BUILDING WORKPLACE LITERACY

Low workplace literacy contributes to error, wastage and re-work. It can also lead to your workplace having a poor health and safety record and high staff turnover. There is plenty of help available to help people build their literacy and numeracy skills.

Giving your staff the opportunity to improve their literacy and numeracy levels will allow them to make a greater long-term contribution to our economic development. 

An employee with poor literacy skills may:

  • not understand written or verbal instructions
  • be slower at doing their job 
  • make more mistakes in their work
  • not be able to communicate effectively 
  • be reluctant to take part in team meetings
  • be afraid of taking on new tasks.

Poor literacy has a big impact on your business and the whole economy. Lack of literacy skills in your workplace can:

  • prevent staff from taking on new initiatives 
  • limit your opportunities to promote, and upskill current staff 
  • slow down growth and change in your business.