NORTHLINE education programs as well . It ’ s all about retention and the development of our staff . That ’ s where we ’ re focused .”
Craige Whitton
to this day , each one occupying a national management role .
In recent years , Northline has been finding additional ways to increase its investments in its people . Starting in July with the next financial year , the company has plans to roll out a substantial new learning and development program that will encompass staff at all levels of operations .
“ We ’ ll be able to have our operational trainers spending time with staff in the field , and equally we ’ ll have a supervisory management and development program ,” said Whitton . “ Then we ’ re going to have some executive
Growth and expansion There are plans for growth shaping up on the horizon for Northline . With its Darwin development work nearing completion , the business will soon turn its sights toward upgrades in Adelaide . “ Between Redbank in Brisbane , Smithfield in Sydney , and now East Arm in Darwin — our Melbourne and Perth facilities were purposely built for us a few years ago , so Adelaide will be the only remaining capital city that we need to redevelop ,” said Whitton . “ That ’ s a little further off , but we need to have a new development finished in Adelaide for 2017 , so it ’ s on the drawing board as we speak . We will certainly be looking at the technology and our requirements over the next 12-18 months .”
While the business is already involved in providing services across a wide cross-section of industries and geographies , it is investing time and effort to expand in a few specialty areas —
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