Recognising a literacy challenge:
Many companies don’t realise how literacy challenges impact productivity. Signs include:
- Difficulty completing everyday documents
- Misunderstandings with instructions
- Poor participation in team meetings
- Mistakes when calculating and counting
- Low uptake of new technology
- Unwillingness to change or consider promotion
- Low comprehension of Health and Safety policies and procedures
Strong literacy and numeracy are the bedrock of a thriving workforce. In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven environment, the ability to communicate effectively, solve problems, and navigate information is essential for individual and organisational success. At The Learning Wave, we close critical skill gaps through targeted, real-world literacy learning journeys.
Why strong foundation skills make a difference:
- Improved communication: Reduces errors, enhances collaboration, and builds stronger teams
- Increased productivity: Employees work more accurately, efficiently, and independently
- Enhanced safety outcomes: Employees understand procedures and make sound decisions on the job
- Boosted engagement & resilience: Fosters a more engaged, adaptable, and confident workforce
- Increased digital confidence: Prepares your team for evolving technology
At The Learning Wave, we’re proud to offer programmes funded by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) through the Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Fund. To ensure we meet TEC’s compliance requirements and continue offering this support, there are a few important steps we must take in partnership with our clients and learners.
We will work with you to determine if your people meet the TEC requirements which are:
- Learner Residency status and prior education, and
- Pre-Assessments for Funding Eligibility
Our workplace literacy programmes are outlined below:
Skill Up - Foundational Literacy
Overview: To provide a foundational literacy learning journey that enhances reading, speaking, listening, writing, and numeracy skills and strategies, supporting individuals to function effectively in their roles.
Target audience: Workers with English as a second language and/or who may have developing literacy skills.
Duration: 40 hours, 10 x half-day sessions or 2×2-hour sessions weekly over 10 weeks.
Owning my Future
Overview: Empower frontline employees by enhancing workplace and personal development. Staff will gain tools to excel in their roles and boost their literacy and numeracy skills with confidence. It provides the opportunity to upskill and build capabilities to own their future.
Target audience: Frontline staff who need both professional and personal development.
Duration: 56 hours, 14 x half-day weekly or 7 full-day fortnightly over 14 weeks.
Taking the Lead
Overview: Equip supervisors and team leaders with effective leadership skills for today’s dynamic work environment, while improving literacy and numeracy. This learning journey is designed to transform leaders, setting a gold standard for behaviour, performance and wellbeing within their teams.
Target audience: Team leaders and supervisors, including those preparing to transition into leadership roles.
Duration: 56 hours, 14 x half-day weekly or 7 full-day fortnightly over 14 weeks.
Everyday Safety
Overview: Enrich your company’s safety culture. Designed to help employees connect with the company’s safety vision, they will take responsibility for their own and others’ safety, contribute to a high-performance safety culture, communicate effectively about safety, think critically, manage risks, understand safety signs and language, and prioritise health and wellbeing. The learning journey also integrates literacy and numeracy activities.
Target audience: Frontline staff.
Duration: 48 hours, 12 x half-day sessions weekly or 6 x full-day sessions fortnightly, over 16 weeks.
Digital Discovery
Overview: Designed to equip your team with the essential digital skills to thrive in today’s connected world. Learners gain confidence in navigating workplace technology, solving problems using digital tools, collaborating effectively and protecting themselves online. With a strong focus on building core digital capabilities alongside literacy and numeracy development, this learning journey reduces resistance to change, supports cultural diversity, and improves overall productivity and wellbeing. Learners walk away more adaptable, digitally fluent and ready to contribute meaningfully in a rapidly evolving workplace.
Target audience: Frontline team members who currently use or are preparing to use technology in the workplace and need support with foundational digital, literacy or numeracy skills.
Duration: 44 hours, 11 x half-day sessions or 5.5 x full-day sessions over 11 weeks.
PowerUp Add-on
Overview: Elevate your Digital Discovery learning journey with PowerUp, specifically designed for manufacturing businesses. Three additional modules will delve into core concepts of Industry 4.0, providing learners with insights and strategies to stay ahead in the digital age.
Target audience: Manufacturing businesses enhancing their Digital Discovery program.
