29 June 2021 Careerforce 2020 Annual Report just released The Careerforce 2020 Annual Report highlights the 2020 year’s challenges and opportunities. Over ...
29 June 2021 2020 Employer Survey – findings and actions Careerforce has released its annual employer report for 2020. The report shares some of the key r...
24 March 2021 Health & wellbeing leaders empowered with cultural confidence The first cohort of health and wellbeing sector leaders came together to lift their cultural conf...
16 October 2020 Your opportunity to show your appreciation 21 October is Thank Your Cleaner Day Thank Your Cleaner Day was launched to recognise the tens of thousands of skilled, hard-working c...
13 May 2020 Proud infection control record for Hokianga cleaner graduates Hokianga Health’s vision is to be the centre of excellence for rural health care. Based at the t...
11 May 2020 Recognising the essential role and responsibility of cleaners “We are responsible for everybody that walks in that door,” says Leeanne Clarke, one of the clean...
20 September 2019 Careerforce Celebrates 25 Years On Thursday 19 September, Careerforce celebrated its 25th anniversary. On this day, back in 1994,...
28 June 2019 Cleaning Qualification a First for Corrections A woman in Arohata Prison is the first to achieve a cleaning qualification while in prison. The l...
21 May 2019 Transforming the training landscape Training for commercial cleaning faces rapid change needing to adapt to new technologies, increas...
15 March 2019 Training makes cleaners mindful What would being mindful bring to cleaning? Safety. Cleaners become mindful after putting them th...
18 January 2019 Training journey helps cleaner move towards management “As a cleaner, you sometimes feel that you’re at the bottom of the hierarchy. Sometimes it’s nice...
15 November 2018 Industry training is the better investment 'Via industry training, we are investing in skilled and passionate people,' says Careerforce Inte...
6 November 2018 New Employer Newsletter – Skills for Good We’d like to introduce the first issue of our newsletter for employers – Skills for G...
5 September 2018 Training staff in chemical-free cleaning means quicker, more efficient results for DHB Clinical Nurse Specialist, Claire Underwood was left inspired, motivated and eager to learn more ...
10 April 2017 ADHB cleaning staff struck by study bug Veteran hospital cleaner Lise Taisalika has caught the professional development bug and is on a m...
2 November 2015 Innovation needed to upskill the health and wellbeing workforce Careerforce introduces apprenticeship training in the health and wellbeing, disability, mental he...
3 September 2015 An invisible industry in the aged care sector Quality training for cleaners is an investment in business and best practice. Trained and qualifi...
20 August 2015 Kaitaia leads the way with cleaning qualifications A group of cleaners at Kaitaia Hospital have become the first people to achieve the New Zealand C...
6 August 2015 Increase staff training efficiencies with a new training plan A new training plan model has been developed in response to industry feedback with regards to res...
10 July 2015 A spotlight on training in an invisible industry “Cleaning as an occupation is often underrated. It’s a hugely invisible industry”: Claude Gibbs, ...
6 July 2015 Training reinforces core skills for Canterbury DHB cleaners Over the past year some of the in-house cleaning team at The Princess Margaret Hospital (TPMH) an...
31 October 2014 Vote of confidence for Careerforce Cleaning Programmes “We’re really pleased with the outcome of the training. We’ve seen a marked improvement in self-e...
12 August 2014 Expired Unit Standard Versions A number of Unit Standard versions and one unit standard expired at the end of December 2014. On...