Courses
Organiser Pathway: Twelve Month Program
This program contains three distinct Organising courses that will be covered over twelve months.
Organiser Pathway Level 1: Organising Foundations
This course will teach the essential steps in organising a workplace, including planning, mapping and analysis, the structured organising conversation and objection handling.
Union Governance: Train the Trainer
This course will qualify you to deliver the ACTU Union Governance Course for union officials.
Federal Right of Entry
This course will allow union officials to apply for a right of entry permit under the Fair Work Act.
Parliamentary Inquiries: Submissions and Hearings
This course will demonstrate strategies to produce effective submissions that make the most of appearing before Parliamentary committees.
Ending Worker Exploitation in Global Supply Chains
This course will explore pragmatic ways to build worker voices in global supply chains.
Economics for Unionists
This course will provide a grounding in the fundamentals of economic theory and policy from a unionist’s perspective.
Climate Action for Unionists
This course will teach fundamental knowledge about climate change science and the impacts the climate emergency has on workers and workplaces.
Lead Organiser Development Program
This course will develops skills in planning, staff professional development, and systems of supervision and management.
Coaching for Growth
This course will teach Organisers and Campaigners how to coach workplace leaders on growing union membership.
Power at Work: Next Steps for Delegates
This course will take a practical approach to developing your delegate communication and organising methods.
Core Skills for Delegates
This course will provide the practical skills, knowledge and confidence you need to be an effective delegate.
Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety
This course will provide you with a WHS tool kit governed by a proactive and preventative approach to workplace health and safety from a union perspective.
Industrial Relations Reform Series
This course will cover the broad areas of Industrial Relations reform which came into operation from December 2022 and throughout 2023.
Handling Grievances in the Workplace
This course will teach skills and frameworks to build your capacity to communicate around and work through grievance issues with workers and employers.
Advocacy
This course will teach you how to present a submission to the Fair Work Commission or other industrial tribunal.
Organiser Pathway Level 4: Craft of Organising
This course will develop your capacity to plan and execute campaigns, extend conversation and messaging skills, and develop strategies around long-term leadership and organisational structures in the workplace.
Organiser Pathway Level 2: Building Union
This course will increase your capacity and confidence in recruitment and delegate development skills, as well as advancing strategies in problem-solving and dispute resolution.
Organiser Induction
This course will explore the values that underpin unionism and develop basic skills and knowledge to get you started on your journey as a union Organiser.
Union Governance
This course will allow you demonstrate compliance with the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 as a union official. test
Sociology for Unionists
This course will explore how you can apply liberation sociology to your union work.
Commonwealth Work Health and Safety Entry Permit Holder
This course will provide an overview of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and broadly outlines the range of powers entry permit holders have in accordance with the Fair Work Act 2009.
Organiser Pathway Level 3: Organising for Change
This course will equip you with the practical skills needed to excel in the vital role you play within the movement.
Industrial Foundations
The course will teach you about industrial relations and how to confidently apply this knowledge to issue resolution.