Manual Intervention Tool (MIT)

Manual Intervention Tool (MIT) 

Royal Mail approached the department earlier in the year expressing their desire to amalgamate the current Manual Intervention Tool (MIRA) and the Attendance Call Sampling Tool (ACST) into one tool called the Manual Intervention Tool (MIT).

 

As a consequence the CWU Measurement and Tools Group were tasked with this piece of work and dialogue has continued throughout the year to undertake this exercise, and to ensure that all the elements of the current tools are captured within the new one.

 

The new Manual Intervention Tool (MIT) has now been finalised and guidelines agreed, which are embedded below. The tool will be released and available on the Royal Mail Sharepoint from Monday 21st September 2015. The guidelines are mainly a reference document for planners to refer to as appropriate when using the tool. However, it is important that CWU representatives read the ‘Important Note’ at the start of the document and in particular paragraph 5 as this provides the context of how the tool operates within revision activity.

 

Any revisions currently ongoing will continue to use the current versions of MIRA and ACST; the new MIT tool will only apply to new structural revisions, and where the planner has been trained.

 

The tool does take a high level of ability to complete properly. Royal Mail has trained up MIT Champions who will be listed in the guidelines and provide a contact point for planners to refer to as necessary. The wider training programme for Royal Mail planners is still being determined. Overview training for CWU trainers will also be arranged in due course.

 

Any enquiries to Bob Gibson’s Office, quoting reference 230.03

Email address: mstewart@cwu.org

 

Yours sincerely

                                    

Bob Gibson