Bonds and endorsement Costs
It no doubt has been said elsewhere, but if we shoulder the burden of cost i.e paying for the training on a piece of equipment with which the company we are employed will make a profit..............then why don't we receive a percentage of this profit in addition to our wage.
Look at the mining industry, lots of their personnel use equally expensive bits of kit yet they were never expected to pay for the training cost yet they in many cases earn greater rates of remuneration than what we presently do.
It may be time to wake up and dispel the ole chestnut..........I paid for my rating so you should to.
Evolve or die...........unfortunatly our T & C's reflect our inability to change.
And yes I am a member of a union which is more concerned with its own business model than with the welfare of its members.