FUNDAMENTALS OF CREW LEADERSHIP
INTRODUCTORY LEADERSHIP TRAINING!
Designed to assist the recently promoted crew leader.
This 16-hour course teaches the basic leadership skills required to supervise personnel. It discusses principles of project planning, scheduling, estimating, safety, management, and presents several case studies for student participation.
COURSE INFORMATION:
INTRODUCTORY LEADERSHIP TRAINING!
Designed to assist the recently promoted crew leader.
This 16-hour course teaches the basic leadership skills required to supervise personnel. It discusses principles of project planning, scheduling, estimating, safety, management, and presents several case studies for student participation.
While this course has been designed to assist the recently promoted crew leader, it is beneficial for anyone in management.
The course covers basic leadership skills and explains different leadership styles, communication, delegating, and problem solving. Job-site safety and the crew leader’s role in safety are also discussed. This edition goes into detail on project planning, scheduling, and estimating with new performance tasks to assist the learning process.
2024 COURSE SCHEDULE:
March 21-22, 2025 (both days)
8:00am – 5:00pm
The course is taught through a two day training format. Please keep this in mind when purchasing your certification class.
COURSE LEARNING MODULES:
THE BASICS
Industry Today: the need for training, impact of technology.
Gender and Cultural Issues: crew leadership training teaches communication styles of men and women, language barriers, sexual harassment, cultural differences.
Business Organization: division of responsibility, authority, responsibility and accountability, job descriptions, policies and procedures.
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Become a Leader: characteristics of a leader, functions of a leader, leadership styles, and ethics in leadership.
Communication: verbal communication; nonverbal communication, written or visual communication, communication issues.
Motivation: employee motivators, motivating employees.
Team Building: successful teams, building successful teams.
LEADERSHIP SKILLS – SAFETY
Getting the Job Done: delegating, implementing policies and procedures.
Problem Solving and Decision
Making: decision making vs. problems solving, types of decisions, problem solving, special leadership problems.
Safety Overview: accident statistics. Cost of Accidents: insured and uninsured costs.
Safety Regulations: workplace inspections, penalties for violations.
SAFETY
Employers Safety Responsibilities: safety program.
Crew Leader Involvement in Safety: crew leadership training teaches safety training sessions, inspections, first aid, fire protection and prevention, substance abuse, job-related accident investigations.
PROJECT CONTROL – PART ONE
Project Control Overview: development phase, planning phase, construction phase.
Project Delivery Systems: general contracting, design-build; construction management.
Cost Estimating and Budgeting: estimating process. Laboratory: develop an estimate for the work activity.
PROJECT CONTROL – PART TWO
Planning: why plan, stages of planning. Laboratory: develop and present a look-ahead schedule.
The Planning Process: establish a goal, identify the work to be done, tasks to be performed.
Planning Resources: safety planning, material planning, site planning, equipment planning, tool planning, and labor planning.
PROJECT CONTROL – PART THREE
Scheduling: scheduling process, bar chart schedule, network schedule, short-term scheduling, updating a schedule.
Cost Control: assessing cost performance, field reporting system, crew leader’s role in cost control.
Resource Control: material, equipment, tool labor control.
REVIEW AND TESTING
Those looking for higher-level leadership training should view the SUPERVISORY TRAINING PROGRAM.
