Organiser Pathway Level 3: Organising for Change

About

Organiser Pathway Level 3 is aimed at Organisers with at least two to three years’ experience.

It is designed to equip you with the practical skills needed to excel in the vital role you play within the movement. Throughout the course, you will develop critical thinking to lead the implementation of systemic improvements in the workplace.

You will also gain an understanding of the Work, Health and Safety system as a useful framework to identify and implement workplace improvements; as well as knowledge around how WHS legislation provides the foundation for cultivating equity and diversity at work.

In part two of the course, you’ll learn about reframing the economy, how to plan and run an induction, and methods to achieve lasting change through campaigning and organising efforts. Six weeks after completion of the course, there will be a recall session via Zoom to monitor your progress and share stories.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to: 

• Apply frameworks used to analyse power, behaviour, systems and ideas 
• Discuss the purpose and power of health and safety representatives, both from an organising and a WHS perspective 
• Research, assess and establish union WHS structures 
• Build effective workplace organising committees that maximise the effectiveness of diversity in a workforce 
• Articulate the role of unions compared to competing stakeholders and explain their position in the overarching context of the economy 
• Develop campaign strategies that can be effective across a range of contexts 
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of how social media can be used to effectively communicate, network and mobilise 
• Develop workplace leaders’ capacity to build unity in the face of division

Content

The faces of power
WHS legislation and representatives
WHS issues and taking action
Engaging members to address WHS issues
Reframing the economy
Inductions
Discrimination and inequity
Renaming the world of work
Campaigning for change

Delivery Style

This course will rely heavily on facilitated discussion, small group work and the use of real case studies.

Prerequisite

Organiser Pathway Level 2: Building Union (or equivalent experience as an Organiser)

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