NZ Public Service Association (PSA)

This is one day course for PSA delegates. It is intended that delegates from particular enterprises/employers would undertake the training as a group.

This one day course targets PSA delegates who have already undertaken the Orientation and Democracy & Planning, Problem Solving and Building Participation courses. It aims to provide delegates with an understanding of the Employment Relations Act and to encourage member participation in bargaining, dispute resolution and union rights areas, with particular emphasis on good faith.

This course is intended for PSA organisers who will be asked to act as mentors/coaches/experts in pay and employment equity to work along side other organisers, delegates and sectors within the PSA. This course is delivered in three one-day sessions over a two month period. Upon completion of the course the staff will be able to:

• Explain the terminology, issues and a range of mechanisms associated with pay and employment equity
• Apply previous learning from other PSA courses and their own experience as an organiser to build participation in the workplace around the issue of pay and employment equity
• Explain the context for developing an approach for pay and employment equity in the public service
• Build skills to help with pay equity processes and work with other organisers on implementing pay equity strategies.
• Use the tools that will assist an organisation to analyse the extent of their pay gap.
  

The aim of the one day course is to provide participants with an understanding of the history of the Treaty of Waitangi and how its principles can be applied to the PSA strategy of Partnership for Quality

The aim of the one day course is to provide delegates with an understanding of the opportunities for facilitation and the skills to undertake confidently a facilitation role

The course aims to provide new delegates with an understanding of the PSA as an organisation, their role, workplace relationships and building participation within the workplace by planning and active engagement.

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

• Understand the union’s role and structures and their responsibilities as delegates
• Describe PSA’s Partnership for Quality strategy and how it can apply in their workplace.

(Formerly: PSA Delegate Development – Problem Solving)
The aim of this course is to increase the ability of delegates to apply the knowledge and skills to build quality relationships within the workplace that reflects the concepts of the Employment Relations Act and the principles of the PSA Partnership for Quality strategy. The workshop has a specific emphasis on problem solving issues.

The aim of this course is to ensure delegates understand the process for bargaining a collective agreement and the environment (legal and strategic) in which it is conducted

The aim of this course is to ensure participants understand conflict and its causes in the workplace, and to develop the skills and knowledge to resolve conflict.