SHOP STEWARD
Short Course
Half Day Course
A one-day programme designed to empower Shop Stewards and their role in disciplinary enquiries. This programme covers the following crucial elements:
ONE-DAY COURSE
- Understanding the role of the initiator and chairperson
- What is an acceptable charge?
- Understanding the plea of guilty vs not guilty
- Understanding specific charges e.g., fraud, theft, excessive vs consumption etc.
- Procedural fairness
- Opening statement
- Plea – conceptualising one’s case – what are you trying to prove
- Substantive fairness
- The burden of proof vs standard of proof vs evidentiary burden
- Law of evidence
- Q & A technique – evidence in chief, cross-examination, and re-examination
- Closing argument