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Health & Safety Stage 1

22 Mar 2010, Paisley
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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	22 Mar 2010
Duration	10 Mondays from 22nd March 2010
Location (region)	Reid Kerr College, Paisley (Scotland)
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
Progression route	Next Steps for Safety Reps - TUC Stage 2 Course
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
More information	tuceducation@reidkerr.ac.uk

Course provider and venue

Provider

Reid Kerr College
Department website
Telephone 0141 581 2222
Email tucedscotland@reidkerr.ac.uk

Venue

Reid Kerr College Trade Union Studies Centre
Renfrew Road
Paisley
PA3 4DR

Location map

Venue website

Contact - Billy Caldwell

Booking form

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Alternative dates and venues for the classroom based courses

March 22	Barking, Oxford
March 29	Southampton, Southampton
April 12	Burnley, Hull, Norwich
April 14	Essex
April 15	Mansfield, Nottingham
April 19	Birmingham, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Leeds, London, Stoke-on-Trent, York
April 20	Bedford, Bridgend, Cardiff, Cumbria, Dunstable, East Sussex, Exeter, Furness, Merthyr Tydfil, Middlesex, Newhaven, Newport, Oxford, Plymouth, Shrewsbury, Swansea - West Glamorgan, Watford
April 21	Carlisle, Chelmsford, Colchester, Dover, Flintshire, Inverness, Ipswich, Manchester, Oldham, Sheffield
April 22	Birmingham, Chatham, Cheltenham, London, London, London, Wakefield
April 23	Gloucester, Swindon
April 26	Kettering
April 27	Barking, Derby, Leicester, London, Newcastle, Newhaven, Solihull
April 28	Wigan
April 29	Blackpool, Bradford, Darlington, Edinburgh
May 3	Coventry
May 4	Stoke-on-Trent
May 5	Chester, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Stockport, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland
May 10	Crewe, Liverpool, Runcorn, Warrington
May 11	Bath, Blackburn, Bristol, Taunton, Yeovil
May 12	Preston
May 13	Blackburn
May 31	Southampton
September 7	Norwich
September 13	Chelmsford, Colchester, Hull, Ipswich, Sheffield, Southampton, Swindon
September 15	Lincoln, Nottingham
September 16	Wakefield
September 20	Birmingham, Kettering

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