Congratulations to Van Den Brink Poultry for taking out the Champion Employer Award at this year’s Skills Highway Awards! Van Den Brink Poultry has run their workplace literacy and communication programme across Auckland sites for over 75 staff for the …
A huge congratulations and shout out to our star T & G learner on the Branch Out programme, Duane Nuku, who has won the Champion Learner Award of this year’s Skills Highway Awards. Duane, who participated in Branch Out at …
When T&G Global wanted to grow the skills of their team members who work as operators and in orchard roles, they found an innovative solution in the Branch Out programme. The programme aims to grow the confidence and communication skills …
Congratulations to our Upskills tutor Seema Singh who was recently acknolwedged as highly commended in the Skills Highway Champion Trainer catogory. Here’s what we wrote when we nominated Seema for this award earlier in the year: If there was ever …
Working his way up from sweeping the floors and shovelling to Machine Operator has been part of Wirihana Matangi’s journey through Dempsey Wood. Now he’s on the Whakapuāwai programme, gaining leadership tools and going from strength to strength. “Just …
Saran Read is our new Learning and Design Manager Ngati Kahungunu ki te Wairoa/ Rongowhakaata The latest addition to our core Upskills team is no stranger to workplace literacy. Saran Read has been our Hawkes Bay tutor for the last …
Pop-up Leadership has been one of the wins for this year. It came about because we often get enquiries for leadership programmes from an organisation with just one or two individuals wanting to participate. Whereas our model until now, has been …
The initiative Ingham’s wanted to equip frontline staff at its Te Aroha site with the tools to improve their wellbeing. This was the key driver for putting together their tailor-made, HomeGrown Programme. Ingham’s Learning and Development Advisor, Lesley Beaver, says …
Wellbeing4Work: “Sometimes you just need someone to talk to, someone to listen.” Giving employees a way to talk about their wellbeing, is at the heart of the HEB Construction project, Wellbeing4Work (W4W). It is based on a truly accessible idea, …
Trevor Marshall has been working at Solo Plastics in Avondale for 21 years as a Machine Shop Supervisor. He’s a recent participant on Solo’s Flying High programme. Best learning tip Enjoy the lesson and not worry about it. I …