(Extract from RBL Membership Training Policy October 2023) The following courses are considered to be essential learning:
- Branch Treasurers must attend the Treasurer course within three months of taking up the role.
- Branch Chairs must attend the Branch Management course within three months of taking up the role.
- Branch Secretaries should attend the Branch Management course but within three months of taking up the role they must complete the Data Protection module of it, available as standalone training on the Training Portal (see below).
Any training queries can be referred to the County Secretary.
All Branch Officers and Committee members should attend training sessions commensurate to their role in the branch. Full details of roles are contained in the Membership Handbook.
Training Delivery
The new training portal called Discover is now available to all members and all training (with the exception of Standard Bearers) has to be booked using this system.
Using Discover
Members create a personal training account on Discover where they select their County and/or branch positions (i.e. Chair, Secretary, Treasurer etc). The system will then provide access to the courses relevant to their role. Once their registration has been confirmed, members can then start to book training. A guide on registration booking courses is available as follows:
It should be noted that training can be on-line (individually done at your own pace), face-to-face (delivered by RBL L&D Team or CTOs in a suitable location) or as a webinar (where you join on-line as a group with other members) or a combination of some or all of these - this is explained in each Course Prospectus (below).
Courses Currently Available
The following prospectus provides details of all course content and other requirements which members should read before registering and booking on Discover:
Updated List of Courses available (June 2025)
For a summary of the courses, this guide is available:
Membership Course Offerings (February 2025)
Please note that other on-line courses are being added from time to time.
BCS Registration and Training
Full details of BCS guidance and policy is now contained on the RBL website and BCS Portal via the following LINK.
MAP & Microsoft 365 Training
Branch officers who have been provided with an rbl.community login and who are competent IT users may wish to use a series of self-teach resources which are available below instead of attending MAP and Microsoft 365 training:
Microsoft 365 and Folders
Downloading a File from MAP
A New Users Guide to MAP (Nov 2024)
Support for RBL website design and maintenance (using Umbraco) is provided by a series of YouTube videos via this link.
Recruitment
The County Chair & Recruitment Officer (CRO) normally carries packs of 10 of each leaflets and some BCS cards when he visits branches.
Any branches which are not due to visit and in need of stock can contact the CRO via the County Chair email (below) or by phone at the number given in every County Newsletter and supplies will either be posted or dropped off.
Branch-centred posters can be prepared for any branch on request; so far these have been made for Northampton, Thrapston & District and Warmington. The localities covered by the branch is normally included on the poster.
The point for us all to remember is that we are all recruitment officers not just the person with the title.
CONTACT: [email protected] for recruitment queries.
Standard Bearer Training
All Standard Bearer training will be delivered by the County Parade Marshal (CPM). Dates of training are published in the County Newsletter and via the Standard Bearers' WhatsApp group.
All Branch Standard Bearers are required to attend at last one training session each year, plus any other specific event related training session. Furthermore, all Standard Bearers are required to undertake a Risk Assessment (as mandated by the RBL Ceremonial Working Group) on an annual basis as arranged by the CPM.
Brabches are reminded that all Standard Bearers must complete and submit a form MS1B by 31st December each year (and during the year if there are any changes) - failure to do so will mean that the Standard Bearer is not covered under the RBL Insurance Policy.
All queries should be made via [email protected]
