EDUCATING IN 2018

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: november/december 2017 :: RMTnews 16 The work of equipping RMT representatives and activists to protect the interests of our members and to fight for their demands continues next year. The 2018 calendar for the Bob Crow national education centre is available on the RMT website, within the education section, and can be provided by contacting the national education officer at a.gilchrist@rmt.org.uk . The programme prioritises core skills courses for workplace representative and branch officials. These courses continue to provide the basic skills, knowledge and guidance for those key roles in our union, including equality. As in previous years a range of specialist courses are scheduled around issues that are prevalent in the workplaces and affect our members, these courses, whether looking at mental health, cancer or autism, look to provide support to deal with these issues for the benefit of our membership. A number of course for members working in the maritime industries are also within the programme – • Maritime Health & Safety – Stages 1 and 2 and both parts of each. To enable those completing these courses to ensure the safety and welfare whilst at work of their work mates. • Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) – a course to assist those members to whom this applies to understand exactly what it covers and how it can be used to benefit our members. • Seafarers Introductory Course – mirroring the longstanding Workplace Reps Introductory course, this is the ideal first course for ‘new’ RMT Seafarer members before considering attending the core skills courses to continue their Trade Union education. The union’s advisory committees also have the opportunity to apply to attend short weekend courses that concentrate on their issues and provide an excellent first taste of trade union education that hopefully will lead to many of them on to attending courses to become representatives and future officials. The learning agenda continues with two projects in Scotland and one in England, all three being hugely successful, so The work of equipping RMT i d i i those comple EDUCATING IN 2018 RMT has a full education programme for next year at our state-of-the-art education centre in Doncaster