Union Reps Stage 1  10 x Mondays 9 am – 4 pm 

Health & Safety Stage 1 ten Tuesdays

These are available from Trade Union Studies at Shrewsbury College, London Road, Shrewsbury SY2 6PR
Tel: 01743 342531 If you need any further information please contact Steve French (stevef@shrewsbury.ac.uk)

courses also run at South & City College Birmingham

TUC Education in the Midlands:

Courses 2022

The TUC Education team have developed a suite of online resources / courses to ensure that trade union representatives have access to the most up to date training available. The suite of resources include:

• Union Reps Stage 1
• Health and Safety Stage 1
• Union Learning Rep stage 1

To view and register follow the link.

These resources compliment the growing number of e-notes, for example:  Language support for workers,  Working with Figures,  Mental health in the workplace, Cancer in the workplace, which can be found here

TUC Midlands would like to confirm that the current providers within the Midlands Region will be continuing with TUC education.

Apply NOW by following the links below, choose the course you are interested in from the list and apply online for your class based course.

*If you don’t already have an account you will be prompted to set one up first

Shrewsbury

Stoke

South and City College Birmingham

Central College Nottingham

                To search all courses go to the TUC Education Course Directory

Courses are run from January, April and September each year

All representatives can benefit from training. Industrial relations, employment law and health and safety regulations are constantly changing. We need to be up to date. So please consider signing up today for one of our courses. Talk to other reps; raise the issue of training at the next branch or committee meeting. Let’s make sure that our members are represented by the best informed, knowledgeable and skilled reps possible. If we can do anything to support your branch/committee’s training, organising and campaigning please get in touch. Also, if your employer is consulting your union regarding apprenticeships we have experience in working with local unionised companies to ensure fair and good quality training for young and adult apprentices.

You can access our Facebook group by following this link  http://www.facebook.com/groups/136286023183794/

All representatives can benefit from training. Industrial relations, employment law and health and safety regulations are constantly changing. We need to be up to date. So please consider signing up today for one of our courses.

Talk to other reps; raise the issue of training at the next branch or committee meeting. Let’s make sure that our members are represented by the best informed, most knowledgeable and skilled reps possible.

If we can do anything to support your branch/committee’s training, organising and campaigning please get in touch and thanks for your continued support. Please do all that you can to send your representatives on our courses.

UNION REPRESENTATIVES STAGE 1

10 x Mondays course 

This course is for new union representatives and union representatives. It will assist you to develop the skills you need to be an effective rep.
This course will cover:
 The job of the union rep
 Building union membership
 Making the union work
 Using and making agreements
 Representing members
 Grievance and discipline
 Your rights and negotiating at work
 Equal opportunities at work
 Developing your skills and confidence

HEALTH & SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES STAGE 1 

10 x Tuesdays course

The course focuses on four key areas:
 The role and functions of a trade union health and safety representative
 Organising for health and safety
 Preventing accidents and ill health
 Key skills for a trade union health and safety representative

an application form needs to be completed and signed by a branch official for any course.

These are available for all courses from Trade Union Studies at Shrewsbury College, London Road, Shrewsbury SY2 6PR
Tel: 01743 342531 [mikee@shrewsbury.ac.uk]

• the union must be recognised by the employer for the purpose of collective bargaining
• the training must be approved by your union or the TUC
• the training must be relevant to your duties as a representative
• if time off is unreasonably refused, or your employer does not pay you, then you can complain to an employment tribunal

contact mikee@shrewsbury.ac.uk Trade Union Studies at Shrewsbury College, London Road, Shrewsbury SY2 6PR Tel: 01743 342531

for courses elsewhere logon to www.unionlearn.org.uk for details

HEALTH & SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES  

STAGE 2     10 x Thursdays

The course will focus on further developing confidence, experience, knowledge and skills:
 Identifying, preventing and controlling risks to build a safer and healthier workplace
 Involving members more in health and safety issues and developing a collective approach to health and safety
 Ensuring that an equal opportunities approach to health and safety at work is adopted
 Finding out information about the law and using it more effectively
 Keeping up to date on health and safety law and information
 Getting things done and effecting changes in health and safety in the workplace

COMPUTER COURSES FOR TRADE UNION MEMBERS – FREE*
Progress from basic beginner’s course through to our advanced programme:
 Word processing
 Spreadsheets
 Database
 Introduction to in internet
 File management

SKILLS FOR LIFE – FREE*
 Brush up on your maths or English skills
 Gain a qualification
 Improve your CV and employability
 Help children with their homework
99% success rate so far

*Courses open to all trade union members, family and friends and are held at Shrewsbury College and the Construction Centre, Stafford Park, Telford and also in Wolverhampton if enough demand.

CERTIFICATE IN EMPLOYMENT LAW 10 Mondays

Employment law in the UK is changing. TUC Education has introduced a new Certificate course to enable union reps to prepare for these changes in the best way possible.
The new course is designed for union reps who have already completed the TUC Stage 1 Union Reps course or its union equivalent. It is a practical training course that approaches the law, including the 2013–14 changes, from a workplace perspective and its principal concern is how knowledge and confidence in using employment law can improve workplace bargaining. The course will develop your ability to use the law in representational, organising and collective bargaining situations.

Courses being run locally by the WEA finished. Mike Edwards of Shrewsbury TU Studies Centre, who spoke at our delegate meeting is attempting to re-establish a permanent TU studies centre in Wolverhampton/Black Country. Mike will be running TUC Shop Stewards and Health & Safety Reps courses here.