TUC Short Courses
TUC Coping with Cancer in the Workplace:
A four day course starting 23rd September 2010 (4 x Thursdays)
Course Aims:
to help health and safety reps, union representatives, ULRs to:
- Explore issues to be faced if a union member is diagnosed with cancer
- Find out more about cancer, its causes and effects
- Become familiar with employment rights and benefits and how they can be used to advise members who may be diagnosed
- How to build up a positive attitude for work colleagues / employers toward
- Policies and awareness raising in the form of an event, campaign or project
- Key contacts and sources of information to be able to support and refer members to useful organisations
TUC Employment Law Update:
A five day course beginning Thursday 28th October 2010 (5 x Thursdays)
Course Aims:
A course for Union Reps to update them on current legislation or to introduce them to the content that would be worked on during the TUC Diploma in Employment Law.
- Raise awareness of new rights at work
- Stimulate discussion, ideas and planning on how to extend knowledge of new rights at work
- Develop strategic thinking on using employment legislation to enhance union effectiveness
TUC Risk Assessment
A four day course starting Monday 7th March 2010 (4 x Mondays)
Course Aims:
The course will help trade union health and safety representatives to:
- Identify the key legal requirements concerning risk assessments
- Understand the risk assessment process
- Relate risk assessment to strategies for improving health and safety at work
- Use HSE assessment tools
- Evaluate different methods of assessment
- Understand the 'suitable and sufficient' test
TUC Disability Champions
A four day course starting Thursday 20th January 2010 (4 x Thursdays)
Course Aims:
- To understand the Disability Discrimination Act
- To discuss the 'social model'
- Understand the 'language barrier'
- Interviewing for members needs
- Access to work
Keep an eye out for 'CoSHH' and 'An Introduction to Conferencing', coming up after Easter.
Full Cost courses:
We are now offering full cost courses to employers in the following:
- Understanding Risk Assessment
- General Health and Safety
- Fire Awareness / Risk Assessment
- Appointed Person for First Aid (a one day course)
For other bespoke courses and more detailed information please see 'Contacts'
