NOCN
    Level 3
    QN: 601/3578/5
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    NOCN Level 3 Certificate in Trade Unions Today

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by NOCN. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 4407 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 3
    Awarding Body
    NOCN
    Syllabus Units
    176 Units
    Guided Hours
    4407 hrs
    Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Accrediting Trade Union Education

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand accreditation of trade union education.
    • Understand key features of accreditation
    • Be able to plan for implementing accreditation on a trade union course.
    2

    Analysing Union Power and Alliances

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the components of union power analysis.
    • Understand the significance of union power analysis to comprehensive campaigns.
    • Know how to conduct a union power analysis.
    3

    Applying Health and Safety Legislation in the Workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the background and origins of specific health and safety legislation affecting the workplace.
    • Know the main legal requirements of specific health and safety regulations.
    • Understand how specific health and safety regulations can be used to improve health and safety standards at work.
    4

    Building Confidence for Trade Unionists

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how building confidence can change union members’ lives.
    • Understand how confidence can be damaged by stereotyping in the workplace.
    • Understand how to bring about change in the workplace.
    5

    Building Equality in the Workplace for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of discrimination in the workplace and the union.
    • Understand methods and support for building equality in the workplace and the union.
    • Be able to plan for building equality in the union and the workplace.
    6

    Building Stronger Trade Unions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how the organising approach is applied within the workplace.
    • Be able to relate the organising approach to union principles.
    • Understand the relevance of education in an organising context.
    7

    Campaigning for Trade Unions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to develop a campaign plan.
    • Know how to undertake a union organising campaign.
    • Understand the use of evaluation in union organising campaigns.
    8

    Collective Bargaining for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand collective bargaining structures.
    • Understand opportunities and options for collective bargaining.
    • Be able to develop plans for using the collective bargaining structure.
    9

    Communication Skills for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to source, read and respond to written trade union materials.
    • Be able to use written skills for different trade union purposes.
    • Be able to take part in trade union discussions on a one to one and group basis.
    • Be able to make a presentation.
    10

    Conditions at Work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the hazards associated with workplace health conditions.
    • Know the legislation that relates to health conditions at work.
    • Know how company policies relate to health conditions at work.
    • Understand hazard prevention and control measures in the workplace.
    • Know how to action measures for a specific workplace health condition.
    11

    Conditions at Work for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the hazards associated with workplace health conditions.
    • Know the legislation that relates to health conditions at work.
    • Know how company policies relate to health conditions at work.
    • Understand hazard prevention and control measures in the workplace.
    • Know how to action measures for a specific workplace health condition.
    12

    COSHH and the Trade Union Health and Safety Representative’s Role

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand health and safety risks from hazardous substances in the workplace.
    • Understand the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH).
    • Be able to carry out a COSHH risk assessment.
    • Be able to specify actions needed to deal with problems involving hazardous substances.
    13

    Countering Misunderstanding and Prejudice

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the causes and effects of discriminatory attitudes.
    • Understand the importance of challenging misunderstanding and prejudice.
    14

    Countering Misunderstanding and Prejudice for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the causes and effects of discriminatory attitudes.
    • Understand the importance of challenging misunderstanding and prejudice for trade unions.
    15

    Dealing with Intimidating Behaviour

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the nature of specific intimidating behaviour at work.
    • Understand how legislation and policy can support challenging specific behaviours at work.
    • Be able to develop a trade union plan for dealing with intimidation at work.
    16

    Dealing with Intimidating Behaviour for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the nature of specific intimidating behaviour at work.
    • Understand how legislation and policy can support challenging specific behaviours at work.
    • Be able to develop a trade union plan for dealing with intimidation at work.
    17

    Development of Trade Union Membership

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the key events in trade union history.
    • Understand changes that have influenced trade union membership.
    • Understand the relevance of trade unions today.
    18

    Disability Champions at Work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the trade union approach to disability issues.
    • Understand the role of the trade union Disability Champion.
    • Be able to work effectively with other Disability Champions.
    • Understand issues faced by members with disabilities.
    • Be able to produce a plan to establish the role of Disability Champion in own workplace.
    19

    Disability Champions at Work for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the trade union approach to disability issues.
    • Understand the role of the trade union Disability Champion.
    • Be able to work effectively with other Disability Champions.
    • Understand issues faced by members with disabilities.
    • Be able to develop a plan to establish the role of a Disability Champion in own workplace.
    20

    Discussion Leaders for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to review educational methods.
    • Be able to plan discussion and learning.
    • Be able to evaluate own and other discussion programmes.
    21

    Domestic Violence and the Trade Union Context

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand why domestic violence is a trade union issue.
    • Know how to support members experiencing domestic violence.
    • Be able to identify trade union action on domestic violence.
    22

    Employment Law Changes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the main features of changes relating to employment law.
    • Understand the relevance of specific resources to understanding the application of changes relating to employment law.
    • Be able to plan for the potential impact of changes relating to employment law.
    23

    Employment Law Changes for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the main features of changes relating to employment law.
    • Understand the relevance of specific resources to understanding the application of changes relating to employment law.
    • Be able to plan for the potential impact of changes relating to employment law.
    24

    Equal Rights at Work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the legal provisions for equal rights at work.
    • Be able to relate equal rights provisions to the experience of members at work.
    • Know actions that unions can take to promote equal rights at work.
    25

    Equal Rights at Work for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the legal provisions for equal rights at work.
    • Be able to relate equal rights provisions to the experience of members at work.
    • Know actions that unions can take to promote equal rights at work.
    26

    Equalities Law

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the main features of changes relating to equalities law.
    • Understand the relevance of changes relating to equalities law.
    • Understand how to support workers in response to changes relating to equalities law.
    27

    Equalities Law for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the main features of changes relating to equalities law.
    • Understand the relevance of changes relating to equalities law.
    • Understand how to support workers in response to changes relating to equalities law.
    28

    Equipment at Work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the hazards and risks associated with specific equipment at work.
    • Understand how legislation and policy relate to specific equipment at work.
    • Understand prevention, control and protection measures for risks associated with specific equipment at work.
    29

    Equipment at Work for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the hazards and risks associated with specific equipment at work.
    • Understand how legislation and policy relate to specific equipment at work.
    • Understand prevention, control and protection measures for risks associated with specific equipment at work.
    30

    Essential Skills for Organisers in Trade Unions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the origins and purposes of the organising approach.
    • Understand key concepts associated with the organising approach.
    • Understand the significance of different communication techniques for successful organising.
    • Be able to apply project management tools for the management of projects.
    31

    Europe and Health and Safety

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role of trade unions in European health and safety decision-making.
    • Know the European Union structure and its main institutions dealing with health and safety.
    • Be able to recognise the influence of Europe in UK health and safety standards.
    32

    Europe and Health and Safety for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role of trade unions in European health and safety decision-making.
    • Know the European Union structure and its main institutions dealing with health and safety.
    • Be able to recognise the influence of Europe in UK health and safety standards.
    33

    Giving Feedback for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role of a trade union official in giving feedback.
    • Understand own skills in relation to giving feedback.
    • Understand non-verbal communication.
    • Be able to give feedback.
    34

    Globalisation and International Development

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand key concepts of globalisation, international development and social justice.
    • Understand the impact of globalisation.
    • Be able to give an overview of the trade union approach to international development.
    35

    Globalisation and Multinationals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the basic economic relationships of globalisation.
    • Understand the role of key international financial institutions in development.
    • Understand the role of multi-national companies in world trade.
    • Understand trade union strategies to deal with multinationals.
    36

    Handling Change at Work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand changes affecting the workplace.
    • Be able to research appropriate legislation, policies and information related to change at work.
    • Be able to identify problems and opportunities for trade unions during change at work.
    37

    Handling Change at Work for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand changes affecting the workplace.
    • Be able to research appropriate legislation, policies and information related to change at work.
    • Be able to identify problems and opportunities for trade unions during change at work.
    38

    Handling Members’ Problems

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand problems which affect members in the workplace.
    • Understand information relevant to a specific problem affecting members.
    • Be able to produce a plan on how to take up a specific problem affecting members.
    • Be able to identify and apply communication skills.
    39

    Handling Trade Union Members' Problems

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand problems which affect members in the workplace.
    • Understand information relevant to a specific problem affecting members.
    • Be able to produce a plan on how to take up a specific problem affecting members.
    • Be able to identify and apply communication skills.
    40

    Health and Safety Issues Related to Asbestos

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the health hazards associated with asbestos.
    • Understand the minimum legal requirements concerning asbestos.
    • Understand appropriate prevention and control measures for asbestos.
    41

    Health and Safety Legislation for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how health and safety legislation affects workplace procedures and systems.
    • Understand how changes in health and safety legislation affect the workplace or union.
    • Know types of actions required as a result of changes in health and safety legislation.
    42

    Health and Safety Representatives Induction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use skills in working co-operatively and collectively.
    • Understand key functions of the union health and safety representative in the workplace.
    • Be able to record and organise information in an appropriate way.
    43

    Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand health and wellbeing issues in the workplace.
    • Understand the trade union approach to health and wellbeing at work.
    • Be able to plan effective action on health and wellbeing arrangements in his/her workplace.
    44

    ICT Project for Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify and agree a substantial ICT project to support trade union activities.
    • Be able to research, design and plan an ICT project.
    • Be able to implement, test and review the ICT project with trade union colleagues.
    • Be able to assess and evaluate ICT project processes and outcomes.
    45

    Illness at Work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand hazards and risks associated with specific illnesses at work.
    • Understand how legislation and company policy relate to specific illnesses at work.
    • Understand prevention and control measures associated with specific illnesses at work.
    46

    Illness at Work for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand hazards and risks associated with specific illnesses at work.
    • Understand how legislation and company policy relate to specific illnesses at work.
    • Understand prevention and control measures associated with specific illnesses at work.
    47

    Information and Consultation in Multinational Companies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the key features of legislation, policies and agreements concerning information and consultation in multinational companies.
    • Understand different forms of worker representation within companies.
    • Understand arguments to promote best practice for a specific form of worker representation.
    48

    Information and Consultation in Multinational Companies for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the key features of legislation, policies and agreements concerning information and consultation in multinational companies.
    • Understand different forms of worker representation within companies.
    • Understand arguments to promote best practice for a specific form of worker representation.
    49

    Information for Bargaining, Negotiation and Consultation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand a range of collective bargaining issues relevant to own workplace and sector.
    • Understand a range of appropriate sources of information relevant to the bargaining, negotiation or consultation process.
    • Understand where employment law supports access to and use of information for bargaining, negotiation or consultation.
    50

    Information for Recruitment and Retention for Trade Unions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify actual and potential members in the workplace.
    • Be able to evaluate policies and practices on trade union workplace recruitment.
    • Be able to identify legislation for recruitment and retention.
    51

    International Health and Safety

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand why international health and safety issues are relevant to them and their members.
    • Understand the role and structure of international trade unions and other international organisations in relation to health and safety.
    • Be able to recognise the steps needed to develop an international approach to health and safety.
    52

    International Trade Unionism

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role and structure of international trade union and labour organisations.
    • Understand the reasons for, and importance of, international links between unions.
    • Be able to identify the steps needed to make and strengthen international links.
    53

    Introduction to Organising and Recruitment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how the union organises in their organisation.
    • Understand the implications of an organising approach for meeting the needs of working people and building the union.
    54

    Introduction to Organising Health and Safety

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how the trade union organises for health and safety in their organisation.
    • Understand the implications of an organising approach for meeting the health and safety needs of working people and building the union.
    55

    Introduction to Pensions for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand pension options.
    • Understand pension terms, concepts, regulations and information.
    • Understand own occupational pension scheme.
    56

    Introduction to Pensions Provision for Trade Unions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand pensions provision.
    • Understand the trade union role in protecting pensions provision.
    57

    Leadership in Action

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role of the leader in the workplace.
    • Be able to evaluate leadership styles.
    • Be able to evaluate own leadership style.
    • Understand the importance of team
    • Understand how productive team
    • work can be achieved.
    • Understand the importance of leadership and effective team
    • work in the workplace.
    58

    Leading on the Trade Union Collective Agenda

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the concept of trade union collective leadership.
    • Understand techniques for effective trade union collective leadership.
    • Know how to develop leadership capacity.
    59

    Learning and Organising for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the link between learning and organising.
    • Understand methods for embedding learning and organising in union workplace organisation.
    • Know best practice in promoting learning and organising.
    60

    Learning to Teach Online for Trade Union Education

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the necessity for good organisational skills.
    • Understand how tutoring skills translate to an online environment.
    • Know the skills needed to assist individual online learners.
    • Know the skills needed to facilitate collaborative working online.
    • Understand the issues of managing collaborative online groups for trade union education.
    61

    Maintaining a Trade Union Database

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how a union uses ICT to capture and manage membership data.
    • Be able to develop transferable database application skills.
    • Understand how to adopt good working practices in ICT use.
    • Be able to apply database skills and knowledge to tasks.
    62

    Making Committees Effective

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to participate in the committee.
    • Be able to review action plans.
    • Be able to produce action plans.
    63

    Making Committees Effective for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to participate in the committee.
    • Be able to review action plans.
    • Be able to produce action plans.
    64

    Managing Union Finances

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the application of financial terms.
    • Understand strategies for union investments.
    • Understand different roles and responsibilities in managing the union’s investments and finances.
    65

    Manual Handling

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the relationship between hazard and risk in manual handling.
    • Understand the relevant regulations and their application in the workplace.
    • Be able to use a systematic approach to deal with manual handling issues in the workplace.
    66

    Manual Handling for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the relationship between hazard and risk in manual handling.
    • Understand the relevant regulations and their application in the workplace.
    • Be able to use a systematic approach to deal with manual handling issues in the workplace.
    67

    Membership Organisation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use and maintain a membership information system.
    • Understand how to promote the union amongst the workforce.
    • Be able to write a recruitment plan.
    68

    Membership Organisation for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use and maintain a membership information system.
    • Understand how to promote the union amongst the workforce.
    • Be able to develop a recruitment plan.
    69

    Mentoring for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand own role and responsibilities when mentoring union members.
    • Understand ways to identify individual mentoring needs.
    • Understand how to review progress through mentoring.
    70

    Negotiating on Pensions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand issues that may arise for members from changes affecting pensions.
    • Understand how pensions are negotiated.
    • Be able to produce a plan for negotiating improvements in pension schemes.
    71

    Online Learning for Trade Union Education

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the benefits of online learning for trade unionists.
    • Be able to manage own online trade union learning.
    • Understand the requirements necessary for successful online learning.
    • Understand the collaborative approach to trade union education online learning.
    72

    Organising Campaigns

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the organising approach to running campaigns.
    • Understand the key components of an organising campaign.
    • Be able to develop an organising campaign in their union.
    73

    Organising Campaigns for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the organising approach to running campaigns.
    • Understand the key components of an organising campaign.
    • Be able to develop an organising campaign in their union.
    74

    Organising Casework for Trade Unions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand union procedures for handling case
    • Understand and use specific techniques for organising union case
    75

    Organising the Workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify reasons for union membership change.
    • Understand current union organising practices.
    • Be able to develop good practice around organising.
    76

    Organising the Workplace for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify reasons for union membership change.
    • Understand current union organising practices.
    • Be able to develop good practice around organising.
    77

    Pay and Benefits

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to identify a range of information needed to formulate a pay claim.
    • Understand the impact of a pay award on members’ income.
    • Understand a range of benefits that could be included in a pay claim.
    78

    Pension Scheme Management

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the key concepts and terms used in pension scheme management.
    • Understand the management of pension schemes and funds.
    • Be able to deal with issues in pension schemes.
    79

    Pension Scheme Management for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the key concepts and terms used in pension scheme management.
    • Understand the management of pension schemes and funds.
    • Be able to deal with issues in pension schemes.
    80

    Pensions and Equal Treatment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the ways in which pension provision can be discriminatory.
    • Understand inequalities issues in relation to pension provision.
    • Be able to produce a plan for reducing inequalities in pension provision.
    81

    Planning, Organising and Campaigning for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the methods of union organising.
    • Understand how to build participation in the union.
    • Know how to develop a union campaign.
    82

    Practical Bargaining, Negotiation and Consultation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to recognise different negotiating styles.
    • Be able to negotiate as part of a team.
    • Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the union’s negotiating position.
    83

    Preparing for Bargaining, Negotiation and Consultation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use information relevant to trade union goals to prepare a case, claim or response.
    • Know how to improve bargaining, negotiation or consultation information strategy.
    84

    Presenting Trade Union Information to Members Using ICT

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to create and edit a multi-slide presentation on a trade union topic.
    • Be able to use animation and slide transition.
    • Be able to use multimedia content to enhance a presentation.
    • Be able to make a presentation using electronic visual aids.
    85

    Project Leadership for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role and responsibilities of a trade union project leader.
    • Understand the skills required for effective trade union project leadership.
    • Be able to lead a trade union project team.
    • Be able to analyse the success of a trade union project.
    • Be able to reflect on own effectiveness as a trade union project leader.
    86

    Project Management for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to draft a project outline relevant to a union organisation or workplace setting.
    • Be able to prepare a schedule and budget for a trade union project.
    • Be able to apply tools and techniques for the effective management of a project.
    • Be able to identify potential issues and solutions.
    • Be able to evaluate a trade union project.
    • Be able to devise appropriate strategies for dissemination of a trade union project.
    87

    Project Work for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the key characteristics of project work.
    • Know how effective project work can assist the work of trade unions.
    • Understand tools and techniques for effective project work.
    • Be able to identify potential project opportunities for trade unions.
    88

    Promoting Trade Union Issues using Film

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to produce an outline for the content of a film.
    • Be able to film appropriate scenes.
    • Be able to edit the content.
    • Be able to publish the finished work.
    89

    Recognising and Tackling Disability Discrimination

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how disability discrimination occurs.
    • Be able to identify sources of support for tackling disability discrimination.
    • Know ways of tackling disability discrimination.
    90

    Recognising and Tackling Discrimination for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how discrimination occurs.
    • Understand legislative sources and policies for tackling discrimination.
    • Understand ways of tackling discrimination and promoting equality.
    91

    Reflecting on Learning and Experience in the Workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the value of prior experience and learning.
    • Understand own learning processes and the current learning environment.
    • Be able to reflect on progress as a learner.
    • Know how the current learning programme will impact on own role(s) at work.
    92

    Research for Trade Unions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use mapping to establish workplace profiles.
    • Be able to recognise the significance of identifying and using workplace issues to establish organising activity.
    • Understand the value of research to campaign planning.
    93

    Research Project: Carrying Out and Reporting on Action for Equality in the Workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to carry out a union research project in the workplace that aims to challenge discrimination and promote best equality practice.
    • Be able to report on the research project findings and recommendations for action.
    • Be able to evaluate own learning and performance.
    94

    Rights at Work for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the trade union approach to rights at work issues.
    • Know how to use sources of information on employment rights.
    • Understand the application of employment rights information.
    95

    Risk Assessment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the key legal requirements concerning risk assessments.
    • Understand the risk assessment process.
    • Be able to relate risk assessment to strategies for improving health and safety at work.
    96

    Risk Assessment for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the key legal requirements concerning risk assessments.
    • Understand the risk assessment process.
    • Be able to relate risk assessment to strategies for improving health and safety at work.
    97

    Safety Representative Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand own development needs for health and safety skills.
    • Be able to review own health and safety skills development opportunities.
    • Understand development planning for own health and safety skills needs.
    98

    Safety Representative Skills for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand own development needs for health and safety skills.
    • Be able to review own health and safety skills development opportunities.
    • Understand development planning for own health and safety skills needs.
    99

    State Pension Schemes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know key features of state provision for pensions.
    • Understand how state pension schemes affect members.
    • Be able to calculate contributions and benefits.
    100

    State Pension Schemes for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know key features of state provision for pensions.
    • Understand how state pension schemes affect members.
    • Be able to calculate contributions and benefits.
    101

    Supporting Organising Campaigns for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use a SWOT analysis in organising campaigns.
    • Be able to project plan.
    • Be able to apply the SMART process when planning organising campaigns.
    102

    The Role of the Member Nominated Pension Scheme Trustee

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the legal basis of occupational pension schemes.
    • Be able to deal with pension scheme issues.
    103

    The Trade Union Context

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to recognise and work on trade union priorities.
    • Understand information affecting the workplace.
    • Understand key aspects of union principles, structure and resources.
    104

    Trade Union and Political Activity

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of political activity within the trade union movement.
    • Understand the reasons and processes of affiliation.
    • Be able to produce a plan to increase political influence.
    105

    Trade Union Partnership Agreements

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know the features of a Trade Union Partnership Agreement.
    • Understand the roles and responsibilities of all parties to a Trade Union Partnership Agreement.
    • Understand the skills required to ensure effective implementation of a Trade Union Partnership Agreement.
    • Understand the process of solving problems through the Trade Union Partnership approach.
    106

    Trade Union Representation on Public Bodies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the aims and policies of a public body.
    • Understand the role and function of a trade union representative on a public body.
    • Understand how to contribute to a specific public body.
    107

    Trade Union Representatives research to Undertake Action for Equality in the Workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to decide on a research project to challenge discrimination and promote best equality practice.
    • Understand appropriate research methods that can be used in developing action on equalities.
    • Be able to plan a research project.
    108

    Trade Union Representatives Supporting Members

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how trade unions can support members within the workplace.
    • Be able to recognise when to signpost members onto appropriate support structures.
    • Be able to plan to implement procedures in the workplace to offer counselling support.
    109

    Trade Unions and Europe

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role and structure of European Union Institutions and related trade union organisations.
    • Understand the impact of the European Union on national employment rights.
    • Know European Union economic and social policies.
    • Understand the relationship between European Union policies and trade union policies and strategies.
    110

    Trade Unions and the Economy

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how developments in the UK economy can impact on trade union members.
    • Know the major schools of economic theory.
    • Understand the effects of specific UK government policies on the economy.
    • Understand key influences on UK economic policies.
    111

    Trade Unions and the Law

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand aspects of the legal system that affect trade unions.
    • Understand different types of law.
    • Understand trade union law.
    112

    Trade Unions Identifying and Preventing Ill Health at Work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand symptoms of ill health caused in the workplace.
    • Understand the effects of ill health caused in the workplace.
    • Know hazards that may ca
    • use ill health at work.
    • Understand appropriate legislation, policies and other information on ill health at work.
    • Know how a trade union can take action to prevent occupational ill health.
    113

    TUC Health and Safety Tutor Training

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the context for the education and training of trade union health and safety representatives.
    • Understand the TUC approach to health and safety.
    • Know the TUC course materials and their application.
    • Be able to plan to run a TUC Health and Safety Representatives’ course.
    114

    Understanding Environmental Issues in the Workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand environmental changes affecting the workplace.
    • Be able to identify key information appropriate to environmental changes at work.
    • Be able to identify environmental issues for trade union action.
    115

    Understanding your Pension Scheme

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand occupational pension schemes.
    • Understand how own pension scheme affects members.
    • Be able to calculate contributions, funding and benefits.
    • Be able to identify areas for improvement in own occupational pension scheme.
    116

    Understanding your Union - Structures and Organisation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how trade union democracy operates within the workplace.
    • Know the role of the union branch.
    • Understand how to improve union branch attendance.
    • Know how to identify elements of a union’s regional and national democracy.
    117

    Understanding your Union – Collective Bargaining and Agreements

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify key collective agreements.
    • Be able to identify key features of disciplinary and grievance procedures.
    • Be able to identify bargaining issues within the workplace.
    118

    Understanding your Union – Purpose and Function

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify why people join trade unions.
    • Be able to identify the services that trade unions provide for their members.
    • Understand the role of the union in the workplace.
    119

    Union Representatives - Induction

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to demonstrate skills of co-operative and collective working.
    • Be able to find trade union and other related information.
    • Know the key functions of a trade union in the workplace.
    • Be able to create own union contacts list.
    • Know how trade union documents guide union representatives.
    • Know how to organise information in an appropriate way.
    120

    Using a Membership Database to Support Trade Union Activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to recognise how membership systems support trade union activities.
    • Know database application skills.
    • Understand the regulatory frame
    • work for databases.
    • Be able to apply skills and knowledge to tasks.
    121

    Using a Union Database for Communication

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to recognise how membership systems support union communications.
    • Know how database application skills support union communications.
    • Understand the regulatory frame
    • work for electronic communications.
    • Be able to apply skills and knowledge to communication tasks.
    122

    Using Electronic Databases for Trade Union Activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to create a database for a trade union task.
    • Be able to use a database for trade union tasks.
    • Understand protocols for database usage.
    123

    Using ICT for Trade Unionists

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to operate a computer.
    • Be able to organise, store and retrieve trade union information.
    • Know safety and security practices.
    • Know the components of a PC.
    124

    Using Spreadsheets for Trade Union Activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to produce a spreadsheet for an agreed trade union purpose.
    • Be able to enter, format and present data in a spreadsheet.
    • Be able to use formulae to calculate data.
    • Be able to present data in graphical form.
    125

    Using the Internet and Email for Trade Unionists

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to access information on the internet relevant to trade union activity.
    • Be able to send and receive emails.
    • Understand internet safety and security issues.
    126

    Using the Law in Collective Bargaining

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand employment law relevant to issues in the workplace.
    • Be able to prepare arguments that may be used in negotiations based on employment law.
    127

    Using the Media

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify effective ways of presenting trade union issues to the media.
    • Be able to design and write news releases.
    • Be able to develop interview skills.
    • Be able to plan to use the media.
    128

    Using the Media for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify effective ways of presenting trade union issues to the media.
    • Be able to design and write news releases.
    • Be able to develop interview skills.
    • Be able to plan to use the media.
    129

    Using Word Processing for Trade Unionists

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use word processing functions.
    • Be able to add text and graphics from different sources.
    • Be able to produce trade union documents.
    130

    Women Workers: An International Perspective

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand a range of issues affecting women workers internationally.
    • Be able to recognise the importance of international links between women workers and their representative organisations.
    • Understand ways of making and strengthening international links.
    131

    Women Workers: An International Perspective for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand a range of issues affecting women workers internationally.
    • Be able to recognise the importance of international links between women workers and their representative organisations.
    • Understand the role of labour organisations in developing links between women worldwide.
    132

    Work Related Upper Limb Disorders - WRULDS

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify the causes and symptoms of WRULDS.
    • Understand the main legal requirements and policies in relation to WRULDS.
    • Be able to make proposals for prevention and control of WRULDS in the workplace.
    133

    Work-Life Balance

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand changes taking place in the organisation of work time.
    • Understand options for reorganising work time for the benefit of union members.
    • Understand potential benefits of union and management working in partnership.
    • Understand the standards and policies regarding work-life balance.
    • Understand ways to achieve work-life balance for union members.
    134

    Work-Life Balance for Trade Union Representatives

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand changes taking place in the organisation of work time.
    • Understand options for reorganising work time for the benefit of union members.
    • Understand potential benefits of union and management working in partnership.
    • Understand the standards and policies regarding work-life balance.
    • Understand ways to achieve work-life balance for union members.
    135

    Working with Employers on Learning and Skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to recognise opportunities to develop skills in the workplace.
    • Understand how to work with employers to meet the skills needs of individuals and the organisation.
    • Understand components of a learning agreement and the relevance to the role of the union learning representative.
    • Understand how equality and skills for life issues underpin learning agreements and strategies.
    136

    Working with Figures for Trade Unions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to solve trade union problems involving numbers.
    • Be able to approximate, estimate and check results.
    • Be able to interpret given statistical information and report for trade union members.
    • Be able to present and interpret secondary data relating to trade union tasks.
    137

    Working with Statistics for Trade Unions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand suitable statistical techniques for trade unions to collect and record data from the workplace.
    • Be able to interpret statistical information and report to trade union members.
    • Be able to use statistical concepts and methods that aid decision making when tackling trade union work-related problems.

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    601/3578/5
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    NOCN
    Qualification Type
    Vocationally-Related Qualification
    Operational Start
    Aug 2014

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