If you have responsibility for managing and leading literacy and numeracy development within your company, this page contains information and quick links for you.
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The Employer Information Pack explains the Workplace Literacy Fund and provides other practical information for employers: the signs of literacy or numeracy issues in your employees, what you can do about it, how to access funding and examples of small and large successful programmes.
Case Studies
Programme in action
As a division of Godfrey Hirst New Zealand Limited, Canterbury Spinners employs about 290 employees. These include unskilled and unqualified operators, as well as technically qualified staff. The company supplies yarn to carpet factories in both New Zealand and Australia. The company was aware that there was a literacy and numeracy need amongst their employees.
Programme in action
With the growing realisation that some of the problems in the workplace were caused by literacy and numeracy challenges, Sanford Havelock decided to run a training programme for 27 of its workers.
"We are seeing some clear changes as a result of the course like less need for supervision, greater taking of initiative, greater willingness to attempt tasks and general improved attitudes to work."