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Skills Highway Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Forum Sudima Hotel, Christchurch 8 December 2016

Welcome!

Overview of the Forum • Welcome and • Focus session introduc/ons • North Otago Consor/um presenta/on • Update: Skills Highway and TEC • Employer showcase • Morning tea J • Drinks, nibbles and viewing of Skills Highway case • Financial Literacy study videos J presenta/on • Focus sessions • 1.00pm - lunch 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 opportuni/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 • opportunitie s 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 M ā ori and 18 percent Pasifika. Reaching M ā ori 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) – M ā ori = 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