Media Release

27th March 2013

Telarc Launches Comprehensive Training Programme for Business Sustainability

Telarc, the country's leading ISO Standards certifying body has broadened its training offering with the launch of Telarc Training and Improvement Solutions www.telarc.co.nz/about-telarc-training-and-improvement-solutions so that any New Zealand business, no matter what size, can take advantage of the service.

Telarc annually assesses the management systems of over 2,000 New Zealand organisations across both public and private sectors.

Craig Brown, Telarc Marketing and Business Development Manager explains: `An increasing number of our customers have been asking for more training in how to implement and manage business sustainability systems. As a Crown Entity Subsidiary, our aim is to help companies become compliant, thus ensuring higher growth rates for sales, employment, payroll, and average annual earnings. We also assist in reducing running costs and reduce overall risk, while ensuring the efficient use of resources, promoting stakeholder reassurance and industry compliance.

`Telarc Training and Improvement Solutions is a natural response to that demand which broadens the range of our provision to fill a recognised gap and supports real business needs. We are still able to tailor courses to specific business requirements if five or more staff members are enrolled for training.’

Telarc Training and Improvement Solutions courses are designed to increase awareness of standards, management systems and the latest business improvement frameworks and techniques. Courses aim to

• enable the effective implementation of management systems and assurance programmes
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• enhance capability to audit and maintain internal management systems
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• drive waste and defects out from processes to enhance desired outcomes
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• go beyond compliance to achieve other critical business objectives and goals
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• build a culture of continuous improvement across organisational systems and processes, based on enhanced knowledge and capability
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Craig Brown adds: `Our customers benefit from course content, which is informed and tailored to the needs of business, and is delivered to suit all stages of learning. Businesses can choose from training services that address key business management systems, including Quality, Occupational Health & Safety, and Risk and Compliance, or in the realm of process and performance improvement, we offer tools to enhance critical processes and ensure alignment to business goals and objectives, including Process Management and Governance, Lean and Six Sigma.’

Telarc works with a range of standards and accreditations, including the globally recognised Quality Management System ISO 9001, Environmental ISO 14001, PEFC, FSC, Health and Safety ASNZS 4801 and Public Safety NZS7901.

For more information on Telarc visit www.telarc.co.nz

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