HOW TO APPLY
1. Choose a course from the selection below.
2. Fill in the Application Form and get it approved by a Branch or Full Time Officer.
3. Arrange paid release from your employer to attend the course.
4. Return the Application Form to the address below.
Unison Branch Office,
Room D43,
County Hall,
Preston.
PR1 OLD
Applications for training/seminars/conferences MUST be sent to the Branch - not directly to the provider - for verification by the Branch Education Co-ordinator or Assistant Education Co-ordinator; expenses will NOT be paid for attendance on courses which have not been approved by the Branch. Training courses should be selected closest geographically to a steward's workplace or home.
(All the courses below are provided free to Trade Union members)
Stage 1 - 60 hours of guided learning. Five OCN credits at level 1/2. Course contents includes: job of the union rep; building union membership; making and using agreements; representing members; grievance and discipline; your rights and negotiating at work.
Stage 2 - 60 hours of guided learning. Five OCN credits at level 2/3. Course contents includes: change at work; union organisation; bargaining; background to employment law; contract of employment and unfair dismissal.
Stage 1 - 60 hours of guided learning. Five OCN credits at level 1/2. Course content includes: role and functions of the Health Service rep; organising for Health and Safety; preventing accidents and ill health; skills of the Health and Safety rep.
Stage 2 - 60 hours of guided learning. Five OCN credits at level 2/3. Course content includes: building a safe and healthy workplace; building Health and Safety organisation; keeping up-to-date on Health and Safety; effecting change on Health and Safety.
This five day course trains members to take up the role of Union Learning Rep, developing skills to identify and address learning needs in line with Government Policy.
COURSE DATES
10 Wednesdays from 8th October
10 Thursdays from 9th October
10 Mondays from 6th October
10 Tusedays from 7th October
5 Fridays from 10th October
or
5 Tuesdays from 11th November
36 Tuesdays from 16th September
36 Thursdays from 18th September
SHORT COURSES
2 Thursdays from 23rd October
2 Tuesdays from 7th October
3 Wednesdays from 26th November
2 Tuesdays from 21st October
2 Mondays from 6th October
2 Wednesdays from 8th October
2 Wednesdays from 22nd October
3 Wednesdays from 5th November
2 Thursdays from 9th October
5 Mondays from 20th October
3 Thursdays from 6th November
3 Thursdays form 27 November
10 Wednesdays (evenings 5.30 - 8.00) from 1st October
The granting by the employer of paid release from work for Union Representatives to attend TUC and Union approved courses is a right approved by the Employment Protection Act and Health and Safety legislation. The right is further strengthened by the ACAS Code of Practice on paid release for further training.
If representatives have difficulty in securing release on a regular basis they should seek the support of their Senior representatives or Union Officer.
Peter Holland
Cotton Exchange
Suite 506-510
Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9LQ
Telephone: 0151 236 7678
Fax: 0151 236 2331
or
Andy Birchall
Trade Union Education and Development Unit
5th Floor, Buckingham House,
Glovers Court
Preston PR1 3LS
Tel: 01772 223101
Fax: 01772 223110
Email: abirchall@preston.ac.uk