BCC member Asset Skills is offering support to businesses for employees with low skills in literacy, language and numeracy. This may be particularly appealing to those companies in the cleaning industry who are employing staff for whom English is not their first language.
Asset Skills is committed to supporting organisations that fall within its sector -companies involved in cleaning, facilities management, housing and property -improve their business performance and organisational effectiveness. One of the ways that they do this is through employer offers.
Some of the benefits that may be found by developing the literacy, language and numeracy skills within your workforce are:
- improved customer relations both for existing and future business
- less wastage through a reduction in administrative errors and quantity control
- improved compliance with heath and safety and other regulations
- improved communication within the company
- improved recruitment, staff retention and internal promotion
- easier achievement of standards such as Investors in People and ISO 9000.
For further information on the scheme please contact Caroline Turnbull, Skills Development Manager , Asset Skills 01604 233336, www.asetskills.org
