Union Learning Reps

Union Learning reps help your union to organise around learning and skills issues in the workplace, and can help secure direct benefits in terms of training, personal development, career enhancement and new skills for you and your colleagues.

What does a Union Learning Rep do?

Union Learning reps are responsible for the promotion and representation of the collective and individual learning needs in their workplace. This may include activities such as negotiating with an employer for learning facilities or supporting someone learning a new skill.

The Employment Act 2002 now gives statutory recognition to Union Learning reps and rights to time off. Under the new law Union Learning reps will be entitled to reasonable paid time off for:

• Analysing their members' learning or training needs
• Providing their members with information and advice about learning or training matters
• Arranging learning or training for their members
• Promoting the value of learning or training to their members
• Consulting the employer about carrying out these activities
• Preparing for carrying out any of the above activities
• Undergoing training relevant to their functions as a learning rep

Union Learner Rep Course

This 5 day course is designed for the new learner rep and will cover all aspects of your new role. From legislation around time off, negotiating new policies to helping members in the workplace on all aspects of the learning agenda.

Course dates:


5 Mondays from 10 May 2010

 5 Thursdays from 23 September 2010

9.30 - 4.30pm

Union Learner Rep Stage 2

This course is stage 2 of the learner rep training. This course looks at the skills for life and ESOL issues that affect members in the workplace. It will help you understand the issues and implement action at the workplace.

Course dates:

5 Mondays 21st June


5 Thursdays 5th November
  
*Applicants must have previously attended the core Union Learning Reps 5 day
course.

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Supporting Members

This course will help union learning reps:

• understand the role of the union learning representative in supporting learner in the workplace
• develop skills for supporting learners
• identify ways in which other organisations in the network can support learners in the workplace
• understand processes for reviewing and improving practice

Course dates:   

2 Mondays from 12 July 2010     

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Negotiating with employers

This course forms part of the Union Learner Rep programme.

Course dates TBA
9.30 - 4.30pm

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Adult Learner Support Certificate (for London based reps)

By attending The Adult Learner Support Certificate course, you will be trained and accredited to help others achieve Level 2 qualifications in literacy and numeracy and English for speakers of other languages. The course has been specially designed by The College of North East London and SERTUC Learning Services. You must have attended the previous 2 learner rep courses to apply.

Course dates - dates to be arranged

For further details about this course contact Malcolm Seward at the TUC mseward@staff.conel.ac.uk

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