Our workplace English training provides hyper specific solutions that solve your language barriers at work with ESL employees (who speak English as a Second Language). Food manufacturing companies rely on clear communication every single day. And your production teams must follow strict safety protocol, understand procedures and coordinate efficiently on production lines. Otherwise, language barriers at work can result in everything from inefficient work to safety hazards to compliance issues and everything in between. That's why food manufacturing companies with an ESL staff are investing in workplace English training. But what does that mean exactly?
Why is workplace English training important for food manufacturing companies?
Food manufacturing companies are those involved in the food supply chain. They can be food production companies or food distribution companies. Wherever your manufacturing business operates, approximately 2.1 million ESL workers (who speak English as a Second Language) represent 21% of the entire US food supply chain. All the way from agriculture to processing and distribution labor.
How is workplace English training for food manufacturing different from standard English language training?
Traditional online English language training teaches very general English language skills that helps for everyday conversation. Such as: learning how to participate in everyday conversations such as the news, hobbies or average daily life for example.
Your employees need highly specific, customized English language training. That's why we believe everyone deserves to communicate with confidence in the professional environment where they work everyday.
Workplace English language training cuts out the excess, and delivers the results you need to see in a timely manner. We do this through assessing your current language barriers by meeting with your decision makers and ESL staff. Our English training for businesses takes the time to discover what you need and how to deliver it in the most impactful way by:
* Analyzing production environment key performance metrics
* Identifying communication challenges your employees face
* Gathering key terminology used in your specific facilities
* Reviewing relevant safety and sanitation procedures depending on your environment
* Working with supervisors to understand existing communication barriers
What will food manufacturing ESL employees learn with our workplace English training?
EXAMPLE curriculum:
| Example Week: | Example Focus: | Example Topics: | Role or task oriented vocabulary associated with: |
| Week 1: | Foundations for your workplace communication | * Industry, company & task vocabulary * Understanding daily responsibilities, essential tasks & protocols * Understanding instructions and responsibilities at work | * Your clock-in & out system * Your production line * Your machinery, inventory, operations & protocols * Your departments and responsibilities by department or role |
| Week 2: | Production line communication | * Asking for help or clarification * Communicating with coworkers & managers * Reporting production issues * Food safety & reporting issues or concerns | * Starting & stopping procedures * Asking questions related to tasks * Asking for deadline adjustments * "Life cycle" from start to finish of your production line |
| Week 3: | Food safety standards | * Communicating sanitation concerns * Reporting contamination * Food safety & hygiene protocols | * Sanitation & hygiene standards * Contamination protocol * Food safety standards |
| Week 4: | Equipment safety and operation | * Reporting issues with machinery and equipment * Maintainence instructions & procedures * Describing mechanical issues | * Machinery issues, warnings & malfunctions * Machine jams and errors * Requesting maintenance and repairs |
| Week 5: | Workplace safety communication | * Managing timed deadlines and workload * Clarifying safety procedures for new tasks and responsibilities * Asking for help | * Protective equipment * Safety hazards * Calling emergency stops * Emergency situation protocols |
| Week 6: | Quality control communication | * Communicating with QA teams * Understanding inspection instructions * Describing product issues | * How to handle a defective product * Explaining errors and how to correct them * Inspection reports * Understanding correction instructions |
| Week 7: | Team collaboration & shift coordination | * Communication protocols for your workplace * Requesting shift changes * Giving updates to coworkers | * How to request a shift or schedule change * Knowing who to ask for help and how to ask professionally * Updating appropriate people on production targets |
| Week 8: | Real world practice | * Role-play real workplace scenarios * Acknowledging communication barriers & correcting them * Building confidence through tangible practice | * Workplace dialogue with the vocabulary of your industry and your business * Communicating with supervisors * Understanding opportunities for growth |
Even though they operate in the same industry, each business and manufacturing plant does things differently. Whether it's the processes, equipment, safety protocols and internal vocabulary vary with each food manufacturing plant. In addition, each workforce is unique with their individual strengths and weaknesses. That's why business owners can't take a generalized approach to English language training for work. Simply because you have a strategic motivation, and a specialized language that you need your ESL workforce to understand. Meaning that you don't need a generalized English training program. You need your ESL staff to learn business English and the relevant professional skills specific to their roles and responsibilities. Workplace English training creates:
* Improved workplace safety
* Stronger adherence to food safety & production compliance standards
* Increased production efficiency
* Better communication at work
* Higher employee confidence
HERE'S HOW TO GET STARTED WITH ONLINE ENGLISH TRAINING:
STEP 1: IDENTIFY YOUR NEEDS
The first step is understanding your particular issues. Identify what you need vs what you want your employees to get out of online language training. Unfortunately, there is no magic wand we can wave to make anyone fluent after a few weeks. However, English courses for employees can make significant improvements you need to see.
STEP 2: CONTACT US FOR GRANT APPLICATION SUPPORT
Contact us and let us know you are interested! Let us know what your goals are, and we can formulate a language support plan for your business. Our dedicated team will create a company ESL program that is realistic, timely and meets your needs. We will also discuss the grant and provide application assistance.
STEP 3: LET US PROVIDE LANGUAGE TRAINING TO YOUR ASSOCIATES
English courses for employees in any industry can benefit from our online ESL classes. Whether you need associates to improve their speaking skills for construction safety, or their writing skills for marketing contracts, a corporate English course like ours provides solutions you need to see.
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- Client testimonial: hear what a former client had to say about our Business English training services.
- Course duration: there is no simple answer but all English courses for companies follow a general formula.
- Course example: get an idea of what tailored English training courses teach in a specific example of what we can do for your workforce.
- Tracking progress: learn how we assess employee ESL progression in our courses.
- Accessing public grant funding: did you know that there is publicly available grant funds that can finance your workforce language training program?
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