WM New Zealand is Aotearoa’s leading materials recovery, recycling and waste management provider.
Training programmes are typically management focused, or health and safety focussed. There is good performance feedback and mentoring for graduates.
WM uses external providers for training, including EMA H&S Law and management modules that cover psychology, fatigue management, communication, and professional conduct. While these raised my general safety awareness, I’d get more value from structured, company-specific training—hands-on with our key systems, an end-to-end view of operations, and the practical application of H&S law within our internal processes. Along the way I’ve strengthened my Excel/data skills, stakeholder coordination, and attention to safety, and I’m keen to deepen these through targeted on-the-job learning.
As far as my rol i have had 2 different people ive worked under, both with different teaching styles which has been interesting
There is great informal and formal training. I have upskilled hugely in my career path already and have learnt a LOT of things that I did not learn in Uni. There has also been so many great programmes to learn formally, i.e. the graduate programme, senior mentoring, landfill training, site trainings, and many more!