Training & Personal Development at Arcadis Australia Pacific

The graduate program is pretty unstructured, however this looks to be changing. The regular check ins/performance reviews/ touchpoints help to provide career goals and ways to achieve them. They are also a good opportunity to receive constructive feedback on your performance.

Most of the training is on the job training and I am still learning.

We have meetings every two weeks to talk about new things we have learnt, be it related specifically to GIS or more general. Formal training isn't something I have taken advantage off yet, but it has been heavily encouraged and would be expansible

Training through real projects teaches both soft and technical skills.

On the job training is the primary method of training in my role, where graduates work with a more senior team member on all projects until the role can be done autonomously. There are opportunities to be enrolled in off-site courses where needed, where the company cover the cost of this training.

Informal training is fantastic, but formal training can sometimes be challenging to obtain funding for.

Much of the training and development I've done was very informal. More job specific training would have been good from the beginning.

Pretty good! I have had a good introduction to all the different arms of the business. The Legal team training is fantastic!

Arcadis requires employees to complete induction training when they first start. They also have a program for learning more about the company and different aspects of the business where they are trying to focus on/improve. After completing that training, the company offers the opportunity to participate in a multi-day workshop, which has previously taken participants to locations around the world.