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Skills Highway Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Forum

Sudima Hotel, Christchurch 8 December 2016

Welcome!

Overview of the Forum

• Welcome and

introduc/ons

• Update: Skills Highway

and TEC

• Morning tea J
• Financial Literacy

presenta/on

• Focus sessions
• 1.00pm - lunch J
• Focus session
• North Otago Consor/um

presenta/on

• Employer showcase
• Drinks, nibbles and viewing
• f Skills Highway case

study videos J

Skills Highway update Nicky Murray Programme Manager Skills Highway

Skills Highway revisited

• Established in 2008
• ‘Brand’ for workplace literacy and numeracy
• Website:

– General information – Success stories – News – Resources – Skills Highway Award

• Funded by the Tertiary Education Commission and

now managed by the Industry Training Federation

Skills Highway initiatives

• Promoting the Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Fund to

employers

• Working with WPLN providers and ITOs to develop good

practice strategies for introducing and maintaining workplace literacy and numeracy programmes

• Developing and carrying out a research programme to

support employer engagement with workplace literacy and numeracy

• Acknowledging employers who have successfully introduced

workplace literacy and numeracy training through the Skills Highway Award

Employer-led WPLN Fund

The Fund helps employers provide high-quality literacy and numeracy programmes that are customised for their workplace and which help address produc/vity

• pportuni/es or problems that have their root causes

in literacy and numeracy issues among employees.

‘Solving your business problem with literacy and numeracy upskilling must be at the centre of a successful applicaBon’.

What does a high quality application contain?

• A clear articulation of the employer’s productivity
• pportunities or problems that literacy and numeracy

training can address

• Understanding and measurement of employee practices

that need to change to improve productivity

• Assessment of literacy and numeracy levels pre- and

post-training intervention

• Understanding and reporting of personal outcomes for

employees that then contribute to a higher performing workplace.

What else is in the wind?

Development of resources that support literacy and numeracy upskilling focused on (for example):

• Health and safety (e.g. development of Pathways

Awarua modules and collateral)

• Employer-friendly ‘front pages’ for the Learning

Progressions

Keep an eye on the website for future developments!

Skills Highway research update Anne Alkema Research Manager Skills Highway

Research: Employer-led programmes

• During the 2013-2015 time period, 2099 employees

accessed programmes in the 30 companies.

– 45 percent were NZ European, followed by 22 percent Māori and 18 percent Pasifika.

• Reaching Māori and Pasifika adults is important as while

their skill levels are rising faster than the total population they remain lower than the total population (PIAAC, 2014)

– Māori = top of Level 2 for literacy and mid level 2 for numeracy; – Pasifika = mid Level 2 for literacy and top Level 1 for numeracy

• Five industries covered with manufacturing making up 55%

followed by construction with 25%

• Around 35% in Auckland, including South and West

Auckland, and around 25% ran in the South Island (mainly Christchurch)

Employer-led 2013-2015 Conclusions

• the fund is reaching priority learners, industries and regions
• gains in literacy and numeracy, but the exact extent of

these cannot be determined

• improvements in how workers use their literacy and

numeracy skills at work which lead to improved efficiencies in the workplace

• improvements in workers’ confidence that leads them to

better engage and participate in their workplaces which in turn leads to a more positive workplace culture

• an inability to report on the extent to which there have

been productivity improvements

• while there are a range of approaches to sustainability

companies need support and guidance to take a strategic approach.

Employer ‘showcase’

Skills Highway case study videos Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Ltd https://youtu.be/uG-GYrf6cKU Pacific Homecare https://youtu.be/Mak1w8P1YX0