What have been some of the greatest human resource challenges in getting the Diavik mine up and running?
LVH: We have a commitment that we will hire Northerners and Aboriginals and we will work to develop our people. With a small population of about 43,000 people in the Northwest Territories, and other industry already in the area drawing on that small population for their workforce, our challenge has been finding people with the necessary skills to work for us. Some Aboriginal employees have never worked in a wage economy before and their job at Diavik may be the first full time job they have ever held. In some cases, the population of the mine site is larger than many of the communities employees are from. Moreover, English is a second language to many workers. This is quite a shift for people and helping them get through this change is a challenge. Most of our employees work on a 2 by 2 shift rotation – meaning 2 weeks on site and 2 weeks off site. This split schedule means that there are only certain windows to work with employees on their development before they leave the mine site a
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