How to become a Project Planner-For absolute beginners

There is a huge gap between the supply of good quality project planners and demand in the construction industry. Therefore, it is a challenge to find quality planners; and even if we find one with struggle, it is becoming impossible to meet their salary demand. 

I tackle this problem by hiring aspiring project planners from diverse backgrounds and training them into project planning professionals. This approach has been very successful and provided many benefits, e.g., good value for money, project planners with planning software as well as project planning skills, reduced churn rate, etc 

Project planning is a very well-paying profession because of the gap in supply and demand. There is also an increasing demand for project planning services in the construction industry to meet project delivery commitments. The good news is anyone provided with a comprehensive training programme can become a project planner. However, the project planning training courses available in the market are mainly focused on planning software skills and don’t cover the full range of the subject. Moreover, the high cost of the available courses is also a significant barrier for aspiring professionals to become useful project planners. 

Therefore, I have decided to offer a low cost but most comprehensive project planning training programme for absolute beginners to help aspiring professionals to become project planners. The programme consists of courses on 

• What is Project Planning and Project Controls
• Project planning principles applied in the industry
• Planning software skills including Primavera P6
• Project plan development
• Earned Value Management
• Project resource planning 
• Project estimation and 
• Project analysis techniques 

All the courses will be delivered online to keep the cost down. The programme also offers a mentoring programme to help support junior planners to develop advance project controls skills and progress in their careers.

Please feel free to get in touch if you want to be part of the programme as a trainee, trainer or mentor. The programme is open to professionals from all backgrounds and guarantees that, at the end of the programme, the participants will be ready to work as project planners in the construction industry. Finally, please don’t forget to share this post with your network so that others can take advantage of the offering.