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Wilsonville, Oregon 97070
Phone: 503-682-3363 - 800-826-6610
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School-to-Work
Apprenticeship
Education & Training
Build
Up!
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Supervisory
Training Program |
STP,
the Supervisory Training Program developed
by AGC, is designed specifically to meet the
needs of the construction industry. Developed, updated, and field-tested
by and for our contractors, STP contains
courses that focus on the knowledge and
skills that every supervisor must have to be
an effective manager of people, time,
equipment, and materials.
Supervisory
Skill - or the lack of it -
directly affects every company's bottom
line. Decisions made by every foreman
and superintendent are crucial to the
success or failure of every construction
project. You make your money in the
field. Or you lose it.
Unmatched
Experience for Participants
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Every STP course is activity-based with
discussion, case history, problems, and exercises
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Participants in STP courses draw upon their
field experience and learn by interaction with
others from all areas of the construction
industry
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Since 1976, more than 100,000 individuals have
participated in one or more STP courses.
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Unit Descriptions
Unit 1: Leadership and
Motivation
- Leadership styles
- Analyzing individual needs and
behaviors
- Positive influences on work attitudes
and abilities
- The leader as goal setter,
communicator and coach
- The leader gets commitment
- The leader in control
Unit 2: Oral and
Written Communication
- Forms of communication
- Problems from poor communication
- Effective listening
- Components of conversation
- Communicating with your crew
- Good writing skills and habits
- Facilitating the meeting process
- The Internet and World Wide Web
Unit 3: Problem
Solving and Decision Making
- Problem prevention and anticipation
- Identifying problems
- How to solve scheduling and technical
problems
- Strategies for solving human
performance problems
- Creative problem solving
- Barriers to developing creative
solutions
- Establishing a problem solving
atmosphere
- Developing follow-up systems
- Changing your mind
Unit 4: Contract
Documents and Construction Law
- Introduction to contract documents and
construction law
- Creating a positive environment
- Contractual relationships
- Contract forms and documents
- Managing general conditions
- Good documentation practices
- Changes
- Differing site conditions
- Time impacts
- Negotiation of resolutions
Unit 5: Planning
and Scheduling
- Preparing the project plan
- Developing and using bar charts
- The critical path
- Computer scheduling
- Using the schedule on the job site
- Updating the construction schedule
- The schedule as documentation
- Analyzing a change
Unit 6:
Understanding and Managing Project Costs
- Introduction to understanding and
managing project costs
- Construction estimates
- Who controls project costs
- Reporting and analyzing actual costs
- Planning for cost control
- Controlling subcontractors
- Loss prevention
- Cost control strategies
- Post-project evaluation
Unit 7: Accident Prevention and Loss
Control
- The high price of accidents
- Safety communication and motivation
- Documentation and inventories
- Using reference material and advisory
sources
- Project security and traffic control
- Using the project schedule to prevent
losses
- Selecting methods and equipment to
prevent losses
- Assignment of responsibility and
equipment maintenance
- Common construction hazards
- Government regulations and inspections
Unit 8: Managing the Project: The
Supervisor's Role
- Pre-construction planning
- Planning, organizing and staffing
- Developing the project plan
- Planning for production support
- Cost and risk control
- Polices and procedures
- Subcontractor management
- Project layout
- Project start-up and closeout
Unit 9: Productivity Improvement
- Benchmarking construction productivity
- Improving productivity through
pre-planning
- MORE: Four new skills for effective
supervision
- Personnel management
- Equipment management
- jobsite productivity, planning and
scheduling
- Managing subcontractors
- Quantifying lost productivity
- Record keeping
Unit 10:
General and Specialty Contractor Dynamics
- Construction systems
- Contractual
relationships
- Value and impact of
specialty contractors
- Selecting a specialty
contractor
- Importance of open
communication
- Prints and
specifications
- Time management
- Productivity and goals
- Project Closeout
How
do I get more information?
Please contact
Tim
Mosterdyke at
Northwest College of Construction 503-256-7300 or
1-800-309-1442 if you have any questions or
to register. |
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