XVI WORLD WINTER SERVICE AND ROAD RESILIENCE CONGRESS
Detailed program

WF 2 The challenges of training, workforce and retention in winter maintenance

Wednesday, February 9 16:00 - 17:30 (Calgary)

GMT : 02/09| 23:00 - 00:30 Paris : 02/10| 00:00 - 01:30 New Delhi : 02/10| 04:30 - 06:00 Tokyo : 02/10| 08:00 - 09:30 Sydney : 02/10| 10:00 - 11:30

Chair: Gregor Murray, Director of the School of Industrial Relations, Université de Montréal, Canada-Québec

For many countries such as Canada-Québec, the winter maintenance workforce is a recurring problem for road maintenance professionals today.
The training of this specific workforce, the workforce shortage, the means of retaining the workforce and the possible workforce attractiveness strategies will be addressed during the discussions through a panel of regional and international experts.
The objective will be to better understand the issues of the respective stakeholders and to share promising initiatives put forward in the organizations in order to identify best practices. It is also a question of deepening a reflection on the transformation of work and the impact of technological changes in all dimensions of the development of skills and expertise of individuals; in particular in their capacity to remain up to date and to pursue their continuous learning.

This session includes a panel discussion, which is shared here in an abridged version.
To view the full version, go to AQTr.com

  1. Welcome and session introduction
  2. Presentations
  3. Questions and Answers
  4. Conclusion

Welcome and session introduction

• Gregor Murray, Director of the School of Industrial Relations, Université de Montréal, Canada-Québec

Presentations

• Audrey Murray, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity, Canada-Québec

• Pierre-Guy Brassard, Ministry of Transportation, Canada-Québec 

• Gerhard Bosch, Managing Director of the Institute for Work, Skills and Training, Department of Social Sciences, University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany 

 • Lina Skoglund, Ombudsman of the IF Metall Trade Union, Sweden

Questions and Answers

Moderated by:
• Audrey Murray, President of the Labour Market Partners Commission (CPMT), Montreal, Canada-Québec
• Pierre-Guy Brassard, Engineer, Area Manager – Winter Maintenance and Operating Technologies, Québec Ministry of Transport (MTQ), Canada-Québec

Conclusion

 • Gregor Murray, Director of the School of Industrial Relations, Université de Montréal, Canada-Québec

Session Organiser: Josée Rainville, Association des Transport du Québec (AQTr), Canada-Québec
PIARC Technical key contact: Peter Nutz, Chair of PIARC TC 3.2, Austria