If we are off to the beach on a weekend, I make hot rolls to eat on the journey. Stir for a few seconds, then add a tin of baked beans, plus a slug of tomato ketchup.
Add half a teaspoon each of ginger, cumin and coriander, plus a teaspoon of turmeric. The initiative provides a range of work-related courses to help Pacific workers in particular affected by the changing nature of work or the impacts of Covid-19.Sauté one small onion, chopped as finely as possible, in a little olive oil at a low heat for 10 minutes. Nearly 60% of Auckland’s hundred thousand-strong Pacific workforce are employed in less-skilled jobs that are vulnerable to the changing technological nature of work.īut Sleepyhead’s owners The Comfort Group are hoping a new scheme will help workers like Ngatokotoru upskill to face the increasing demands of working in hi-tech factories.Īlong with 53 other businesses, the company has signed up to an $8 million government-funded programme being delivered by council-controlled organisation Auckland Unlimited, which is part of a wider $22 million programme called the Auckland Pacific Skills Shift. Over those years, Ngatokotoru has seen operations at Sleepyhead’s factory in Ōtāhuhu go from rudimentary machines operated by switches to touch screens, large LCDs and sophisticated machines that can shift heavy materials efficiently around the site.īut like many workers at the plant, he’s at risk of being left behind as the factory introduces more automation and digitisation.Īnd it’s not an issue isolated to those at his factory. “I’ve been here 18 years – that’s longer than my name,” jokes Maki Ngatokotoru.
A scheme designed to upskill factory workers is not only helping them prepare for the future of work, but also increasing their digital literacy in their everyday lives.
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