Our business activities and community investments have an impact on the growth and prosperity of the communities where we work. At Canadian Natural, we engage the local community across all of our operations to develop and promote local capacity and work with local and regional contractors to explore potential employment opportunities. We support training and employment initiatives that enable the continued development of local workforces near our operations so that we can train and employ people in the communities where we operate.
Supporting Trades and Employment Opportunities
Apprenticeship training is an important way to help prepare individuals for a career in the trades and we work closely with local colleges on skilled trades programs that are accessible and affordable for community members.
A service rig used for training.
Our employees
Our business depends on a diverse workforce of individuals who take pride in ‘working together’ and ‘doing it right’. In 2019, we employed more than 10,000 full-time employees.
The employment created by our North American operations and through our capital investment program in 2019 was equivalent to 79,820 person-years, including direct, indirect (suppliers) and induced (economy at large) employment. To learn more about the employment created by our Company, as well as additional benefits of our operations, read our 2019 Stewardship Report to Stakeholders and visit our Economic Contributions section.
Hiring locally
At Canadian Natural, hiring and developing local people is one of our priorities. We do this through internal training and mentorship, which are essential to our culture. We believe that creating a workforce of empowered employees is essential to creating value, and therefore, developing people also means promoting people from within whenever possible.
At our CDI operations in Offshore Africa, for example, we work with the local community and the education system to develop local people. Our International operations employ 55 individuals in CDI, 54 of whom are Ivorian, including four members of the local management team.
To further support our recruiting goals, we participate in information sessions at universities, colleges and career fairs.
For more information on training initiatives to support employment creation, read the Education and Training section of our website.
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