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Health & Safety Stage 1

14 Sep 2010, Darlington
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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	14 Sep 2010
Duration	12 Tuesdays from 14th September 2010
Location (region)	Darlington College of Technology, Darlington (Northern 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
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	ksmith@darlington.ac.uk

Course provider and venue

Provider

Darlington College of Technology
Department website
Telephone 01325 503270 / 07843 597669
Email KSmith@Darlington.ac.uk

Venue

Darlington College of Technology Trade Union Studies
Central Park
Haughton Road
Darlington
DL1 1DR

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Alternative dates and venues for the classroom based courses

September 7	Bury St Edmunds
September 9	Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Swansea - West Glamorgan
September 13	Cardiff, Chelmsford, Colchester, Hull, Ipswich, Sheffield, Southampton, Swindon
September 14	London, Newport
September 15	Essex, Lincoln, Norwich, Nottingham
September 16	Wakefield
September 20	Birmingham, Kettering, Leeds, London, Oxford, Stoke-on-Trent
September 21	Barking, Bedford, Bradford, Burnley, Cambridgeshire, Chatham, Derby, Dover, Dunstable, Exeter, Leicester, Newcastle, Plymouth, Shrewsbury, Solihull, Watford
September 22	East Sussex, Newhaven, West London, Worthing, Wrexham
September 23	Birmingham, Carlisle, London, London, London
September 27	Bath, Bristol, Manchester, Oldham, Taunton, Wigan, Yeovil
September 29	Cheltenham, Stockport, Sunderland
September 30	Eastbourne
October 4	Blackpool, Coventry, Liverpool
October 5	Worcester
October 6	Chester, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Walsall
October 25	Southampton
January 4	Leeds
January 6	East Sussex, Newhaven, Wakefield, Worthing
January 10	Bridgend, Cheltenham, Hull, Mansfield, Mansfield, Poole, Stoke-on-Trent
January 11	Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Chelmsford, Colchester, Cumbria, Dunstable, Furness, Ipswich, London, Oxford, Sheffield, Watford
January 12	Darlington, Essex, London, Norwich, Sunderland
January 13	Chatham, London, London, Merthyr Tydfil, Swansea - West Glamorgan
January 14	Dover
January 17	Birmingham, Bradford, Cardiff, Kettering
January 18	Bath, Bristol, Carlisle, Derby, Newport, Taunton, Yeovil
January 19	Exeter, Plymouth, Southampton
January 20	Birmingham
January 21	Solihull
January 24	Coventry, London
January 25	BANGOR, Gwynedd, Newcastle
January 26	Walsall, West London, Wrexham
January 28	Swindon
March 21	Southampton
March 24	Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Swansea - West Glamorgan
April 19	East Sussex, London, Newhaven, Oxford, Worthing
April 20	Dover, Essex, Poole, Sheffield
April 21	Chatham, London, London, London, Wakefield
April 25	Norwich
April 26	Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich
April 28	Carlisle
April 29	Gloucester
May 3	Bedford, Dunstable, Exeter, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Plymouth, Watford
May 4	Darlington, Sunderland, Swindon, West London
May 6	Cornwall
May 9	Bath, Bristol, Hull, Taunton, Yeovil
May 10	Cambridgeshire, Cardiff
May 11	Newport, Wrexham
May 12	Bradford
June 6	Southampton

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