Reps' Training

Welcome to the new page especially for training for Reps and Stewards.

UNISON operates a number of schemes for UNISON members who wish to undertake courses of study. This could be for:

• UNISON Branch Representatives who want to enhance their union-orientated skills (this page)
• UNISON Branch members who want to develop their skills or further their education (for this information see our Lifelong learning page)

Please contact us if you'd like and further general information about these schemes.

Here's what's new :

LGBT Development Weekend

The course will focus on encouraging and empowering those who self identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender to speak out against the cuts that are affecting them and the services that they use, and how to raise awareness of specialist services and agencies that serve LGBT people that are facing closure or losing their funding.

The course will also look at how to campaign and encourage members to use their vote and understand why it counts.

23rd – 25th March 2012

VENUE: The Park Inn, Cardiff

Course details and an application form are available to download (Word doc, 117KB).

Please contact the Branch Office before you book any course. (06.02.12)

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2012 Reps Update - free briefing

The Wales TUC is offering a one-day essential update briefing for union reps in Wales. The briefing will include an employment law update (inc. TUPE and the Agency Worker Regulations), a briefing on the Welfare Reform Bill and its impact on members, as well as an introduction to the TUC Workplace Manual for reps and information on new bite-size online employment rights briefings for reps from TUC Education online. The event will also provide an opportunity to attend a variety of workshops on different topics and an update on current Wales TUC campaigns.

Date: Tuesday 20 March 2012
Time: 10am - 4pm
Venue: Ramada Hotel, Wrexham

Please contact the Branch Office before you book any course.

Speakers at this event will include:

• Richard Exell, Senior Policy Officer, TUC
• Craig Hawkins, Online Learning Officer, TUC
• Bernie Wentworth, an employment rights solicitor from Thompsons Solicitors

The event is free and is being run for workplace reps, branch secretaries, regional officers, union organisers and other union officials. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

If you would like to attend the event please complete an online registration form . Places are limited at this event so early registration is advised. Contact clinden@tuc.org.uk or tel 029 2034 7011 if you need further information.

Please contact the Branch Office before you book any course. (06.02.12)

Dates: 4 Fridays from 2nd March 2012
Venue: Miners Library, Hendrefoelan Campus, Swansea University

This 4-day course has been developed as a collaborative initiative between the Wales TUC and the Department for Continuing Adult Education (DACE) at Swansea University. It is a non-assessed foundation programme that can lead to study part time at degree levels. It is suitable for anyone with an interest in the trade union movement. Students will receive support in developing essential study skills to enable them to progess to degree level study if they so wish.

The course covers:

• The history of the trade union movement
• Sociology and society and the sociology of work
• Politics and trade unionism
• Discussion groups with guest speakers from the trade union movement

To find out more about this innovative course please contact the programme co-ordinator, Bernard Salter, on 01792 295 934 or email b.salter@swansea.ac.uk or Roger Jones at the Wales TUC on 07833 158 627 or email rjones@tuc.org.uk .

To book a place please contact Janice Brown at Swansea University on 01792 295 499. PLEASE NOTE: Please contact the Branch Office before you book any course. (06.02.12)

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Introduction to Equality Law & Equality in UNISON

This one-day course is an introduction to equality and requires no previous knowledge or experience. There will be an overview of the Equality Act 2010, which brings together law relating to Equal Opportunities and some new legal provisions.

This course will look at how the Equality Act and UNISON's approach to Equality can be used to be more effective in organising & representing members and negotiating & bargaining with the employer.

Date: Monday 5 th March 10.30am - 3.30pm
Venue: Blancos Hotel, Green Park Industrial Estate, Port Talbot, SA12 6NT

Course details and an application form are available to download (Word doc).

Applications to: Lianne Owen, UNISON House, Custom House Street, Cardiff, CF10 1AP        Email: l.owen@unison.co.uk , Tel: 02920 729463

Please contact the Branch Office before you book any course. (06.02.12)

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Wales TUC Education Service course booklet

The new edition of the Wales TUC Education Service course booklet is available to download. The booklet contains full details of the courses on offer from September 2011 to July 2012. Wales TUC Education courses are offered across Wales at venues including Bridgend, Cardiff , Merthyr Tydfil, Newport, North Wales and Swansea.

The brochure includes dates for the essential stage 1 and stage 2 courses for union reps, health and safety reps and union learning reps as well as details of short courses, diplomas and online courses.

New courses in this year's programme include:

Diploma in Equalities * Union Learning Reps Stage 2 * Cancer in the Workplace * Green Reps course * Mental Health Awareness * Handling Change and Redundancy

Please download a PDF copy of the new brochure.

Alternatively you can request hard copies from the Wales TUC by emailing jrees@tuc.org.uk or tel 029 2034 7010.

If you would like to apply for any TUC Education courses you can do so using the application form at the back of the course booklet or alternatively you can download a course application form .
Please contact the Branch Office before you book any course. (29.01.12)

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New online course programme for reps from the Wales TUC

Online learning offers a convenient and effective solution for reps looking to develop their skills and knowledge. Online courses available for reps in Wales from 2011-12 include:

Course name Starts week commencing

Green Reps - 7th May 2012
Disability Champions - 11th June 2012

The courses are run in a similar way to classroom courses. They are run with groups of reps who will all start the course in the same week and complete the course together over a set number of weeks.

The courses involve a mixture of discussion based activities, workplace tasks and individual group work.

You will need to be be able to access the web and email at least 3 times a week to take part in an online course. More information about online courses and details of how to apply is avaiilable by clicking on this link.

Please contact the Branch Office before you book any course. (29.01.12)

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A new booklet for the 2012 Education programme from UNISON cymru/Wales is now available covering all the training opportunities across South Wales through 2012. Download it from here. (pdf file)

Please contact the Branch Office before you book any course.

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