Certificate in General Supervision and Site Management

Leadership and Motivation
• Role of the construction supervisor
• Helping people perform better
• Leading and Motivating others
• Positive feedback
• Training and orienting crew members
• Teams and team building
• Leadership skills in action

Oral and Written Communication
• Effective communication
• Learn to listen
• Carrying on conversations
• Persuasion, negotiation, and confrontation
• Communicate with your crew
• Meetings that work
• Electronic and Improving communication

Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Problems in the construction industry
• Solving the Established problem environment
• The problem identification process
• The decision making process
• Labour costs and subcontractors
• Effective production planning
• Production process improvement
• Project-wide applications
• Risk, emergencies, and crisis situations

Construction Law & Contract Documents
• Introduction of contract documents and construction law
• Creation of positive environment through partnering
• Contractual relationships
• Contract forms and documents
• Managing general conditions
• Good documentation practices
• Differing site conditions
• Negotiation of resolutions

Planning and Scheduling
• Introduction of Planning & Scheduling
• Preparing the project plan
• Communicating the plan
• The critical path
• Using the schedule on the jobsite
• Updating the construction schedule
• Planning and scheduling

Understanding the Project Costs
• Introduction to understanding the project costs
• Construction estimates
• Reporting and analyzing actual costs
• Planning for cost control
• Cost control strategies
• Labour cost variances
• Managing risk and loss potentials
• Working with project partners
• Post-project evaluations

Accident Prevention and Loss Control
• Introduction of site health and safety management
• Safety in motivation, leadership and empowerment
• Planning for site safety
• Site safety management
• Site security and protection
• Multi-employer safety
• Construction risk management
• Safety and Human Resources
• Regulatory procedures, record keeping and documents
• Understanding reference, using material and advisory resources

Managing the Project – Productivity Improvement – General and Specialty Contractor Dynamics
• Understanding the project delivery system
• Managing information
• Understanding and managing risk
• Planning and Working on the plan
• Managing and Understanding the methods materials and finance
• Working with project partners
• Understanding corporate policies and procedure