JGL Corporate brochure - Flipbook - Page 23
Labour supply
Our projects are delivered by a long-standing, highly
skilled specialist workforce, which we recognise as one
of our greatest assets.
We have made sustained investment in building,
retaining and developing specialist labour to support
complex civil, tunnelling and underground works where
experience, judgement and craftsmanship are critical to
success.
We employ and deploy hundreds of specialist operatives,
including tunnellers, shaft sinkers, SCL nozzlemen,
pipejack crews, plant operators, supervisors and
engineers, many of whom have progressed through the
business over long careers.
This depth of experience allows us to deliver safely
and efficiently in challenging environments, including
live infrastructure, confined spaces and high-risk
underground conditions.
As specialist skills across the industry continue to
decline, we have taken a proactive and deliberate
approach to protecting and growing capability.
We invest heavily in training, mentoring and knowledge
transfer, ensuring traditional techniques such as hand
mining, shaft sinking and sprayed concrete lining are
retained alongside modern mechanised and digital
methods.
Training is delivered through structured programmes,
on-the-job development and continuous assessment to
maintain competence and consistency.
Our commitment to the future of the industry is
reflected in our apprenticeship and early-career
programmes, providing clear pathways into specialist
construction roles. Apprentices are supported by
experienced mentors and exposed to a wide range of
disciplines, enabling them to develop into competent,
safety-focused operatives and future leaders within the
business.
By combining long-standing expertise, structured
investment in training and a strong apprenticeship
pipeline, we maintain a resilient and future-ready
specialist labour force. This capability underpins our
ability to deliver complex projects reliably, safely and
with confidence, today and for the long term.
Technical assurance
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