Social Impact Local Hiring
and Skills Development

Local hiring and skills development can generate significant economic benefits for the communities near our operations and is often identified as a high priority for stakeholders. We know from experience that we benefit too, because it builds our talent pipeline and strengthens community and employee relationships.

In Manitoba, we are a member of the Northern Manitoba Sector Council (NMSC), and we partner with the NMSC, Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM), University College of the North (UCN), Workplace Essential Skills Training (WEST) Centre and First Nations communities on training to support first steps in mining career paths. We recruit local job candidates through community meetings and relationship building, and we provide basic industry and mining skills training so that candidates can succeed in their roles once they join Hudbay. Hudbay is also a strong supporter of the Northern Manitoba Mining Academy.

In Peru, we have hired approximately 2,900 people in total from the surrounding communities, primarily from the rural communities of Uchucarco and Chilloroya. In 2015, local employment was reduced to 400 people as construction ramped down and Hudbay worked with local communities to help people transition to other livelihoods. We continue to prioritize local hiring and look for opportunities to build the talent pool. To this end, we have partnerships with local technical institutes for semi-skilled trades and heavy equipment training. The intent is to help local people acquire skills through Hudbay-sponsored training programs and on-the-job experience so that they can apply for future jobs, with our company or others in the region.

In Arizona, there is a wealth of mining skills in the area near the Rosemont project, which we are drawing on as the project progresses. We also want to help build the local talent pool. We have a longstanding relationship with the Department of Natural Resources at the University of Arizona through funding and a field laboratory that gives students an opportunity to perform work at our on-site test plots. The program has resulted in a number of master’s degrees, theses and papers, helping equip students with the credentials they need for their future careers. We are in discussion to create a mining industry channel for high school students through the local Joint Technical Education District (JTED). JTEDs offer career and technical education programs to public high school students up to age 22.

2015 Performance Highlights

Peru

• Constancia employed more than 400 local people in 2015, mostly from the communities of Uchucarco and Chilloroya. The majority work as general labourers in operations and logistics, and in hospitality jobs at the camp. Forty-three local people completed technical training funded by Hudbay and now work in advanced jobs, operating heavy equipment or providing technical assistance in the processing plant.
• As part of our new recent graduate trainee program, 11 engineers and 15 technicians are participating in a rotational program, which gives them the opportunity to work in different parts of the processing plant. During the one-year period, they receive full pay and benefits. We hope to hire them permanently at the end of the year.

Arizona

• We awarded several grants to local schools for science, technology, engineering, environment, agriculture and mathematics (what we call “STEEAM”) initiatives, including: $5,000 to The Rising School for a robotics program; $5,000 to Continental School District for a math intervention program; $5,000 to Pima County JTED to develop a laboratory for agri-science and vet science; and $5,000 to Walden Grove High School to install smart boards in advanced placement (AP) math and science classrooms.
• We participated in the 4H Junior Livestock auctions, which provided nearly $20,000 in scholarship funds to science programs for high school students in two counties near the project site.
• Four interns from San Miguel High School worked at the Hudbay Arizona Business Unit offices. The high school is located on Tucson’s economically disadvantaged south side. Students take a full college preparatory course load while simultaneously holding internships in corporations and earning nearly 40% of their school tuition.

Manitoba

• We revised our First Nations training to employment process to address shortcomings identified in the 2014 program. A joint initiative of Hudbay, local First Nations communities and government agencies, the process is aimed at helping people gain the skills needed for work at Hudbay. Our team is now involved earlier in the process, screening and interviewing candidates before they start any of the training programs. We expect this new approach will lead to more people meeting Hudbay’s essential skills requirements and being hired once they complete the training.
• Other First Nations employment and training activities included:
  • Presenting Hudbay job opportunities and hiring processes to women at the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies – Creighton Work Prep Centre. Attendees included Aboriginal women who had just completed a 16-week carpentry course and welding students from Northland College.
  • Participating in the Northern Connections Job Fair sponsored by Flin Flon Aboriginal Friendship Centre and making mining presentations to high schoolers and adults at the Opaskwayak Cree Nation Oscar Lathlin Collegiate Job Fair.
  • Participating in a one-day event at Norway House Cree Nation, where we delivered our Mining 101 presentation and provided an overview of job opportunities for qualified candidates.