Union Training and Future Skills

We believe that members should be given every opportunity to enhance their skills and maximise their potential in their working and personal lives. Therefore, we offer members and representatives a wide range of training courses in life skills such as leadership and communication skills.

We also offer a range of training for Union representatives such as health and safety training and workplace issues seminars.

  • The delivery of training is flexible – with some training courses taking place during the working day and others during the evenings. In order to facilitate as many members as possible, FSU provides training on a regional basis.
  • In Northern Ireland, FSU is responsible for a Union Learning Project which also offers training courses free of charge to members
  • FSU Training / Database Support Officer, David Donovan, manages the provision of training within the Union and is grateful for any suggestions, comments or queries from members.
  • If you are interested in attending a training course, please register your interest by emailing David Donovan at training@fsunion.org

FSU Future Skills

fsu-future-skillsSkills are vital to long term decent jobs, that's why we have opened a new fund for members to access and avail of. Members can participate in a wide range of courses, physical and online and paid for by the union.

These include:

1. FSU Union Learn Project, Northern Ireland

We will build upon the highly successful project in Northern Ireland, through which 900 FSU learners have completed courses in areas including ICT skills and project management skills.

2. FSU Future Skills Bursaries

Open to all FSU members, we will offer bursaries of up to €1,000/£1,000 per annum towards the cost of career and professional development studies.

3. FSU Future Skills Online

We will assist FSU members with costs associated with undertaking online courses, for example by paying for the costs associated with certification. We will also offer courses of interest on our online learning platform www.unionlink.org.

FSU is committed to campaigning for decent and secure employment for you and your colleagues. Please encourage any colleague who is not a member to join and get involved as members will have exclusive access to all of these valuable training and educational opportunities.