HEALTH & SAFETY STAGE 1

What you and your Union can gain from the course:

• Information about your role as a UNISON Health & Safety representative.
• Confidence to represent your members effectively
• Understanding of your employer’s key responsibilities for Health & Safety at work
• Opportunity to practice the skills needed as a Health & Safety representative
• The confidence to tackle issues in the workplace
• What a Risk Assessments  means and how to police them
• Information on the legal framework

How the course will work:

You will spend time working in small groups talking about your experiences, finding out about your

job, and the health and safety problems you and your members face. 

Everyone will be able to practise finding information and discussing how it can be used.  We will discuss together how to handle problems raised at work and how you can help to build and strengthen UNISON’s organisation.

UNISON encourages and welcomes attendance from:

• Newly elected and less experienced UNISON Health and Safety reps organising at local level.  As a Health and Safety representative you are a vital link in the union chain and have an important role to play in organising members.

Course Duration:

3 days

Accreditation

This course offers participants accreditation through the open college network for work undertaken as part of this course

Tutors:

Lay Tutor – Ray Rafferty/Joe Lynch

Dates:

Objective 1:  Recruiting, organising and representing members

5, 12 & 19 February, 2010 (3 Fridays) – UNISON Belfast

Wed. 21 – Fri. 23 April, 2010  - Craigavon

Mon. 7 – Wed. 9 June 2010 – UNISON Belfast

5, 12 & 19 August 2010 -  (3 Thursdays) – UNISON Belfast

Tues. 26 – Thurs. 28 October – UNISON Belfast

For information on the course,  Cath Friel c.friel@unison.co.uk

028 90270190

To register your interest contact Norma Neal, n.neal@unison.co.uk

028 90270190 or download an application form from www.ulearnni.org