United magazine • Summer 2021
The official journal of the United Services Union
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USU TRAINING<br />
CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR MEMBERS<br />
AND DELEGATES WITH GREAT TRAINING<br />
USU Delegates are at the forefront of our efforts to represent our members and keep them up to date<br />
with information and the USU takes very seriously our job of ensuring that we provide continuing<br />
development for our Delegates in this space.<br />
Having moved into our second<br />
year of the COVID pandemic, USU<br />
Educator Narelle Rich has continued<br />
to develop courses to suit the needs<br />
of our members and delegates which<br />
can be delivered in our shorter format,<br />
Lunch and Learn.<br />
LUNCH AND LEARN<br />
The Lunch and Learn (LNL) sessions<br />
are proving very popular with both<br />
members and delegates and not only<br />
cover industrial type issues, we had<br />
also hosted a number of very successful<br />
sessions on Wills and Workers<br />
Compensation with Carroll and O’Dea<br />
and Superannuation sessions with<br />
Active Super.<br />
These LNL sessions are not meant in<br />
any way to detract from or replace our<br />
delegate training program. Delegate<br />
Basics and USU@WORK still require<br />
face to face education and interaction<br />
and it would be impossible to recreate<br />
this in the online world. They are<br />
a complimentary set of short courses<br />
which can be delivered at lunch time,<br />
during a WOC meeting or even after<br />
hours, to assist delegates in keeping<br />
up to date.<br />
Although we had hoped that <strong>2021</strong><br />
would see a return to face to face<br />
Union Education, this did not eventuate<br />
in any meaningful way. It is hoped<br />
that 2022 will see us moving back to<br />
face to face training. Narelle has prepared<br />
a course timetable for the first<br />
six months of 2022. Please have a look<br />
at our website www.usu.org.au/training2022<br />
for more information.<br />
Narelle conducted face to<br />
face training at Rutherford<br />
before the lockdown.<br />
For newly elected delegates our Lunch<br />
and Learn timetable has provided invaluable<br />
skills for those who have<br />
not yet been able to attend Delegate<br />
Basics training as there were a number<br />
of courses which had to be postponed<br />
due to the current pandemic<br />
conditions. For experienced delegates,<br />
they are a terrific opportunity to brush<br />
up on skills they already have and<br />
serve as a revision of their skills and<br />
knowledge.<br />
It is hoped that these LNL sessions<br />
will continue to be helpful to our delegates<br />
beyond COVID, as a way to<br />
complement our Delegate Education<br />
Program.<br />
While our training program includes<br />
the following courses, we will continue<br />
to deliver LNL courses to compliment<br />
these flagship courses:<br />
Check out our<br />
2022 training<br />
schedule at<br />
www.usu.org.<br />
au/training2022<br />
Delegate Basics (Stage 1): 2 days in the<br />
training room PLUS ongoing support<br />
USU@WORK (Stage 2): 2 days in the<br />
training room<br />
Followed by 8 x 1 hour formal mentoring<br />
sessions with your Organiser PLUS<br />
ongoing support<br />
EXTERNAL TRAINING<br />
Our Educator, Narelle Rich also<br />
delivers training on a fee for service<br />
basis on behalf of the Union,<br />
including Consultative Committee<br />
(JCC), Beyond Blue Mental Health<br />
in the Workplace, and Health<br />
and Safety Representative (HSR)<br />
as well as other bespoke training<br />
that employers may require.<br />
Narelle can be contacted on<br />
nrich@usu.org.au<br />
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