Page 20 - 2020 Sustainability Report - Gran Tierra Energy

GTe’s 2020 Workforce
2,078
Putumayo
1,272
Cesar / Santander
347
Employees
3,697 Skilled Labour
Middle Magdalena Valley
88% local skilled workers
85% local skilled workers
100%
Regional Labour Breakdown
93% Local
2%
5%
<1% Expatriate
TOTAL:
Putumayo
of unskilled labour is local
Regional
National
“The gift that GTE can
give to employees is the support to help them grow their capabilities. The best part of my job is providing opportunities for employees to participate in training, good mentorship and coaching.”
Sebastien Morin, Vice President, Global Drilling & Completions
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Job Creation & Workforce Development
GTE’s efforts to protect health and safety and to increase efficiency allowed the company to continue contributing to national, regional and local economies while preserving thousands of local jobs. These jobs became even more important to the local and national economies as the COVID-19 situation led the country
to shut down, with businesses closed and workers seeing their livelihoods and communities severely impacted by drastic reductions in economic activity.
While workforce levels decreased
during the first three financial quarters of the year, job opportunities began to increase again in the fourth quarter when the company resumed development and well maintenance activities as commodity prices stabilized.
Colombian law requires at least
30% of qualified skilled workers be local. As a result of GTE’s training, certification, mentorship and workforce development programs, the company nearly tripled this level.