HEB Construction

Long-term success

CONNEXIS AWARD CATEGORY 3: Turnover $100m+ and Alliances COMPANY: HEB Construction

HEB Construction’s Learning and Development team has expanded its focus from simply skills training and wellbeing to focus on career development that provides a full wrap-around programme.

This programme includes life skills, workplace safety, literacy and numeracy, wellbeing, cultural programmes, and pastoral care, as well as formal industry qualifications. This approach supports HEB’s goal of growing the capability of all of our people across each of our business sectors.

There is a strong focus on diversity, equity and inclusion by explicitly targeting underrepresented groups such as Māori and Pasifika communities to ensure the highest chance of success, with the 129

positive impacts flowing directly into their whānau and communities. The result is a programme designed to increase the success of our people, some of which may have failed to reach their potential at school, or who require additional life skills to truly thrive at work. We realised that improving engagement and a sense of belonging stretched beyond offering employment and career pathways, and that a culturally relevant approach was required. HEB’s programme builds their resilience and grows people’s confidence, with all elements working together to provide a much higher likelihood for long-term success for our participants and their future careers. CIVIL INDUSTRY TRAINING AWARDS 2022 CCNZ / CONNEXIS3

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