Training & Personal Development at Fonterra

Extremely good training for graduates, including presentation skills, personal brand, teamwork, personality awareness. Full training on technical knowledge regarding dairy industry

Great online training resources. Depends on your team and what job youre in as to how much training you require.

The company has put lots of effort into helping us with the necessary character and personal development that will set us up well for the future. Have learnt lots around how to present ourselves in a professional setting. Lots of work has been done to become comfortable with presenting work and talking to large audiences. We have gained awareness on how to best handle certain social settings or uncomfortable situations in the work place. While also having the more formal on the job training to develop the required understanding about the business and certain procedures that are important when working in the food industry.

Grads have been involved in some small training courses, most notably in a brilliant presentation skills course. Business mentors have been provided

Mostly just how different dairy product are made and what levers to pull on an industrial scale to ensure the product meets specifications.

There have been a huge number as part of the grad program, ranging from presentation skills to advanced driver training.

Very good training opportunities.

Elearnings and then just learning on the job was the only training I got but I think thats quite standard.

Able to obtain a Masters paid for by the company.

Presentation skill Interview skills

Numerius development opportunities fortnightly calls with leaders and experts and training days.

Formal training is hard work to obtain (accounting qualifications), with no one really wanting responsibility.

FGTP is a training program in itself which teaches us presentation skills, research, collaboration, communication, technical, etc.

My whole year has essentially been training - the Masters provides good theory in all aspects of Fonterra and the placements allow you to combine that with hands on experience

FGTP programme

I am extremely satisfied with the informal training, but the formal training in terms of getting up to scratch with roles and responsibilities is pretty lackluster. Had a discussion with my first rotation manager about this, who was a trainer prior, and he mentioned that there was a big focus on training but that has disappeared in recent times. Informally, that is replaced but when I think of the company, I think of training similar to that of Optiver Academy where they have a comprehensive program that covers a huge range of aspects of the business and getting you up to scratch on the full breadth and depth of specific products and your role.

There haven't been many formal training sessions however this job gives me the opportunity to trial and error and ask questions and during the initial stages of my rotation my manager would set aside a lot of time to ensure I was getting on well.

I've done a lot of on-the-job learning - not a ton of uni theory has been applicable. Partaking in e.g., LinkedIn learnings has been encouraged and the grad programme has organised some professional development courses.

The informal training was from people who are in a similar occupation as me. They gave very technical advice. However, they were not asked to give me training, they did it out of their own free will.

I don't know of any programmes. My manager helps me with it herself