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Health & Safety Stage 1
29 Jan 2009, Blackburn
For alternative dates and locations please see left navigation.
Core programme for trade union health and safety representatives. It is the first stage in the TUC health and safety training programme. It is designed to help you build the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to carry out your work as a safety rep.
| Audience type | Union reps |
| Start date | 29 Jan 2009 |
| Duration | 10 Thursdays from 29th January 2009 |
| Location (region) | Blackburn Trade Union and H&S Education Centre, Blackburn (North West Region) |
| Status | Available |
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.
The course will help you to:
- identify problems - the main health, safety and welfare issues faced by
your members
- involve members - by making them more aware of health and safety
issues and the need for union action
- improve health and safety - by proposing plans for controlling hazards
and improving the working environment
- use information and the law - tracking down information and knowing
how to use it effectively
- get things done - by working with your union organisation and
negotiating effectively with your employer
- develop skills - to do an effective job as a trade union health and safety representative
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| Progression route |
Next Steps for Safety Reps - TUC Stage 2 Course
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| Course outline |
- Role and functions of the trade union health and safety rep
- Organising for health and safety
- Preventing accidents and ill health
- Skills for the Safety Rep
- Planning for the future
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| More information |
john.murphy@blackburn.ac.uk
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Course provider and venue
| Provider |
Blackburn Trade Union and H&S Education Centre
Telephone 01254 677 756
Email john.murphy@blackburn.ac.uk
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| Venue |
Blackburn Trade Union and H&S Education Centre 15B Preston New Road
Blackburn
BB2 1AR
Location map
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Alternative dates and venues for the classroom based courses
| January 7 |
Norwich |
| January 8 |
Bradford |
| January 12 |
Carlisle, Cheltenham, Darlington, Kettering, Stoke-on-Trent |
| January 13 |
Ashington, Bath, Bedford, Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Coventry, Cumbria, Dunstable, Furness, Leicester, Leighton Buzzard, Newcastle, Swindon, Taunton, Yeovil |
| January 14 |
Essex, Exeter, London, Plymouth |
| January 15 |
Chatham |
| January 16 |
Solihull |
| January 19 |
Barking, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Stockport, To be confirmed, to be confirmed, Wigan |
| January 20 |
Burnley, London, London, Shrewsbury, Sunderland, Watford |
| January 21 |
Colchester |
| January 22 |
Barking, Birmingham, Bognor Regis, Hastings, London, London, Newhaven, Oxford, Southampton, Wakefield |
| January 26 |
Coventry, Crewe, Liverpool, Middlesex, Runcorn, Warrington |
| January 27 |
Blackburn |
| January 28 |
Chester, Knowsley, Liverpool, Preston, St Helens, Walsall, Wolverhampton |
| January 29 |
Blackpool |
| March 30 |
Southampton |
| April 20 |
Barking, Bognor Regis, Cheltenham, Hastings, Hull, Leeds, London, Newhaven, Oxford, Poole, Sheffield |
| April 21 |
Bedford, Bradford, Cambridgeshire, Dover, Dunstable, Exeter, Leighton Buzzard, London, Plymouth, Shrewsbury |
| April 22 |
Colchester, Ipswich, Mansfield, Norwich, Nottingham, Swindon |
| April 23 |
London, London, London |
| April 27 |
Birmingham |
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