping into international talent, you’re not just filling positions; you’re enriching your organization with diverse perspectives and skills that drive innovation and success. And, as a genuine commercial partner, we’re here to support you at every stage of the journey, offering assistance with hiring, onboarding, performance management — everything to ensure a seamless transition of our employees into your company. If you haven’t explored how our International Talent Program can benefit your business, now is the perfect time. Let us help you build your strongest, most committed workforce yet!

Canada’s Heavy Equipment Mechanic Skills Shortage: An Urgent Call for Innovative Solutions

How Mining Companies Can Achieve High Retention Rates with International and Upskilled Employees At Blue Tongue, we’ve spent two decades perfecting the art of hiring, upskilling, and managing workforces. What sets us apart is our focus on building strong relationships with candidates from the very beginning — long before they even start working with us. Our dedicated support team and experienced trainers guide employees throughout their journey, whether they’re upgrading their skills through our Advanced Group Training program or relocating through our International Talent program. This personalised approach ensures our partner clients benefit from a highly motivated, loyal workforce committed to long-term success.

At Blue Tongue, we help you solve persistent Heavy Duty Equipment Technician skills shortages, as well as reduce spend on expensive, unreliable subcontractors. Unlike short-term recruitment solutions, our Advanced Group Training Program upskills Automotive Service Technicians to work with you as Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians for the long term. With two decades of experience running this Program, we’re uniquely placed to help Canadian businesses solve their heavy maintenance skills shortages in ways that traditional labour hire cannot. With more than 1,000 automotive trades employees being carefully selected, trained, and employed through Blue Tongue’s Advanced Group Training Programs to date, we’ve been able to deliver unprecedented rates of success for our partner Clients in Australia, including workforce retention of 93%, improved company culture, and reduced labour spend. We’re excited to help Canadian companies achieve similar results by upskilling their workforces. Let us help you build your most efficient and reliable heavy equipment maintenance workforce yet. 

Blue Tongue has developed workforce solutions for the heavy transport industry to improve workplace culture and reduce labour costs.

Do you want to improve your Heavy Duty Maintenance workforce for the long term while also reducing labour costs? Blue Tongue can help. Our unique upskilling program helps Canadian businesses build the dedicated workforces of the future. Learn more from our General Manager, Ben Warner.

At Blue Tongue, fostering community and helping other people is a part of our DNA. That’s why we always look forward to our annual charity pub quiz. It’s not only a great opportunity for our hardworking employees and valued Clients to kick back and have some fun, but it also helps raise money for the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research Cancer 200 Ride. Over the month of August, we held weekly quiz afternoons at The Shoe Bar , which were attended by our employees, suppliers and Clients, from companies including Trade Skills Australia - RTO Code: 45637, Roam Migration Law, PSC Insurance Brokers and Terra Mining. Teams competed for a range of incredible prizes – including an all-expenses-paid trip to Bali! We also raffled off items that were donated by generous sponsors, including Toolmart, Roam Migration Law, Trade Skills Australia, Coastal Construction Skills Training, CUB - Carlton United Brewery, Short Batch and Go West Tours/Sealink. The funds raised go towards cancer research here in WA, to help find better treatments and outcomes for patients and their families. 

For almost twenty years, Blue Tongue has been helping top-tier Australian Clients solve their workforce challenges in ways that traditional labour hire cannot. We pride ourselves in finding solutions for even the most persistent Heavy Duty Equipment workforce challenges and have a proven track record of minimizing risk and delivering maximum ROI. We’re excited about helping our Canadian Clients get unrivaled results, too. Want to learn more about how we do it? Get in touch today. 

When you partner with Blue Tongue via our International Talent Program you're assured a seamless and pain-free process of integrating our skilled employees into your business. That’s because we take care of all hiring, visa requirements, and onboarding, as well as ongoing support and integration development over the duration of the Program. Our expert consultants provide employees with in-depth inductions including important cultural and employment advice, and regularly visit onsite to check in and liaise with supervisors. In short, our employees become part of our Blue Tongue family, which means your business benefits from increased loyalty, higher retention rates, and a more productive workforce.

The Blue Tongue team were thrilled to attend the Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie this week. We were able to meet and network with industry professionals, visit regional mine sites, and chat with current and potential Clients about the unique ways that Blue Tongue can help solve their Heavy Duty Mechanic skills shortages. We can't wait to see more businesses succeed and grow by helping them build workforces for the future. Did you miss us at the Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum? Get in touch to learn more about how we can help your business build a more productive and loyal team.