NOCN · RQF Level 2
NOCN Level 2 Award for Trade Union Health and Safety Representatives
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits6
- Guided learning30 hours
- Units in this qualification37
Awarded by NOCN · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
NOCN offers a broad range of qualifications and alternative routes for both experienced workers and new entrants to the jobs market.
These are the units NOCN registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Applying Health and Safety Legislation in the WorkplaceReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the background and origins of specific health and safety legislation affecting the workplace.
- Know the main legal requirements of specific health and safety regulations.
- Understand how specific health and safety regulations can be used to improve health and safety standards at work.
Building Equality in the Workplace for Trade Union RepresentativesReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact of discrimination in the workplace and the role of the union in addressing it
- Understand the various methods and support systems available for building equality in the workplace and within the union
- Plan strategically for building equality both within the union and throughout the workplace
COSHH and the Trade Union Health and Safety Representative’s RoleReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the potential health and safety risks associated with hazardous substances present in the workplace
- Understand the requirements outlined in the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations
- Conduct a thorough COSHH risk assessment for a specific workplace scenario
- Specify the necessary actions to effectively address problems related to hazardous substances in the workplace
Communication Skills for Trade Union RepresentativesReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Source, read and respond to written trade union materials effectively.
- Use written communication skills for different trade union purposes, such as writing reports and correspondence.
- Take part constructively in trade union discussions on a one-to-one and group basis.
- Make a clear and informative presentation on a trade union related topic.
Conditions at WorkReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Know the hazards associated with workplace health conditions
- Know the legislation that relates to health conditions at work
- Know how company policies relate to health conditions at work
- Understand hazard prevention measures in the workplace
- Understand hazard control measures in the workplace
- Action measures for a specific workplace health condition
Dealing with Intimidating BehaviourReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the nature of specific intimidating behaviours that may occur in the workplace, including bullying, harassment, and discrimination.
- Understand how relevant legislation and organisational policies can support the challenging of specific intimidating behaviours at work.
- Develop a comprehensive trade union plan for effectively dealing with intimidation in the workplace, including prevention, intervention, and support strategies.
Disability Champions at WorkReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the trade union approach to disability issues, including relevant legislation and best practices.
- Understand the role of the trade union Disability Champion, including their responsibilities and authority.
- Work effectively with other Disability Champions, fostering collaboration and sharing best practice.
- Understand issues faced by members with disabilities in the workplace, including barriers to employment and discrimination.
- Produce a plan to establish the role of Disability Champion in own workplace, outlining objectives, activities, and resources.
Domestic Violence and the Trade Union ContextReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand why domestic violence is a trade union issue, considering its impact on members and the workplace.
- Support members experiencing domestic violence, including signposting to relevant resources and providing appropriate assistance.
- Identify trade union action on domestic violence, such as policy development, awareness campaigns, and workplace support mechanisms.
Equipment at WorkReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Know the hazards and risks associated with specific equipment used in the workplace
- Understand how relevant legislation relates to the safe use of specific equipment at work
- Understand how organisational policy relates to the safe use of specific equipment at work
- Understand prevention measures for risks associated with specific equipment at work
- Understand control measures for risks associated with specific equipment at work
- Understand protection measures for risks associated with specific equipment at work
Europe and Health and SafetyReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of trade unions in European health and safety decision-making processes.
- Know the European Union structure and its main institutions dealing with health and safety regulations and directives.
- Recognise the influence of Europe in UK health and safety standards and legislation.
Globalisation and International DevelopmentReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key concepts of globalisation, international development, and social justice, and their interrelationships.
- Understand the impact of globalisation on various aspects of society, including labour markets, environmental sustainability, and cultural diversity.
- Give an overview of the trade union approach to international development, including its principles, strategies, and priorities.
Globalisation and MultinationalsReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the basic economic relationships of globalisation, including trade, investment, and migration.
- Understand the role of key international financial institutions in development, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
- Understand the role of multi-national companies in world trade, including their impact on employment and labour standards.
- Understand trade union strategies to deal with multinationals, including international solidarity and collective bargaining.
Handling Members’ ProblemsReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand problems which affect members in the workplace
- Understand information relevant to a specific problem affecting members
- Produce a plan on how to take up a specific problem affecting members
- Identify communication skills required to handle members' problems
- Apply communication skills when handling members' problems
Health and Safety Issues Related to AsbestosReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Know the specific health hazards associated with exposure to asbestos, including the potential for developing asbestos-related diseases.
- Understand the minimum legal requirements concerning asbestos management and control in the workplace, as stipulated by relevant regulations and legislation.
- Understand appropriate prevention and control measures for asbestos, including safe handling procedures, risk assessments, and the use of personal protective equipment.
Health and Safety Legislation for Trade Union RepresentativesReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Know how health and safety legislation affects workplace procedures and systems
- Understand how changes in health and safety legislation can affect the workplace or the union's operations
- Know the types of actions that may be required as a result of changes in health and safety legislation
Health and Safety Representatives InductionReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Use skills in working co-operatively and collectively with others to achieve common goals.
- Understand the key functions of the union health and safety representative in the workplace, including their roles and responsibilities.
- Record and organise information in an appropriate way, ensuring accuracy and accessibility.
Illness at WorkReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the hazards and risks associated with specific illnesses that may be encountered in the workplace.
- Understand how relevant legislation and company policies relate to the management of specific illnesses at work.
- Understand the prevention and control measures that can be implemented to manage specific illnesses at work.
Information and Consultation in Multinational CompaniesReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key features of relevant legislation, policies and agreements concerning information and consultation in multinational companies
- Understand different forms of worker representation within companies, including their roles and responsibilities
- Understand arguments to promote best practice for a specific form of worker representation, advocating for effective employee engagement
International Health and SafetyReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Explain why international health and safety issues are relevant to individuals and their members.
- Describe the role and structure of international trade unions and other international organisations in relation to health and safety.
- Recognise the steps needed to develop an international approach to health and safety within an organisation.
International Trade UnionismReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role and structure of international trade union and labour organisations, including their aims and objectives
- Understand the reasons for, and importance of, international links between unions, including solidarity and mutual support
- Identify the steps needed to make and strengthen international links, such as communication, collaboration, and joint campaigns
- Understand the benefits of international collaboration for trade unions and their members
Introduction to Organising Health and SafetyReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the trade union organises for health and safety within their organisation
- Understand the implications of an organising approach for meeting the health and safety needs of working people
- Understand how an organising approach can contribute to building the union
Introduction to Organising and RecruitmentReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the union organises within their organisation, including its structure and methods of operation.
- Understand the implications of adopting an organising approach to effectively meet the needs of working people and build a stronger union presence.
Manual HandlingReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the relationship between hazard and risk in manual handling, including identifying potential hazards and assessing associated risks
- Understand the relevant regulations and their application in the workplace, including the Manual Handling Operations Regulations
- Use a systematic approach to deal with manual handling issues in the workplace, including risk assessment, control measures, and safe handling techniques
Online Learning for Trade Union EducationReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the benefits of online learning for trade union members and representatives.
- Manage your own online trade union learning effectively.
- Understand the technical and personal requirements necessary for successful online learning.
- Understand the importance of a collaborative approach to trade union education through online learning.
Promoting Trade Union Issues using FilmReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Produce an outline for the content of a film.
- Film appropriate scenes for a film.
- Edit the content of a film.
- Publish the finished film.
Recognising and Tackling Disability DiscriminationReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how disability discrimination can occur in various forms and contexts, including direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, harassment, and victimisation.
- Identify sources of support and guidance for tackling disability discrimination, such as legislation, policies, and advocacy organisations.
- Know different ways of tackling disability discrimination, including raising awareness, challenging discriminatory practices, and promoting inclusive policies and procedures.
Reflecting on Learning and Experience in the WorkplaceReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the value of prior experience and learning in personal and professional development
- Understand own learning processes, including preferred learning styles and strategies
- Understand the characteristics of the current learning environment, including available resources and support
- Reflect on progress as a learner, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement
- Know how the current learning programme will impact on own role(s) at work, including potential career progression and increased job satisfaction
Risk AssessmentReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Know the key legal requirements concerning risk assessments
- Understand the risk assessment process
- Relate risk assessment to strategies for improving health and safety at work
Safety Representative SkillsReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand own development needs for health and safety skills, including identifying areas for improvement and setting development goals
- Review own health and safety skills development opportunities, including training courses, mentoring, and on-the-job learning
- Understand development planning for own health and safety skills needs, including creating a personal development plan and tracking progress
Trade Union Representatives Supporting MembersReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how trade unions can support members within the workplace
- Recognise when to signpost members onto appropriate support structures
- Plan to implement procedures in the workplace to offer counselling support
Trade Unions Identifying and Preventing Ill Health at WorkReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise the common symptoms of ill health that can be caused or exacerbated in the workplace.
- Explain the potential effects of ill health on individuals and the organisation.
- Identify hazards in the workplace that may cause ill health.
- Summarise the appropriate legislation, policies and sources of information relating to ill health at work.
- Describe how a trade union can take action to prevent occupational ill health.
Trade Unions and EuropeReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role and structure of European Union Institutions and related trade union organisations, including their functions and relationships.
- Understand the impact of the European Union on national employment rights, including legislation and regulations.
- Know European Union economic and social policies, including their objectives and implementation.
- Understand the relationship between European Union policies and trade union policies and strategies, including areas of alignment and divergence.
Understanding Environmental Issues in the WorkplaceReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand environmental changes affecting the workplace and their potential impact.
- Identify key information appropriate to environmental changes at work, including relevant data and regulations.
- Identify environmental issues for trade union action, advocating for sustainable practices and worker well-being.
Using ICT for Trade UnionistsReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Operate a computer effectively.
- Organise trade union information in a structured manner.
- Store trade union information securely.
- Retrieve trade union information efficiently.
- Know safety practices when using ICT equipment.
- Know security practices to protect trade union information.
- Know the main components of a personal computer (PC).
Work Related Upper Limb Disorders - WRULDSReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the causes and symptoms of Work Related Upper Limb Disorders (WRULDS), including risk factors and early warning signs.
- Understand the main legal requirements and policies in relation to WRULDS, including employer responsibilities and employee rights.
- Make proposals for prevention and control of WRULDS in the workplace, including risk assessments, ergonomic improvements, and training programmes.
Work-Life BalanceReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the changes taking place in the organisation of work time within different organisational contexts.
- Understand the various options available for reorganising work time to benefit union members.
- Understand the potential benefits that can arise from union and management working in partnership to address work-life balance issues.
- Understand the relevant standards and organisational policies regarding work-life balance.
- Understand different ways to achieve work-life balance for union members, considering individual needs and circumstances.
Working with Figures for Trade UnionsReal unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Solve trade union problems involving numbers.
- Approximate, estimate and check results.
- Interpret given statistical information and report for trade union members.
- Present and interpret secondary data relating to trade union tasks.
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 2 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
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Where these credits take you
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Where this can lead
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will explore the historical background and social-economic factors influencing specific health and safety legislation. The unit covers the main legal requirements and how these regulations can be applied to improve workplace health and safety standards.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for NOCN Level 2 Award for Trade Union Health and Safety Representatives
37 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.
- Applying Health and Safety Legislation in the Workplace
- Building Equality in the Workplace for Trade Union Representatives
- COSHH and the Trade Union Health and Safety Representative’s Role
- Communication Skills for Trade Union Representatives
- Conditions at Work
- Dealing with Intimidating Behaviour
and 31 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
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Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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