Glynis McCarthy
Principal, Safety Associates

Biography

Glynis is a trainer and facilitator who has worked in the Adult Education sector for more than twenty years. She has developed and delivered custom training programmes, targeted at workers, supervisors and managers, for a diverse range of organisations. She has a particular focus on adult literacy, language and numeracy skills.

Glynis has extensive experience in conducting training needs analyses, developing skills assessment tools, observing work practices and assessing workers’ skills, knowledge and behaviours. She has developed competency frameworks and has strengths in interviewing and engaging with employees.

Her work has included advising companies on training delivery, design, development and implementation of key learning and safety initiatives.

Engaging with a Diverse Workforce – what we have learnt from our EU

• Background on the incident we had at KPH Produce Ltd in July 2016.
• Brief explanation of what an enforceable undertaking is.
• The specifics of our enforceable undertaking.
• Where our business is today vs our  situation in 2016.
• How the literacy skills in the horticultural sector compares to NZ as a whole and what this means.
• The challenges horticultural companies with diverse workforces have engaging their workers around H & S.
• What other horticultural companies can learn from NZHH/KPH with diverse workforces.