Public and Commercial Services Union

If our members are going to get the most from learning, and if employers are going to make the most of their staff, managers must: 

• Provide fair and equal access to learning opportunities for all staff including targeted intervention for those who need it most
• Provide and support learning opportunities that are of the highest quality 
• Support learning that is accredited and leads to qualifications 
• Provide and support learning opportunities which develop transferable skills that assist with personal career development 
• Help staff achieve a core set of skills which will help with their current job but will also equip them for work elsewhere: literacy, numeracy, communication, IT
• Support for learning that goes wider than the needs of the job – including time, money and on-site facilities.
• Provide a proper learning needs analysis for each member of staff that takes account not only of the organisation’s needs, but of the staff member’s needs as well 
• Put in place career development structures that are fair, open and transparent
• Recognise operational management as a skill and a career path in its own right and train managers in operational and peole management
• Encourage and support the development of a union learning rep structure and work closely with the union on learning and skills policies and issues
• Sign a learning agreement with the union based on the Model Learning Agreement.