Skills of Organising - Australian Council of Trade Unions

Skills of Organising

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WHO IS IT FOR?

This course is suited for relatively new organisers with some experience of organising under their belt. Ideally participants should have completed a fundamentals course some twelve months earlier. We do not recommend that unions nominate organisers for this course unless they have completed fundamentals.

AIMS

To identify the problems experienced in applying the organising frameworks.
To learn how to select and develop campaign targets and develop strategic positioning.
To develop the skills involved in preparing a detailed organising plan.
To learn how to deal more effectively with management strategies and tactics.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On completion of the course, participants will be able to:

Resolve some of the problems they have experienced in applying the organising frameworks;
Further develop their skills in building networks, developing activists, identifying issues and mapping workplaces;
Maximise opportunities for delegate and activist development;
Identify what is involved in identifying a target for a successful campaign;
Develop a detailed organising plan which incorporates the organising frameworks and which is suitable for the industry involved;
Understand how to step out the stages of the plan;
Develop strategies for dealing with management tactics aimed at weakening union organisation.

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COURSE DURATION

Six Days (split)

Skills of Organising is delivered in two three day stages with a four-six week gap in between the two stages. Participants are given an organising project to complete in between the two stages.