Hawkes Bay-based Workforce Development Ltd is a provider of risk management services and risk management training to youth, employees and even students. The company has a range of training programs to suit a variety of requirements. They also provide Enterprise Training Programmes. These ETP programmes are fully funded. ETP programmes are an SME relief package that comes in the wake of the acknowledgement of the New Zealand government on the importance of SMEs.
Meant to help improve business results, these fully funded enterprise training programmes are aimed at upskilling the owners, managers and operators of small and medium enterprises. With such upgradation of knowledge and training, they will help users to help develop and grow a business. These packages also provide a business startup training course that is available for budding entrepreneurs who want to start their own business. Provided for owners, managers and operators of SMEs employing less than 50 full-time staff, these trainings provides training needs assessment, business start up course and group training. The group training includes workshops and courses to transfer skills and knowledge in a range of areas of business management.