Public Sector Industrial Relations eLearning

Our eLearning program allows industrial relations and human resources professionals to improve their knowledge and understanding of industrial relations in the NSW public sector

How will I benefit?

Our eLearning program provides essential industrial relations knowledge. This allows NSW public sector industrial relations professionals to perform their role.

It will help you navigate the NSW public sector industrial relations framework. This avoids breaching industrial laws that could result in legal or reputational risk.

If you are new to the public sector, moving from a related role, or need to update your knowledge, the eLearning program will benefit you.

What will I learn?

We offer eLearning program in short modules that are in two main areas of learning.

Public Sector Industrial Relations Fundamentals: Gain a broad overview of industrial relations in the NSW public sector.

Public Sector Advocacy Skills: Learn skills to represent your agency in matters before the NSW Industrial Relations Commission.

Public Sector Industrial Relations will release further eLearning modules as they become available.

How will my Organisation benefit?

Our eLearning program will create a baseline of industrial relations knowledge in all agencies. It will upskill relevant professionals with sector-specific industrial relations knowledge.

The eLearning program will promote compliance and consistency of practice. This will reduce risk for your agency and the NSW public sector.

It will also increase employee mobility by reducing barriers to broader roles.

Learning options

Option 1. Complete individual modules, as needed

Quickly obtain specific knowledge (No certification provided)

Option 2. Work through all modules and earn digital credentials

Earn digital credentials endorsed by Public Sector Industrial Relations and recognised by employers across the NSW public sector.

Digital credentials

Badge Public Sector Leave Provisions
Public Sector Employee Relations Fundamentals
Badge Public Sector Advocacy Skills

To be eligible for a digital credential simply complete the modules and assessments for each main area of learning, and the form at the end of each assessment.

  • Complete an assessment for each module to qualify for the digital credential.
  • On qualifying, you will be issued with an accredited badge verifying your achievement.
  • Display your badge on social media, emails, and your resume.

If you have any questions about the eLearning program, please ask your agency’s designated PSIR contact.

Acclaim is the digital badge platform used by NSW Industrial Relations.

Public Sector Industrial Relations Fundamentals

1. Industrial Relations in the NSW Public Sector

Gain understanding of the industrial relations framework in the NSW public sector and the types of industrial instruments that govern employment conditions of public sector employees.

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2. Sources of Employment Conditions

Be introduced to the different sources that can determine employment conditions of NSW government sector employees and the types of conditions and entitlements that can be determined.

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3. Navigating the State and National Industrial Relations Systems

Understand and identify the differences between the state and national systems, their functions, the types of enterprise agreements and industrial action that may be taken within those systems.

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Public Sector Advocacy Skills

4. Introduction to Advocacy

Learn about the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW and its jurisdiction, and your role as an advocate representing clients before the IRC.

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5. NSW Industrial Relations Commission Proceedings, Evidence and Witnesses

Understand the process, procedures and stages of proceedings before the NSW Industrial Relations Commission. Learn about the types of evidence, including witnesses, that can be considered by the IRC in proceedings.

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Digital Badges FAQs

Who is Acclaim?

Acclaim is a product of Pearson, the world’s leading learning company. Acclaim works with credible organisations to provide digital credentials to individuals.

How does my certification get displayed as a badge?

We have partnered with Credly to translate the learning outcomes you’ve demonstrated into a badge, issued and managed through the company’s Acclaim Platform. The technology Credly uses on its Acclaim Platform is based on the Open Badge Standards maintained by IMS Global. This enables you to manage, share and verify your competencies digitally.

What are the benefits of a badge?

Representing your skills as a badge gives you a way to share your abilities online in a way that is simple, trusted and can be easily verified in real time. Badges provide employers and peers concrete evidence of what you had to do to earn your credential and what you’re now capable of. Credly’s Acclaim Platform also offers labour market insights, based on your skills. You can search and apply for job opportunities, right through the Acclaim Platform.

Who is Credly?

Credly is the end-to-end solution for issuing and managing digital credentials. Credly works with credible organisations to provide digital credentials to individuals, worldwide.

How will I know if I’ve earned a badge?

You will receive an email notification from the Acclaim Platform (admin@youracclaim.com) with instructions for claiming your badge and setting up your account.

What if I don’t want my badge to be public?

You can easily configure your privacy settings in the Acclaim Platform. You’re in complete control of the information about yourself that is made public.

Is there a fee to use Credly’s Acclaim Platform?

No. This is a service we provide to you, at no cost.

What’s to keep someone else from copying my badge and using it?

While badges are simply digital image files, they are uniquely linked to data hosted on Credly’s Acclaim Platform. This link to verified data makes them more reliable and secure than a paper-based certificate. It also eliminates the possibility of anyone claiming your credential and your associated identity.

Where and how can I share my badge through Credly’s Acclaim Platform?

Every credential and profile on Acclaim has a unique URL that can be shared from the platform to LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter through email, embedded in a website or on a resume. You can also add your badge to an email signature.

Disclaimer and Copyright

Disclaimer

This material has been prepared for educational purposes to encourage active participation and debate, and not for the purposes of providing legal advice.

Public Sector Industrial Relations provides no warranty of accuracy, reliability or completeness regarding the information contained in the material, and accepts no responsibility for the information containing any errors or omissions, or for any loss or damage resulting from reliance (in whole or part) on that information.

Public Sector Industrial Relations recommends that this material be read in conjunction with an authorised copy of the relevant legislation and industrial instrument, and that no action should be taken on the basis of the information contained in the material without first obtaining independent advice from suitable advisors.

Copyright

This work is copyright. Apart from any use under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any person/s without written permission from Public Sector Industrial Relations.

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