WorkForge Launches WorkForge Shift, a New Workforce Training Platform for Food Manufacturers

WorkForge Shift combines multilingual training, skills management and competency validation to help manufacturers build a more capable and audit-ready workforce.

WorkForge, a leader in frontline workforce development for the food manufacturing industry, today unveiled WorkForge Shift, a new training and competency platform designed specifically for food and beverage manufacturers.

Why now

Food manufacturers are contending with average annual turnover of 40% and the expected retirement of approximately 25% of food plant workers by 2030. That puts real pressure on teams to onboard employees quickly, preserve institutional knowledge and maintain operational consistency.

Beyond course completion

Unlike traditional learning management systems that focus primarily on course completion, WorkForge Shift combines multilingual training, competency management, skills tracking and supervisor-led validation. The goal is to help manufacturers confirm that employees can perform critical job functions safely and consistently.

“Across the food manufacturing industry, training is often measured by completion rather than competency,” said Laura Dunn Nelson, Vice President of Product Management, Food Safety & Strategic Alliances at WorkForge. “WorkForge Shift helps manufacturers connect training to on-the-job performance through structured workforce validation, giving supervisors a practical way to verify skills, document competency and support workforce development at scale.”

What WorkForge Shift does

WorkForge Shift helps manufacturers capture knowledge, develop skills and maintain workforce readiness through:

• Content Builder to create multiple types of training content quickly and easily translate it into 20+ languages.
• Behavior Checks for supervisor-led skills validation and auditable competency records.
• Skill Tracks that provide visibility into workforce qualifications and recertification requirements.
• Learning Plans to automate training management and assign and renew training by role.
• Audit-ready reporting with instant access to training, competency and compliance records.

One system for the whole team

The platform supports plant leadership, HR and training teams, food safety and quality professionals, operations leaders and frontline employees through a single workforce development system.

By expanding beyond traditional compliance-driven models, WorkForge delivers training that is more engaging, more effective and better aligned with the needs of today’s workforce.

Learn more

Ready to see what Shift can do for your plant? Visit www.workforge.com or contact info@workforge.com.