Labour Force Training and the Relief Workforce at the Ministre des Transports du Qubec: Winning Moves.

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Berthod, C. Chabot, C. Lanctot, B. Leclerc, C. & Lefebvre, C.
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Abstract

Labour force training and the relief workforce are major concerns for theMinistere des Transports du Quebec and its partners, particularly within the context of an economy favourable to investment in public infrastructures. Organizations are seeing their fields of jurisdiction become more diversified and new technologies and regulations introduced, forcing them to continuously renew their expertise to deal with new requirements in the area of transportation. As well, in the last few years, the labour market hasbeen affected by the ageing of the labour force, with a rise in the demand for replacements following numerous retirements, while the skilled and qualified labour pool has progressively offered fewer choices in terms of relief workers. This labour shortage affects a number of job classes in theroad, rail, maritime and air transportation sectors. Quebec's organizations and companies are accordingly facing ever-greater challenges when it comes to hiring, developing and establishing the loyalty of a qualified workforce. In light of this, the Ministere des Transports has over the last few years implemented various measures to ensure a relief workforce in the scientific and technical areas of transportation, improve resource management, and maintain expertise: actions to encourage youth to enter professions in the field of transportation, a mentoring program, coaching for employees starting in new positions, identification of vulnerable strategic positions, development of skill profiles, training activities, use of new forms of learning, etc. Challenges in terms of training and the relief labour force concern all transportation organizations, whether private or public.While each may have tried to overcome these challenges in its own way andusing its own methods, it appears to be increasingly necessary to aim forcommon strategies better tailored to the scope of the challenges facing us all. All of the measures implemented have had a positive impact not onlyin terms of human resources, but also on the collaboration between the Ministere and its main partners. For the covering abstract see ITRD E139491.

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C 48934 (In: C 48739 DVD) /10 / ITRD E139689
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In: Proceedings 23rd World Road Congress, Paris, 17-21 September 2007, 12 p., 14 ref.

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