The Financial Officers course is for Treasurers, Financial Secretaries, Secretary-Treasurers and Trustees. Everyone who is responsible for any aspect of the local' s finances should attend this course. The Financial Officer course covers all aspects of the local's finances. First, you examine the roles and responsibilities of local financial officers. Then, you learn how to keep the books, how to authorize expenses, how to work with money - dealing with cash transactions, handling cheques, banking.
Financial officers learn how to budget and how to prepare reports.
Trustees learn how to make quarterly audits. You learn how to calculate the dues, how to maintain a membership list, how to operate a roster. Exercises and sample calculations make the material easy to understand. Basic Collective Bargaining is for negotiating committee members. Sign up for Basic Collective Bargaining if you have been elected to represent your members in an upcoming round of negotiations.