Check out our upcoming Leadership courses!

Looking to level up your leadership skills? You've come to the right place! This week's VRCA Workforce Development Alert is all about highlighting upcoming opportunities to develop as a leader in the construction industry. We offer courses both online and in-person, with customizable options to fit your needs. Check out a couple of them below.

Live Online: Construction Business Management

WHEN: April 9 - 12, 2024 from 8:30AM - 12:30PM daily

INSTRUCTOR: Tim Williams, President, BGC Partners Inc.

Learn how to improve the management and business systems in your construction company. ?This course will cover all areas of a construction business including strategic planning, business planning, marketing, operations, HR management, financial reporting, bonding and insurance and risk management.??

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Understand the strategic planning process and how to implement it within their context
• Understand the importance of a business plan and how to prepare one
• Understand the participants within the construction industry – their roles, responsibilities and limitations
• Formulate a marketing plan and understand the marketing mix
• Develop a human resource management plan
• Develop an employee performance evaluation system
• Formulate a financial plan, budgets, ratios? and break-even analysis
• Understand bonding and insurance for construction companies
• Use risk management tools to identify risk and how to mitigate risk

REGISTER HERE

Live Online: Effective Work Planning for Crew Supervisors

WHEN: April 10 - 11, 2024 from 12:30 - 4:30PM daily

INSTRUCTOR: Mark Taylor, P.Eng. (Non-Practising), G.S.C.

Attendees will strengthen their skill (and value to their companies) by gaining a strong foundation in practical task planning. Working with hands-on, practical exercises, they work through the various elements needed to put together a complete activity plan for their crew. Course topics include calculating manpower needs, determining the materials and equipment required, building quality and safety into the plan and much more!

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Identify the benefits of planning and why we do it
• Understand what planning is, who should do it, what we should plan and when
• Follow the Planning Cycle of Plan, Do, Check, Act
• Know where to gather the information needed to put together a solid plan
• Plan crew task activities
• Build a 2 week lookahead schedule
• Create daily crew work plans
• Monitor and correct/ update the plan if it goes off track
• Communicate the plan to others
• Using templates provided, develop their own task plans, 2-week lookaheads and daily crew plans
• Gather useful historical information to improve their future planning

REGISTER HERE

Looking for customized training solutions? Reach out to [email protected] and book your appointment to explore options of workforce development that is tailored to your teams' needs.