Foreperson Foundational Skills-All Trades
Gold Seal: 2 Credits * BC Housing: 9 CPD Points
Description
All Trades Session
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of a foreperson’s role and responsibilities. A framework will be defined that -when combined with the student’s skills- allows high quality results to be consistently replicated on every project. Subjects range from self-assessing abilities and qualifications, document prioritization, planning and layout, activity management, optimizing workers output and trade coordination. Successfully completing this course short-cuts the learn-as-you go process and accelerates your career as an effective foreperson.
- Highlight and define standards consistent throughout the construction industry
- Define and break down all the components of construction into easily understandable information
- Help students learn the theory behind how a foreperson organizes & runs jobs
Course Content:
There will be real-world examples and open discussion on the various topics. Bring your questions and
openness to learn. This is the next step in evolving your career and opening the potential for greater
possibilities.
- Understand what it takes to accept a project
- Laying out a project
- Activity management
- Specifications
- Schedules
- Drawings
- Lay-out of work for your workers
- Managing the crew
- Worker’s capabilities
- Requests for information
- Quality control
- Deficiencies
- Cross-trade coordination
- Importance of the construction process
Course requirements:
- Pen and notebook
- Access to zoom: computer, camera and microphone, email/internet access
- Willingness to learn
Audience:
Journeypersons, forepersons, Project Managers, owners; anyone interested in refining their
skills, improving productivity, or who wants to understand the role and responsibilities of a leadership
position.
Delivery Methods: Virtual with Zoom
Course Fee Includes: Access to the course, course materials, and a digital certificate upon completion.
This course is delivered in partnership with local and provincial construction associations across Canada. You may be participating with a group of industry peers from multiple regions.
Sharing a single registration between two or more individuals is not permitted. Please register each person that will be in attendance.
Instructor: Dan Campbell, Instructor, Mentor, Founder
I've been an electrician for over 32 years. I'm a Gold Seal certified Project Manager and an Electrical Estimator. In 2005, I helped to rewrite the BC Electrical apprenticeship curriculum, and more recently I created the Foreperson Foundational Skills course you see here and started teaching it in 2021.
Midway through my career, I also blew up a 5th wheel trailer.
It was one of the most embarrassing things I've ever done on the job and I almost quit then and there.
I managed to stick it out, hanging around to help repair all the damage and eventually going on to pursue a long and successful career. Now, I drive by past projects with pride at what I've helped build.
Since then, I've done everything I can to improve my skills, and to help mentor up-and-coming Red Seals so they can avoid these kinds of career-ending mistakes.
It's why I created the foreperson course and why I work with business owners to build out organized, effective, and profitable operations.
Technical Requirements
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Live, Online, Instructor-led training.
- This is an interactive course facilitated via the Zoom platform.
- Please make sure you secure a quiet space with minimal distractions
- This workshop will involve 100% on-screen interaction with the instructor and classmates, reading/viewing on-screen content like slides or videos, and interacting via typing with questions or responses.
- Login information will be provided to you in advance for both the orientation and workshop by your facilitator.
- Computer/Laptop mandatory: Attendees are not permitted to attend via a tablet or cell phone.
- Webcams are mandatory and are expected to be turned on during all course sessions.
- Virtual backgrounds are not permitted.