National Learning at Work Day

New Tech Zone opens at City Council site

(Date of issue: Monday, 17 May 2010)

To celebrate National Learning at Work Day, Carlisle City Council’s Town Clerk & Chief Executive, Maggie Mooney, will officially open a new Tech Zone at the council’s operational base this Thursday (20 May) at 2pm.

The room, based at Bousteads Grassing depot on Rome Street, replaces a smaller room opened in 2006 and has five laptops for operational staff such as refuse collectors, to learn how to use computers and update their IT skills. It will also act as a meeting place for the council’s Union Learning Representatives to meet with learners.

As part of the event, Maggie Mooney will present certificates of achievement to 54 staff from Waste Services and 20 staff from Area Maintenance who have successfully completed a customer services course.

As part of Learning at Work Day, the Skills for Life tutor from Carlisle College and an IT tutor will also be on hand at Bousteads Grassing to talk to learners about literacy, numeracy and computer courses.

Union Learning Representatives will be promoting learning opportunities for all staff.