Training
RMTU offers regular, in person and online training workshops throughout the country to provide members and delegates with the information and skills needed to take up issues with employers and organise around issues.
Training sessions are an opportunity to network, share and get a sense of what happens in other workplaces.
Health and Safety Training
The RMTU offers training opportunities which provide members with expert information and advice on Health and Safety at work.
Our Health and Safety training courses cover things like:
- Rail and Ports Organising for better Health and Safety
- Injury management- Understanding your ACC rights
- Fatigue Risk Management
- Just and Fair Culture training
Contact Karen Fletcher Health and Safety Organiser for more details
Delegate Training
The RMTU offers training opportunities for delegates to:
- Develop understanding of their role and their responsibility as leaders in our union
- Understand the principles of organising and the power of the collective
- Understand and apply organising techniques
- Develop the confidence to effectively represent members individually and collectively
- Learn some tools and techniques they can apply as leaders on and off the job
- Commit to a plan of action to build organisation and leadership capacity that they will implement in their branches
Our delegate training course covers things like:
- Roles and rights of delegates
- Member representation
- Understanding your collective
- Organising in the workplace
- Leading for change
- Organising around Health and Safety
- Structure of the Union
Contact your area Organiser for more details