TRADE UNION SKILLNET(TUS) Trade Union Skillnet is funded by member companies and the Training Networks Programme, an initiative of Skillnets Ltd, funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Education and Skills. 1 This training is co-funded through

What is Skillnets Ltd? Skillnets is a state-funded enterprise-led support body, that promotes and facilitates training and up-skilling of workers and job-seekers. Benefits Job-seekers – free training in demand by industry Employees – open up career progression paths Companies – improve competitiveness and innovation with subsidised staff training For more information, please visit: 2

Skillnet Requires Data (only used by Skillnet Ltd): To show we are reaching our outcomes profile forms for all participants; To get your view on the courses evaluations forms for all participants; Drop-in visits from Skillnet or Trade Union Skillnet (TUS) on courses. Survey Interviews (only used by Skillnet Ltd – reports anonymous); Evaluation Co. hired by Skillnet, covers all projects, offering training in all sectors, all over Ireland. Pick a random sample of participants and may ring or you or your supervisor (contact details requested on form – your choice) with a set of questions to validate your attendance, your views of the training you received and how you have applied it on your workplace. The Union Learning Skillnet is funded by member companies and the Training Networks Programme, an initiative of Skillnets Ltd, funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Education and Skills. 3

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TUS Network Trade Union Skillnet (TUS) is led by 7 union organisations who provide matching funding to subsidise the training offered and is supported by a cross section of employers through these unions. Members of TUS Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) IBOA – The Finance Union Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) MANDATE Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU) Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) 5

Priority of 7 Union Organisations in TUS TNP: To maximise our impact on the preservation of jobs and the sustainability of enterprises in the various sectors represented, and to transfer the learning to other sectors that are vulnerable to job losses. JSSP: To ensure jobseekers gain valuable training and work experience that they otherwise would not have had access to and build strong relationships with good employers CENTRES FOR THE UNEMPLOYED 6

TUS Aims To improve skills and enhance employability for the employed and unemployed in those sectors by providing opportunities for up-skilling, cross-skilling and re-skilling for workers; To enhance trade union representative skills in negotiation, reaching agreement and managing change processes in the workplace; To enhance the capacity of women to undertake leadership roles in the workplace. 7

Types of training provided Workplace Representatives Skills training/Trade Union studies (introduction & advanced) (for union organisers) Women at Work (leadership/mentoring) IT skills (excel/social media) Technical/Craft training (engineering) Health and Safety( safety representatives) Nursing (upskilling in management and training) Communication Skills/Teamworking (verbal/non-verbal, report writing, motivating others) Personal Development(life skills, dealing with stress) Leadership and Strategic Management (Officers in Unions) 8

TUS website – further training The Union Learning Skillnet is funded by member companies and the Training Networks Programme, an initiative of Skillnets Ltd, funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Education and Skills. 9

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