GSG 28-26 Union Training 2026
27/May/2026
Description
The Union is pleased to announce our training calendar for 2026, and we are currently seeking nominations for the forthcoming education courses.
As advised at Conference a training seminar for An Post Branch Chairpersons and Branch Treasurers take place as outlined below. An invitation has issued separately.
- Branch Chairperson at 12 noon, 9th June 2026
- Branch Treasurer at 12 noon, 10th June 2026
Chairpersons’ Course
June 15th, 16th & 17th (3 days)
Venue: Union Head Office, Dublin.
All newly elected Branch Chairpersons are required to attend this course, as well as any currently elected Branch Chairperson who may not have had the opportunity to attend in the past. The purpose of the course is to explain the role of the Chairperson within the Branch Structure and to cover other relevant modules.
Branch Secretary Stage 1 Course
June 15th, 16th & 17th (3 days)
Venue: Union Head Office, Dublin
All newly elected Branch Secretaries are required to attend the Stage 1 course, as well as any currently elected Branch Secretary who may not have had the opportunity to attend in the past. This course will cover the duties of the Branch Secretary and other modules relevant to the role.
Branch Officers’ Course
June 30th (1 day)
Venue: Union Head Office, Dublin
The course is open to Assistant Secretaries and Vice Chairpersons. The aim of this course is to provide Branch Officers with the necessary skills to carry out the role of a Branch Officer given that they will be required, from time to time, to stand in for either the Branch Secretary or Branch Chairperson.
Those who have been previously trained as a Branch Secretary, Chairperson or Branch Officer are not required to attend.
Equality Representatives
September 9th & 10th (1.5 days)
Venue: Union Head Office, Dublin
The Equality Representative is a support role to the Branch Secretary who can assist with equality related matters. This course is based primarily on the nine grounds of discrimination under employment equality legislation and deals with such matters as work life balance, statutory and non-statutory leave, disability in the workplace etc. Equality Representatives make reports to their committee as required. This course is only open to elected Equality Representatives.
Please note that it is mandatory for all those who are elected to their Branch roles to be trained by the Education Committee.
Nomination Forms
Nomination forms for training are now available for Branch Secretaries to complete online at this link
https://www.cwu.ie/training/training-forms
I would ask Branch Secretaries to fill in the relevant nomination forms for the courses that they wish their committee to attend so that we have the details recorded. It is essential that we receive nomination forms for those who applied for training in previous years and did not have the opportunity to attend.
Participants for all the above courses will be placed only on receipt of the current nomination forms. Further joining instructions will be issued to participants closer to the date of the relevant course.
Should Branch Secretaries prefer to fill out a hard copy nomination form then please email ruth@cwu.ie
The completion date for the forms is Friday, June 5th, 2026. While we try to accommodate as many as possible on our training, please note that due to high demand for our courses, any nomination forms received after the closing date will be initially placed on a cancellation list.