DOOSAN BABCOCK AND UNITE THE
UNION
MOVE FORWARD WITH
PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE
Unite’s Regional Learning
Organisers (RLOs) in Yorkshire and Humberside have shown what can
happen when there is a team effort and strong partnership working
with an enthusiastic employer.
RLOs Russell Morgan and Martin Redgrave have
worked with Doosan Babcock, the energy services company, for some
time on the learning and skills agenda. When it became clear that
the company had a need for high-quality IT training resources,
Russell and Martin enlisted the help of their colleagues, David
Mitchell and Sarah Mitchell, based in Unite’s Castleford Learning
Centre.
The team of RLOs have since developed a
successful partnership with Doosan Babcock’s HR Manager Gayle Binns
and the rest of her team to deliver effective IT training to Doosan
staff. The workers have benefitted from the training facilities
available at the Unite Castleford Learning Centre, such as
high-specification PCs and interactive white board, with an
enhanced learning experience.
Gayle Binns has been impressed by the
friendly, professional approach from the Centre, commenting: ‘’This
is a fantastic community centre, the service provided at all levels
was excellent and the support on each of the training days was
second to non, it has given Doosan the opportunity to work in first
class facilities with a first class professional team and see what
further resources are available going forward into
2010.’’
Gayle Binns went on to say, ‘’We will be
putting forward a case to higher management to include the
facilities at Castleford to improve Doosan Babcocks IT training
solutions within the company and driving forward our training
strategy for 2010 in Partnership with Unite’’
Gayle is positive about the relationship with
Unite and how the union’s profile has been raised through this
partnership working: ‘’Each attendee came away with increased
knowledge about the union / union learning and membership, which we
support fully at Doosan’’
Unite believes that this learning partnership
has raised the union’s profile within Doosan Babcock alongside
enhancing the experience of those workers attending the IT training
delivered at Castleford.
