As many as 50% of Kiwi workers don’t have the workplace literacy skills needed to function really well in a cutting-edge, technology- based workplace. Equipping your people with the “life skills” to thrive is critical to the success of New Zealand businesses. Key purpose – To empower frontline employees, enhancing workplace and personal skills. Staff will gain comprehensive tools to excel in their roles and beyond, while improving literacy and numeracy skills and confidence. Target audience – For frontline staff, who need both professional and personal development. It provides them the opportunity to upskill and develop capabilities so they can “own their future”. Duration and format- A 56-hr programme delivered in 14 x half-days weekly or 8 x full days fortnightly, in-room workshops over 16 weeks. Up to 10 eligible participants per group. Funding eligibility - This programme is supported by funding from the Workplace Literacy Fund. To be eligible to access funding, a participant must: 1. Be a New Zealand resident 2. Meet the criteria for low literacy (determined by a pre-assessment covering workplace reading, numeracy, writing and speaking and listening). Investment and funding support Funding is valued at $4,750 per eligible learner. For a group of 10 eligible learners, this equates to $47,500 in funding support to your annual training budget. Learners who are not eligible for funding can still be enrolled on the programme @ $4,750 + GST per learner. Funding covers the full cost of the training programme (excluding facilitator travel costs) for eligible staff based on a literacy pre-assessment.

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With over 1​/​3 of our staff having English as a second Language we partnered with The Learning Wave to introduce a workforce skills programme that would help our learners overcome literacy and numeracy challenges that were hindering their performance This programme has really complimented our Digital Transformation efforts. General Manager