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SUMMARY:FREE BREAKFAST: Structuring Your Company for Maximum Productivity - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:Creating an aligned and defined organizational structure is a key component of running a profitable and scalable business. Having all of your staff operating with a clear role\, goals\, and deliverables is the foundation for productivity and success. In this workshop\, we will cover the proven framework for creating defined job descriptions that will allow everyone in your organization to operate with a clear goal and accountability to their supervisor. You will leave with all the basic tools and templates to grow your business in a structured and systematic way.\n\nThis session includes:\n• A defined Organizational Structure outlining all of the roles you will need in your company in order to achieve your goals\n• Job Descriptions for your staff that define each of their deliverables\, all methodically leading towards your business achieving its annual goal\n• A week-by-week sales and production plan that aligns with your year-end goal\, and a system to monitor actual results throughout the year\n• Done-for-you forms and templates to use in your trades business immediately.\n\nPresenter: Benji Carlson \nAs the son of two proven entrepreneurs\, Benji’s spirit for self-starting business runs deep. Since he was a young teen\, Benji has been starting and running profitable small businesses; most recently culminating in a highly successful 4-year career as a franchisee with College Pro Painters. Benji’s enormous heart and passion for people is what drove him to produce over $1\,000\,000 in revenue while taking the highest quality care of his employees and customers. He was consistently acknowledged for having the most productive staff in the company\, while leading more junior franchisees to fulfill their potential. Benji’s uncanny ability to find the right people and put them in the right place make him a natural fit for Breakthrough Academy’s Assessment Team. \n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/free-breakfast-structuring-your-company-for-maximum-productivity-burnaby/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Human Resources,Management
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SUMMARY:Time Management Workshop - Prince George
DESCRIPTION:What is the one thing everyone needs more of? Time! If time is money\, how much is lost to the bottom line simply because hard-working employees “don’t have the time”? When working on a project\, timing is essential. If you get behind on one part of the project\, the entire thing can be set back hours\, or even days.\n\n\nIn this leading edge Time Management Workshop you will gain a new mindset\, skillset and toolset that will optimize your personal productivity learning how to produce greater results in less time. Improved time management skills mean increased productivity\, met deadlines\, and a positive impact on all aspects of your business.\n\nBenefits of Attending\n\nParticipants learn how to gain and keep control of competing priorities\, concurrent projects and critical deadlines.\nParticipants will learn powerful lessons about themselves\, enhancing self-understanding so they can leverage their personal strengths and develop strategies to minimize the impact of their weakness.\nThe focus on practicality means that people walk out with ideas and techniques they can apply the next day.\n\nInstructor: Greg Campeau has delivered over 2400 presentations and workshops throughout North America providing strategies and solutions that support both personal and organizational success. He has established a client list that includes organizations like Finning\, Lafarge\, NHL Coaches Association\, BC Hydro\, Rogers Wireless\, APEG BC\, SNC Lavalin\, Klohn Crippen Berger and many more.\n\n\n\nWhat previous participants said: \n“Good eye opening information. Real focus on how to change and not what you are doing wrong.” \n“Great speaker – very dynamic.” \n“Thought provoking.” \n“I found things to change and reinforcement of things already in place.” \n“Excellent instruction\, very interactive\, and lots of collaborative disscussions. Very thought provoking!” \n\n\n\n\n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/time-management-workshop-prince-george-3/
LOCATION:Sandman Signature Prince George\, 2990 Recplace Drive\, Prince George\, BC\, V2N 0B2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190603T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190603T163000
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SUMMARY:Effective Management Skills - Prince George
DESCRIPTION:Everyone agrees that the most important asset of any organization is the human asset.  Thus\, the all important question becomes – How much untapped potential\, energy\, commitment and creativity currently exists within your organization\, team or department?  What would it mean to your culture and bottom-line if you could learn to unleash just 10% more of the latent human potential?\n\n\n\nThis course is for all managers\, supervisors\, team leaders or anyone who is responsible for achieving results through people and who want to bring the best out in people. \nParticipants will deepen their understanding of motivation\, engagement\, delegation / empowerment and practical feedback skills in this interactive (NO role plays)\, high energy and thought-provoking seminar. \nParticipants will learn proven\, powerful and practical strategies and techniques that will last a life-time and can be applied the next day. \nModule ONE – Creating a Culture of Engagement & Teamwork \n\n\n\nUnderstanding group dynamics and how to develop team synergy\nThe 11 characteristics of high performance teams (assessment tool)\nTeam meeting communications (assessment tool)\nDeveloping clear performance expectations for the team\nThe four core elements of a high performance team\nThe most common team pitfalls and how to avoid them\nThe seven roles of a highly effective team leader\n\nModule TWO – Delegation & Empowerment \n\nThe principles of effective delegation\nWhat empowerment really means and why it is so important\nThe complete 7 step delegation process\nThe risks and restrictions of empowering people\nHow to determine how much freedom and latitude to give an employee in terms of   “how” to do a task\nThe vital importance of developing clear “outcome-based” performance expectations whenever possible\nA tool to determine what performance feedback is appropriate to give each employee\nHow to teach and facilitate a process for employee problem solving to prevent reverse delegation\nThe essential difference between accountability and responsibility\n\nModule THREE – Core Communication Skills \n\nHow to create constructive coaching conversations (effective one-on-one communication)\nHow to listen so that people feel understood\nHow put  forth ones opinion or idea in manner most likely to gain acceptance and buy-in\nHow to say no to some without rupturing the relationship\nHow disagree someone without being disagreeable\nHow to confront someone who’s behavior is problematic to you in a manner that minimizes defensiveness and best produces desired behavior change\n\nModule FOUR – Coaching & Feedback Skills \n\nHow to ensure what you say “sticks” with people delivering your message in a manner that optimizes clarity of understanding\nThe essential difference between influence and persuasion\nHow to plan and prepare for delivering difficult Re-directive feedback\nHow to deliver Re-directive feedback in a manner that no one gets hurt\nThe four steps and four levels of Re-directive feedback\nHow to deliver Re-enforcing or positive feedback in a manner that makes it meaningful\n\n\nInstructor: Greg Campeau has delivered over 2400 presentations and workshops throughout North America providing strategies and solutions that support both personal and organizational success. He has established a client list that includes organizations like Finning\, Lafarge\, NHL Coaches Association\, BC Hydro\, Rogers Wireless\, APEG BC\, SNC Lavalin\, Klohn Crippen Berger and many more. \n\n\n\nWhat previous participants said: \n“This course was not good\, it was excellent!” \n“Overall\, this is honestly the best one day course I have ever attended.” \n“Comprehensive and valuable.” \n“Instructor has excellent communication skills – very engaging.” \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/effective-management-skills-prince-george-3/
LOCATION:Sandman Signature Prince George\, 2990 Recplace Drive\, Prince George\, BC\, V2N 0B2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Human Resources,Management
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190529T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
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SUMMARY:Effective Management Skills - Kamloops
DESCRIPTION:Everyone agrees that the most important asset of any organization is the human asset.  Thus\, the all important question becomes – How much untapped potential\, energy\, commitment and creativity currently exists within your organization\, team or department?  What would it mean to your culture and bottom-line if you could learn to unleash just 10% more of the latent human potential?\n\n\n\nThis course is for all managers\, supervisors\, team leaders or anyone who is responsible for achieving results through people and who want to bring the best out in people. \nParticipants will deepen their understanding of motivation\, engagement\, delegation / empowerment and practical feedback skills in this interactive (NO role plays)\, high energy and thought-provoking seminar. \nParticipants will learn proven\, powerful and practical strategies and techniques that will last a life-time and can be applied the next day. \nModule ONE – Creating a Culture of Engagement & Teamwork \n\n\n\nUnderstanding group dynamics and how to develop team synergy\nThe 11 characteristics of high performance teams (assessment tool)\nTeam meeting communications (assessment tool)\nDeveloping clear performance expectations for the team\nThe four core elements of a high performance team\nThe most common team pitfalls and how to avoid them\nThe seven roles of a highly effective team leader\n\nModule TWO – Delegation & Empowerment \n\nThe principles of effective delegation\nWhat empowerment really means and why it is so important\nThe complete 7 step delegation process\nThe risks and restrictions of empowering people\nHow to determine how much freedom and latitude to give an employee in terms of   “how” to do a task\nThe vital importance of developing clear “outcome-based” performance expectations whenever possible\nA tool to determine what performance feedback is appropriate to give each employee\nHow to teach and facilitate a process for employee problem solving to prevent reverse delegation\nThe essential difference between accountability and responsibility\n\nModule THREE – Core Communication Skills \n\nHow to create constructive coaching conversations (effective one-on-one communication)\nHow to listen so that people feel understood\nHow put  forth ones opinion or idea in manner most likely to gain acceptance and buy-in\nHow to say no to some without rupturing the relationship\nHow disagree someone without being disagreeable\nHow to confront someone who’s behavior is problematic to you in a manner that minimizes defensiveness and best produces desired behavior change\n\nModule FOUR – Coaching & Feedback Skills \n\nHow to ensure what you say “sticks” with people delivering your message in a manner that optimizes clarity of understanding\nThe essential difference between influence and persuasion\nHow to plan and prepare for delivering difficult Re-directive feedback\nHow to deliver Re-directive feedback in a manner that no one gets hurt\nThe four steps and four levels of Re-directive feedback\nHow to deliver Re-enforcing or positive feedback in a manner that makes it meaningful\n\n\nInstructor: Greg Campeau has delivered over 2400 presentations and workshops throughout North America providing strategies and solutions that support both personal and organizational success. He has established a client list that includes organizations like Finning\, Lafarge\, NHL Coaches Association\, BC Hydro\, Rogers Wireless\, APEG BC\, SNC Lavalin\, Klohn Crippen Berger and many more. \n\n\n\nWhat previous participants said: \n“This course was not good\, it was excellent!” \n“Overall\, this is honestly the best one day course I have ever attended.” \n“Comprehensive and valuable.” \n“Instructor has excellent communication skills – very engaging.” \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/effective-management-skills-kamloops/
LOCATION:Fairfield Inn and Suites\, 1475 Hugh Allen Drive\, Kamloops\, BC\, V1S 1J3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190527T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190528T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20190502T183707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190502T183725Z
UID:8602-1558944000-1559061000@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Leading People to Peak Performance - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:All organizations are faced with mounting competitive pressures and escalating expectations and demands from clients and customers. The people in the organization are being asked to meet these increasing demands with fewer resources. Today organizations that hope to remain financially viable must unleash the potential of their most precious resource – the human asset!\n\n\n\n\n\nThis proven\, powerful and practical learning experience is absolutely essential for all supervisors and managers who are striving to bring the best out of their people! How much untapped potential\, energy\, commitment and creativity currently exists within your organization\, team or department? What would it mean to your culture and bottom-line if you could learn to unleash just 10% more of the human potential?\n\nBenefits of Attending\n\nDeepen your understanding of leadership\, communication\, motivation\, delegation\, engagement and coaching.\nDevelop the leadership competencies that are essential for motivating people.\nLearn proven\, powerful and practical strategies and techniques you can apply the next day.\n\nInstructors: Greg Campeau has delivered over 2400 presentations and workshops throughout North America providing strategies and solutions that support both personal and organizational success. He has established a client list that includes organizations like Finning\, Lafarge\, NHL Coaches Association\, BC Hydro\, Rogers Wireless\, APEG BC\, SNC Lavalin\, Klohn Crippen Berger and many more.\n\nWhat previous participants said: \n“I left feeling empowered.” \n“Should have taken this course when I first became a supervisor.” \n“I would like to bring this content and Greg to my entire company.” \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/8602/
LOCATION:Executive Suites Hotel & Conference Centre\, 4201 Lougheed Highway\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 3Y6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Human Resources,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190517T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190517T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20190329T161758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190329T161758Z
UID:8469-1558078200-1558108800@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:How To Be A Better Foreman - Victoria
DESCRIPTION:Many great trades people take a foreman position and fail. Not for lack of skills or drive but simply for lack of guidance on how to be a great foreman. This 1-day course gives participants the fundamentals of field leadership\, organization\, crew morale\, efficiency\, and productivity. \n\nIssues covered:\n\nUnderstanding why and how many foremen fail\nHow the foreman’s role has changed\nDealing with workplace conflict without being a jerk\nLearning how to anticipate production and jobsite issues\nUnderstanding general and subcontractor dynamics\nUnderstanding your role as a leader\nUnderstand how you play a major role in increasing jobsite productivity\n\nInstructor: Paul Simpson is a Gold Seal certified superintendent with over 15 years of trade experience. He holds a Red Seal for Plumbing and Pipefitting and has his Gasfitting certification as well. He is currently teaching the piping trades at Thompson Rivers University.\n\nWhat previous participants said: \n“Well structured\, informative course.” \n“Nice to hear different perspectives.” \n“Valuable: Learning to communicate with other people on the job site.” \n\n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/how-to-be-a-better-foreman-victoria-2/
LOCATION:Sandman Hotel Victoria\, 2852 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8T 4M5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Construction,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190516T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190517T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20181106T211946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190305T192430Z
UID:8066-1557993600-1558110600@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Supervisory and Management Skills - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:Participants will improve their skills in leadership\, management and supervision of staff. Participants will learn skills to enhance their ability to build a collaborative team culture with their staff and on job sites. \nAt the end of the course participants will be able to: \n• Understand the differences between leadership\, management and supervision \n• Identify different leadership styles and approaches \n• Apply different leadership styles to deal with various situations \n• Knowledge of motivational theories – Mazlow\, Herzberg\, MARS \n• Ability to enhance individual and group performance and engagement \n• Understand different personality styles and how to communicate appropriately \n• Effectively manage time \n• Understanding stress and how to manage it at work \n• Knowledge of substance abuse\, recognition and prevention \n• Conduct a successful toolbox talk \n• Appropriately discipline and/or terminate staff \n• Apply various negotiating skills \n• Deal with difficult people\, conflict and confrontation \n• Use collaborative decision making skills \n• Understand a systems approach to management of construction companies \nWhat previous participants said: \n“Great Class!  Instructor was able to hold our attention for long periods of time.” \n“Excellent course layout and presentation.” \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/supervisory-and-management-skills-burnaby-2/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Human Resources,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190509T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190509T123000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20190226T195805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190226T195805Z
UID:8187-1557399600-1557405000@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:FREE Webinar: Cash Flow Management
DESCRIPTION:For most entrepreneurs\, a growing business is an exciting endeavour that is a proven marker of success. But with any business that grows faster than expected\, it doesn’t take long for cash flow to become an issue. Taking on too many projects\, the seasonality of the industry and outstanding A/R\, can all lead towards a cash crunch\, affecting your ability to run the business the way you intended. In this webinar\, we will give you key tips and tools so you can navigate your company cash flow and maintain a healthy balance of growth and sustainability.\nBy the end of this webinar you’ll: \n\nUnderstand healthy cash inflow and cash outflow\nHave the tools to build a 12-month prediction on your business’ cash flow\nIdentify risks in your cash flow plan\nEstablish strategies for managing common cash flow challenges such as seasonality\, difficult A/R or unintentional overspending\n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/free-webinar-cash-flow-management/
LOCATION:British Columbia
CATEGORIES:Business,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190509T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190510T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20180711T175314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181106T211853Z
UID:7804-1557388800-1557505800@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Supervisory and Management Skills - Kelowna
DESCRIPTION:Participants will improve their skills in leadership\, management and supervision of staff. Participants will learn skills to enhance their ability to build a collaborative team culture with their staff and on job sites. \nAt the end of the course participants will be able to: \n• Understand the differences between leadership\, management and supervision \n• Identify different leadership styles and approaches \n• Apply different leadership styles to deal with various situations \n• Knowledge of motivational theories – Mazlow\, Herzberg\, MARS \n• Ability to enhance individual and group performance and engagement \n• Understand different personality styles and how to communicate appropriately \n• Effectively manage time \n• Understanding stress and how to manage it at work \n• Knowledge of substance abuse\, recognition and prevention \n• Conduct a successful toolbox talk \n• Appropriately discipline and/or terminate staff \n• Apply various negotiating skills \n• Deal with difficult people\, conflict and confrontation \n• Use collaborative decision making skills \n• Understand a systems approach to management of construction companies \nWhat previous participants said: \n“Great Class!  Instructor was able to hold our attention for long periods of time.” \n“Excellent course layout and presentation.” \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/supervisory-and-management-skills-kelowna/
LOCATION:Kelowna (TBA)\, Kelowna\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190506T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190507T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20181106T212211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T181742Z
UID:8070-1557129600-1557246600@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Communication Skills for Construction - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:Great communication is essential for construction leaders! In this course\, participants will learn how to improve their listening\, speaking and writing skills. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how to communicate goals and strategies effectively\, as well as lead collaborative decision making.\nIt will include two days (16 hours) of lessons with instructors plus an online portion involving research\, reading and answering questions (7-8 hours) that will be marked by the instructors.\nLearning Outcomes:\n\nImprove their writing skills: emails\, texts\, letters\, RFIs and reports.\nImprove their listening skills: interpret body language\, use reflective listening\, deal with difficult people\, and use good questioning skills.\nImprove their speaking skills: phone calls\, meetings\, small groups\, and large groups presentations.\nLead through vision casting and strategic focus.\nLearn the benefits of collaborative decision making and how best to lead leaders.\n\n\nTo receive your CPD accredited certificate you must complete the online portion after the 2 day course.  \nAudience:\nThe course is designed for construction project managers\, owners\, estimators\, and site supervisors.\nWhat previous participants have said:\n“Very good instructor\, Well done. Made learning the info easy.” \n“Instructor knows a lot and he was very patient.” \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/communication-skills-burnaby-2/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Human Resources,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190426T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190426T093000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20190305T230815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190305T230815Z
UID:8253-1556260200-1556271000@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:FREE Breakfast: Deep Dive: Effective Recruiting Strategies for Your Ideal Candidate - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:Do you struggle to find effective ways to drum up solid applications for the positions that you need to fill in your company? Most business owners wait until the need to hire is urgent before they begin looking for applicants\, which can make for a stressful recruiting process and lead to poor hires. In this session\, we’ll talk about some specific strategies for keeping your applicant pipeline stocked all year round\, and help you implement strategies now that can help you generate high quality applications for any role\, quickly. \nWe’ll cover: \n\nHow to look at your recruiting process as a sales & marketing process in order to build powerful teams\nSome of the most effective ways to generate qualified apps in the trades industry\, including:\n\nAn unorthodox way to use Facebook as a simple\, but powerful networking tool\nLeveraging the power of LinkedIn searching to find the right fit for your role\nGood ol’ fashioned campus recruiting strategies that actually work\n\n\n\n\nBONUS: You’ll get some proven templates to use right away so you can begin filling your pipeline with awesome interviewees\n\nPresenter: Benji Carlson \nAs the son of two proven entrepreneurs\, Benji’s spirit for self-starting business runs deep. Since he was a young teen\, Benji has been starting and running profitable small businesses; most recently culminating in a highly successful 4-year career as a franchisee with College Pro Painters. Benji’s enormous heart and passion for people is what drove him to produce over $1\,000\,000 in revenue while taking the highest quality care of his employees and customers. He was consistently acknowledged for having the most productive staff in the company\, while leading more junior franchisees to fulfill their potential. Benji’s uncanny ability to find the right people and put them in the right place make him a natural fit for Breakthrough Academy’s Assessment Team. \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/free-breakfast-deep-dive-effective-recruiting-strategies-for-your-ideal-candidate-burnaby/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Human Resources,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190425T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190425T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20190308T231324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190308T231324Z
UID:8365-1556179200-1556193600@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Emotional Intelligence (EQ) – The Myths & the Mastery - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:The research is crystal clear – regardless of the type of work\, EQ is the cornerstone of superior performance.  When star performers were analyzed the one consistent common denominator was they had healthy EQ!\n\nThe purpose of this course is to demystify EQ\, help people assess their current level of EQ and most importantly provide proven and practical strategies on how to develop ones EQ.\n\nThis workshop is designed for all employees and has proven to be an exceptionally powerful and practical learning experience that will benefit participants in both ones professional and personal lives:\n\nBuild better relationships\nLearn to stay calm and deal with stress more effectively\nDeal with difficult people and negative energy\nAchieve greater happiness\n\nContent Overview\n\nWhat EQ really means in practical\, everyday\, real world terms\nWhy EQ is a far more important success factor than IQ\nThe EQ – Happiness Connection\nHow to identity your current level of EQ\nThe predictable attitudes and behaviors of low EQ people\nFour sure-fire strategies on how to develop truly healthy EQ\nHow to deal with unreasonable people with low EQ\nHow to achieve the delicate balance of intellect and emotion and make “common sense decisions\nHow EQ impacts your ability to build and sustain productive relationships\nHow to assert yourself to ensure you get your needs met without appearing like a bully\nHow to stay positive around negative people\n\nInstructor: Greg Campeau has delivered over 2400 presentations and workshops throughout North America providing strategies and solutions that support both personal and organizational success. He has established a client list that includes organizations like Finning\, Lafarge\, NHL Coaches Association\, BC Hydro\, Rogers Wireless\, APEG BC\, SNC Lavalin\, Klohn Crippen Berger and many more.\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/emotional-intelligence-eq-the-myths-the-mastery-burnaby/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Human Resources,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190415T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190416T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20181106T212407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181106T212407Z
UID:8074-1555315200-1555432200@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Construction Project Management - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:Participants will develop skills and knowledge of how to manage a construction project. Participants will gain an understanding of the project processes and constraints encountered by project managers and how to successfully manage a complex project. \nAt the end of the course participants will be able to: \n• Understand the importance of project planning \n• Understand the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK 5th Ed) \n• Use the appropriate CCDC/CCA contract and/or Purchase Orders for the project \n• Use risk management tools and mitigate for risk \n• Understand the estimating process \n• Understand the importance of scheduling and use appropriate scheduling tools \n• Understand expectations management and adapt communication accordingly \n• Understand the components of projects – labour\, materials and overheads – and use of techniques to maximize job profitability and minimize costs \n• Do post-mortem analysis after project completion \n• Understand the impact and methodology of construction cost control \n• Use of site and office project cost control methods \n• Use Construction Industry Codes to analyse costs vs budget \n• Adapt the project estimate to a project budget \n• Understand how job costing fits within the overall accounting systems \n• Understand Return on Investment (ROI) and how this impacts required project profit margins \n• Understand the contract process from bidding to project close-out \n• Use of job profit forecasting methods to integrate into company forecasting systems \n• Understand the importance of cash flow projections for construction companies \nTwo days (16 hours) of lessons with instructors plus an online portion involving research\, reading and answering questions (7-8 hours) that will be marked by the instructors. \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/construction-project-management-burnaby-5/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190412T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190412T103000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20190305T225307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190305T225307Z
UID:8249-1555054200-1555065000@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Employment Standards Act Refresher (Breakfast Session) - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:The Employment Standards Act sets the rules for employment practices in your office and in the field. Your current work rules may fall short of your statutory obligations even though they are well accepted by your staff. You usually find out you are not in compliance too late and are faced with months of back pay owed. This two-hour seminar will give you a review of Employment Standards Act requirements that are particularly relevant to construction industry employers\, including: \n\n\nEmployment contracts\nWho is a “manager”\nHours of work and overtime\nAveraging agreements for hours of work\nTermination of employment\nVacation and statutory holidays\nIndependent contractors vs. employees\nImpact of the common law\n\nPresenter: Craig Munroe is a partner at Pulver Crawford Munroe LLP. \nCraig represents and advises public and private clients facing labour relations and employment issues. He provides strategic\, solution-based advice to clients facing complicated labour relations issues. He regularly appears before various courts and tribunals including the British Columbia Labour Relations Board\, the Canada Industrial Relations Board\, grievance arbitration panels\, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal\, and the provincial and federal courts. \nCraig has been recognized by both his peers and his clients for excellence in his field. He is the BC Director and Vice President of the Canadian Association of counsel to Employers\, and has received the International Law Office’s “Client Choice Awards” as a result of a nomination and references from his clients. \nDisclaimer: The content of this presentation is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice. \n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/employment-standards-act-refresher-breakfast-session-burnaby-3/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Construction,Human Resources,Legal,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190409T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190410T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20190305T194131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190305T194131Z
UID:8239-1554796800-1554913800@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Project Planning & Cost Control - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:The course is designed to provide owners\, managers\, estimators\, and field personnel with a general knowledge of the process of planning and controlling a project from beginning to end utilizing ways and means of monitoring\, saving and controlling costs. \nTopics covered: \n\nUnderstanding the impact and methodology of construction cost control.\nWays and means of minimizing and controlling costs on site.\nProject cost forecasting and accounting functions on site.\nProject planning and its purpose and effect on project cost control.\nHow to communicate & assist management re: cost methods and control.\nGain additional insight into the process of work and cost analysis.\nCost reporting systems – new technology in monitoring costs and reports.\nUnderstanding the effect improper field reporting has on cost control. Maintaining and managing documents\, material\, tools and equipment.\nUnderstanding the Contract process from bidding to project close-out.\nReview of 100 companies and their methods in controlling & saving costs.\n\nInstructor: Gerald Cree is a Gold-Seal certified construction management professional with over 30 years’ experience managing large-scale residential\, commercial\, industrial and environmental projects throughout Western Canada and the United States. His experience covers all aspects of construction management including ; design\, development\, estimation\, project planning\, tendering and procurement with additional expertise in civil\, structural\, electrical and mechanical disciplines. Throughout his career\, Gerald has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to professional development and has successfully achieved certification in many areas\, notably: Project Management Professional (PMP)\, Master of Project planning and Construction Law and is presently working towards his Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDS) certification. \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/project-planning-cost-control-burnaby/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190328T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190328T133000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20190305T193919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190305T193919Z
UID:8235-1553774400-1553779800@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:FREE Webinar: How to Attract & Hire Rockstar Staff
DESCRIPTION:Bringing on new team members is one of the most vital and misunderstood skills in business. We will be covering the key steps required to find\, filter and hire the perfect team members\, who give you the space and ability to grow your business to the next level.\n\nYou will be given:\n• A proven system to have the top talent in your industry applying to work for you\n• A screening process to ensure you only spend your time with qualified applicants\n• Templates and systems that you can use immediately to professionalize your hiring process\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/free-webinar-how-to-attract-hire-rockstar-staff/
LOCATION:British Columbia
CATEGORIES:Business,Human Resources,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190328T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190329T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20180711T175141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180711T175141Z
UID:7801-1553760000-1553877000@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Communication Skills - Kelowna
DESCRIPTION:Participants will be able to identify and practice skills needed for effective communication and learn about barriers to communication. They will also learn about different communication styles and identify what their dominant style is as well as how to deal with people who have a different style of communication. The course material also provides insight about anger and how to manage it as well as help develop the skills required to supervise others. \nThe course will also cover the following: \n\nEffective Leadership through Communication Skills\nDealing with Difficult People\, Conflict and Confrontation\nAssertive Training and Speaking Skills\nCommunicating Motivation\nCommunication through Body Language\nManaging a Good Impression to Clients\nConstructive Use of Anger and Persuasion Skills\nAnger and Conflict Management Skills\nCommunicating Discipline and Termination\nResolving Disputes through Communication\nHow to Prepare for and Facilitate Meetings\nCommunication through Writing Skills\nDrafting and Preparing Proper Reports and Correspondence\nCommunicating Teamwork to Staff and Workers\n\nTwo days (16 hours) of lessons with instructors plus an online portion involving research\, reading and answering questions (7-8 hours) that will be marked by the instructors. \nTo receive your CPD accredited certificate you must complete the online portion after the 2 day course. \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/communication-skills-kelowna/
LOCATION:Kelowna (TBA)\, Kelowna\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Human Resources,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190327T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190327T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20181109T182454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181109T182454Z
UID:8113-1553673600-1553704200@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Providing Exceptional Customer Service - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:In today’s competitive market\, how do you differentiate you and your organization from others? How do you ensure that you’re adding value? \nThis interactive seminar will help you to develop crucial customer service skills to build strong relationships with your clients\, whether one-on-one or with a group. You’ll learn how to engage with the customer\, and how to proactively recommend additional products and services to your client\, as part of the overall service you provide. You’ll also learn how to best represent your organization and build your customer service reputation. In addition\, we’ll cover aspects related to negotiations\, cross and up-selling\, and closing the deal. \nThrough a series of hands-on workshops\, you’ll build your confidence and competitive advantage to provide exceptional customer service for existing and future customers. \nIn this seminar\, you’ll learn to: \n\nDevelop your customer engagement and experience strategy\nApply effective listening skills\nDraw out what your clients really need\, and how to add value\nWork with difficult and demanding customers\nBuild strong and lasting relationships with potential and existing clients\n\nInstructor: Eric Tung is Business Communications Instructor at SFU’s Beedie School of Business\, and an English Instructor at UBC’s Extended Learning\, where he teaches business and technical writing courses. Eric also designs and delivers customized workshops to engineering\, construction\, and consulting firms. He works with clients and coaches them on developing their effective communication skills\, negotiation skills\, and customer service and sales skills. \nIn addition to teaching and coaching\, Eric is a business transformation and change management consultant\, where he advises firms on large-scale organizational-wide changes. Eric’s clients range from smaller consulting firms to larger organizations such as the City of Vancouver\, District of North Vancouver\, Metro Vancouver\, BC Hydro\, TELUS\, BC Pension Corporation\, BC Safety Authority\, and Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group. \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/providing-exceptional-customer-service-burnaby-2/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190321T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190322T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20190305T193252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190305T193252Z
UID:8227-1553155200-1553272200@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Construction Business Management - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:Participants will learn how to improve the management and business systems of their construction company. \nAt the end of the course participants will be able to: \n• Understand the strategic planning process and how to implement it within their context \n• Understand the importance of a business plan and how to prepare one \n• Understand the participants within the construction industry – their roles\, responsibilities and limitations \n• Understand the benefits of a participatory management culture \n• Formulate a marketing plan and understand the marketing mix \n• Develop a human resource management plan \n• Understand the employment cycle/process \n• Develop an employee performance evaluation system \n• Increase staff morale and engagement \n• Understand operational planning for construction companies \n• Formulate a financial plan\, budgets\, ratios and break-even analysis \n• Understand the importance of financial internal controls \n• Develop benchmarks and key performance indicators \n• Understand bonding and insurance for construction companies \n• Use risk management tools to identify risk and how to mitigate risk \nTwo days (16 hours) of lessons with instructors plus an online portion involving research\, reading and answering questions (7-8 hours) that will be marked by the instructors. \nTo receive your CPD accredited certificate you must complete the online portion after the 2 day course. \nWhat previous participants have said: \n“Provided great insight into business planning. Provided a better understanding of financial planning and how to understand balance sheets” \n“Terrific content for start up companies” \n“Well explained. Enjoyed the group discussions and class input” \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/construction-business-management-burnaby-4/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190321T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190321T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20190304T180620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190304T180620Z
UID:8203-1553155200-1553185800@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Supervisors Bootcamp: Practical Leadership Tools for Front Line Supervisors - Fort St John
DESCRIPTION:The Supervisors Bootcamp is designed specifically for front-line supervisors and managers in all industries. It is open to individuals with all levels of experience\, but is most effective for those working for companies with an already established safety management system. \nParticipants will be given a leadership ‘tool kit’ comprised of the simplest but most effective leadership concepts\, from which they can effectively build and develop their own leadership style. They will also take self-assessment questionnaires and participate in exercises based on the actual work they do and the crews they lead. \nThe ideas covered in this course will assist employers to tackle important and emerging issues facing business operations today: \n·         Greater productivity and quality outcomes \n·         Greater safety program effectiveness \n·         Greater worker retention and engagement \nParticipants will leave the session with leadership baselines established\, reference materials and course content\, and practical and personalised leadership goals for them to work towards. \nParticipants will also be introduced to ‘safety-II’ or ‘safety differently’\, and the workshop includes strategies for putting these concepts into practical use. \nWhat previous participants said: \n\n“A lot of good new tools! I help train new guys all the time and a few methods from today will help a lot.” \n“Related to every day life – not just out of the book.” \n“Knowledgeable and personable instructor.” \n“I was impressed with the instructor’s passion and knowledge.” \n“A lot of information to take back to the site.” \nInstructor: Since beginning his career over 25 years ago\, Jeff Lyth has become recognized as an expert and innovator in workplace leadership and safety. He served as Director of Corporate Health and Safety with one of Western Canada’s leading high-rise contractors for nearly a decade during which time he was a facilitator of their leadership development program. He currently works in assisting organizations and safety departments to move beyond conventional views in both leadership and construction safety\, and to break through the performance plateaus associated with those views. \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/supervisors-bootcamp-practical-leadership-tools-for-front-line-supervisors-fort-st-john-2/
LOCATION:Quality Inn Northern Grand\, 9830 100th Avenue\, Fort St John\, British Columbia\, V1J 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190312T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190312T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20190305T192545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190305T192545Z
UID:8217-1552375800-1552392000@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Developing Skills for Effective Conflict Resolution - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:It’s impossible to avoid conflict entirely\, but poor communication or interpersonal tension can cause disagreements to flare up into resentment or worse. This half-day workshop will help you learn to resolve conflict and create a smoother work or personal environment. \nSome of the topics we will cover include: \n\nUnderstanding yourself and Personal Needs\nEffective Listening Skills\nAsserting Your Needs Clearly\nProblem Solving with Flexibility\nManaging Impasse and Disagreements\nBuilding Agreements that Work\n\nInstructor: Jeffrey Cartwright’s background includes 25 years experience working as a paramedic\, firefighter and in the field of trauma response. He joined the New Westminster Fire and Rescue Services in August of 1995 after 3 years with BC Ambulance Service. He was promoted to qualified officer in 2009\, and has since been confirmed to the ranks of Lieutenant\, Captain and acting Battalion Chief. He joined the Critical Incident Stress Management team in 2000.  He has developed many initiatives for the team members by introducing them to the latest techniques and training. Jeffrey has transferred his skills to the private sector to facilitate training in the prevention of\, and response to\, traumatic events that can occur in any workplace. \nWhat previous participants said:\n“Instructor is very good at engaging the class.”\n“Coping skills were presented very well.”\n“Excellent instructor!”\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/developing-skills-for-effective-conflict-resolution-burnaby/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Human Resources,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190311T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190311T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20180709T171232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190305T192350Z
UID:7789-1552293000-1552321800@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Construction Industry Ethics - Vancouver
DESCRIPTION:By maintaining high ethical standards\, and being consistent in our practices\, we thrive both personally and professionally. This course will help you navigate the ethical grey areas you face every day. \nEffective 2017\, the online ethics course PLUS a full day classroom ethics course will be mandatory to receive Gold Seal Certification. Gold Seal has allocated a total of 3 credits to this course (2 for the online portion and 1 for the classroom portion). \nNote: Participants are required to complete the Construction Industry Ethics online course prior to enrolling in the classroom course.  \nInstructor: Tim Williams\, MBA\, B.Econ.\, CPA\, GSC\, is the President of BGC Partners Inc. BGC Partners provides training services tailor made for the construction industry. Tim has worked with numerous construction companies for over twenty years. He is a Gold Seal Certified project manager. He is an experienced and sought after trainer who has trained construction owners and managers across the on behalf of construction industry associations across Western Canada. \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/construction-industry-ethics-vancouver-4/
LOCATION:Vancouver Regional Construction Association\, 3636 E 4th Avenue\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5M 1M3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190305T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190305T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20181025T173102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181025T173102Z
UID:8048-1551771000-1551803400@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Incident Investigations - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:WorkSafeBC’s amendment to Bill 9 includes two major changes to the requirements for employer incident investigations. First\, section 175 of the Act has been amended to require an employer to undertake a preliminary investigation within 48 hours of the incident. Second\, section 176 of the Act is amended to require an employer to submit a full investigation report to WorkSafeBC within 30 days of an incident. \nThis course is designed to provide participants the required knowledge to understand the principle of incident investigations and the methods used to ensure an adequate investigation is completed. At the end of the session participants will have an understanding of the requirements for investigating incidents\, the tools required to undertake an adequate investigation\, methods involved in successful interviews\, identifying incident causes and completing incident reports. \n\n\nThe program uses a classroom component with video and a multimedia PowerPoint presentation during the session. Participants will take part in a simulated investigation with witnesses to interview\, a scene to evaluate and documentation to complete. This one day session is designed to provide participants with the tools to understand:\n\nThe regulatory requirements to investigate Accidents/Incidents\nWhy are we investigating Accidents/Incidents\nWho makes a good investigator\nHow to gather evidence and information\nHow to photograph a scene\nHow to measure and diagram a scene\nHow to conduct interviews\nWhat is the principle of Root Cause Analysis\nDeveloping recommendations for prevention\nCompleting the Incident Report\n\nInstructor: Terry Duncan is an independent safety specialist with over 30 years of experience in occupational safety. Past roles include safety coordinator for Dominion Bridge of Western Canada\, and safety coordinator/industrial engineer for Freightliner Canada. Terry was also directly involved in the development of the City of Vancouver’s TSC/CSO training program. He has worked in construction\, manufacturing\, forestry\, pulp and paper\, and municipal and provincial governments. In 1998\, Terry was voted Senior Safety Professional of the Year by the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering.\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/incident-investigations-burnaby-4/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Legal,Management,Safety
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190304T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190305T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20180711T174947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180711T174947Z
UID:7797-1551686400-1551803400@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Construction Business Management - Kamloops
DESCRIPTION:Participants will learn how to improve the management and business systems of their construction company. \nAt the end of the course participants will be able to: \n• Understand the strategic planning process and how to implement it within their context \n• Understand the importance of a business plan and how to prepare one \n• Understand the participants within the construction industry – their roles\, responsibilities and limitations \n• Understand the benefits of a participatory management culture \n• Formulate a marketing plan and understand the marketing mix \n• Develop a human resource management plan \n• Understand the employment cycle/process \n• Develop an employee performance evaluation system \n• Increase staff morale and engagement \n• Understand operational planning for construction companies \n• Formulate a financial plan\, budgets\, ratios and break-even analysis \n• Understand the importance of financial internal controls \n• Develop benchmarks and key performance indicators \n• Understand bonding and insurance for construction companies \n• Use risk management tools to identify risk and how to mitigate risk \nWhat previous participants have said: \n“Provided great insight into business planning. Provided a better understanding of financial planning and how to understand balance sheets” \n“Terrific content for start up companies” \n“Well explained. Enjoyed the group discussions and class input” \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/construction-business-management-kamloops/
LOCATION:Kamloops (TBA)\, Kamloops\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190228T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190228T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20181024T193345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181024T193345Z
UID:8044-1551340800-1551371400@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Document Control with Bluebeam Revu - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:Document Control with Revu is a Curtek course that teaches you and your staff Document Control practices using Bluebeam Revu. This full-day training course provides you and your staff with the knowledge and skills to take plain PDF construction documents and create smart PDF’s that can give project teams accurate and up to date information at all times.\n\n\nThis course promises to shorten your staff’s learning curve and maximize your investment in Revu by:\n\n• Providing hands-on instruction by a Bluebeam Certified Instructor\n• Focusing on the foundational skills needed to use Revu to achieve greater productivity\n• Delivering frequent skills reinforcement through hands-on classroom activities\, contextual feedback\, quizzing and discussion\n• Applying a progressive learning structure where each learning module builds on previous learning objectives\n• Equipping learners with takeaway reference material\, including practice files and a reference workbook to use beyond the classroom\n\n\n\nCourse Outline\n\nModule 1: Intro\n• Welcome and introductions\n• Course overview\n\nModule 2: Thumbnails Tab\n• Refresher on the Thumbnails Tab\n• Changing Page Labels Manually\n• Changing Page Labels with AutoMark™\n• Classroom Exercise – Labelling Pages\n• Creating Bookmarks with AutoMark™\n• Classroom Exercise – Bookmarking your documents\n• Extract Pages\n• Combine Pages\n• Classroom Exercise – Going from individual sheets to a combined\nset and back again\n\nModule 3: Creating a SMART PDF\n• Raster vs. Vector data\n• Basic Hyperlinks\n• Classroom Exercise\n• Behind Hyperlinks\n• Classroom Exercise\n• Creating Hyperlinks form Search Results\n• Classroom Exercise\n• Batch Link\n• Classroom Exercise\n\nModule 4: Documenting Changes\n• Compare Documents\n• Classroom Exercise\n• Overlay Pages\n• Classroom Exercise\n• Batch Overlay & Compare\n• Classroom Exercise\n\nModule 5: Updating Page Content\n• What is Slip Sheeting?\n• Replace Pages\n• Classroom Exercise\n• Batch Slip Sheeting\n• Classroom Exercise\n\n\n\nModule 6: Bluebeam Sets\n• Intro to Sets\n• Creating a New Set\n• Set Categories\n• Tags\n• Adding more/revised files to a Set\n• Classroom Exercise\n• Publishing Sets\n• Sharing Sets with Project Teams\n• Drawing Logs\n• Classroom Exercise\n\nModule 7: Looking Back\n• Review topics taught in this course\n• Final classroom exercise – can you do it all together now?\n\n\nWho should attend:\nField and office professionals in the construction\, engineering and architecture industry.\n\nTaking the Bluebeam Revu Basics course is not mandatory as a prerequisite\, however it is strongly recommended. Several of the topics taught in these courses are built on the foundation of several topics taught in the basics course.\n\nInstructor:\nCurtek is a technical consulting firm specializing specifically in Bluebeam Revu and servicing the Western Canada market. We offer multiple training sessions to help our clients work effectively with their digital documents. The instructor\, Morgan Garry\, has a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management from BYU-Idaho and over 10 years of commercial construction experience in project management and estimating. Morgan is also the first and only Bluebeam Certified Instructor in Canada.\n\n\nIMPORTANT: You will need to provide your own laptop with Bluebeam Revu installed and a scroll wheel mouse.  You can download the software for a trial version for 30 days at http://www.bluebeam.com/InstRevuTRIAL\n\nIf you don’t have your own laptop with Bluebeam Revu\, we can provide a training laptop for the day ($25 rental fee). The total number of training laptops is limited and will be provided to those who reserve them first.\n\nTo reserve a training laptop\, email or call Kerry at 604-293-2339 or kerry.vital@trainingnetwork.ca\n\n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/document-control-with-bluebeam-revu-burnaby-3/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190227T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190227T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20181024T193245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181024T193245Z
UID:8042-1551254400-1551285000@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Field Quality Control and Deficiency Management with Bluebeam Revu - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:This full-day course provides you and your staff with the knowledge and skills to get the quality of work on your projects under control and developing an effective tracking system that is easy to manage. \nTopics covered include: \n• Creating QC Floor Plans with Spaces \n• Creating Deficiency Tool Sets \n• Statuses for Deficiency Management \n• Adding images to your QC documents \n• Deficiency Inspections \n• Deficiency Reporting \n• PDF Forms \n• Classroom Exercises \n\n\nTaking the Bluebeam Revu Basics course is not mandatory as a prerequisite\, however it is strongly recommended. Several of the topics taught in these courses are built on the foundation of several topics taught in the basics course.\n\nInstructor:\nCurtek is a technical consulting firm specializing specifically in Bluebeam Revu and servicing the Western Canada market. We offer multiple training sessions to help our clients work effectively with their digital documents. The instructor\, Morgan Garry\, has a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management from BYU-Idaho and over 10 years of commercial construction experience in project management and estimating. Morgan is also the first and only Bluebeam Certified Instructor in Canada.\n\n\nIMPORTANT: You will need to provide your own laptop with Bluebeam Revu installed and a scroll wheel mouse.  You can download the software for a trial version for 30 days at http://www.bluebeam.com/InstRevuTRIAL\n\nIf you don’t have your own laptop with Bluebeam Revu\, we can provide a training laptop for the day ($25 rental fee). The total number of training laptops is limited and will be provided to those who reserve them first.\n\nTo reserve a training laptop\, email or call Kerry at 604-293-2339 or kerry.vital@trainingnetwork.ca\n\n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/field-quality-control-and-deficiency-management-with-bluebeam-revu-burnaby/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190226T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190226T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20181024T193102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181024T193102Z
UID:8040-1551168000-1551200400@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Estimating with Bluebeam Revu - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:This full-day training course provides you and your staff with the knowledge and skills to accurately estimate construction quantities and costs using Bluebeam Revu. \nThis course includes all of the new estimating features included in Bluebeam Revu 2017. \nTopics covered include:\n• Estimating Tool Sets & Profiles \n• Layers \n• Setting Drawing Scale \n• Viewports \n• Length Measurements \n• Area and Volume Measurements \n• Dynamic Fill \n• Count Measurements \n• Using the Markups List for Estimating \n• Quantity Link to Excel \n• Sketch to Scale \n• Legends \nAttendees will receive a best practice guide to keep and reference back to. \nTaking the Bluebeam Revu Basics course is not mandatory as a prerequisite\, however it is strongly recommended. Several of the topics taught in these courses are built on the foundation of several topics taught in the basics course. \n\nInstructor:\nThe course will be taught by Morgan Garry\, a former Senior Estimator with one of Canada’s largest general contractors. Morgan has a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management from BYU-Idaho and over 10 years of commercial construction experience in project management and estimating. Morgan is also the first and only Bluebeam Certified Instructor in Canada.\n\nWhat previous participants have said:\n“Learned a number of practical and efficient ways of measuring electrical device and length of conduit runs.”\n“Morgan is a great instructor. Very patient and extremely knowledgable.”\n\n“Overall a very rewarding and valuable tool for my contractors.” \n“Great content\, not too much but detailed enough to be very useful.” \nIMPORTANT: You will need to provide your own laptop with Bluebeam Revu installed and a scroll wheel mouse.  You can download the software for a trial version for 30 days at http://www.bluebeam.com/InstRevuTRIAL\n\nIf you don’t have your own laptop with Bluebeam Revu\, we can provide a training laptop for the day ($25 rental fee). The total number of training laptops is limited and will be provided to those who reserve them first.\n\nTo reserve a training laptop\, email or call Kerry at 604-293-2339 or kerry.vital@trainingnetwork.ca\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/estimating-with-bluebeam-revu-burnaby-2/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Equipment Training,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190225T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190225T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
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LAST-MODIFIED:20181024T192318Z
UID:8038-1551081600-1551112200@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Bluebeam Revu: Basics - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:This course teaches you the fundamentals of using Bluebeam’s award-winning software\, Revu. With Revu\, you’ll be able to expedite the review and approval process between project team members or clients\, quickly and easily.\n\n\nTopics to be covered:\n\nIntroduction to Revu\nOverview of the Revu Interface\, Navigation and Profiles\nThe Markup Tools\nRevu Stamps\nThe Tool Chest\nThe Markups List\nPDF Creation\nDocument Management and Setup\nIntroduction to Studio\nStudio Sessions\nStudio Projects\n\nWho should attend:\nField and office professionals in the construction\, engineering and architecture industry.\n\nInstructor:\nCurtek is a technical consulting firm specializing specifically in Bluebeam Revu and servicing the Western Canada market. We offer multiple training sessions to help our clients work effectively with their digital documents. Our instructor\, Morgan Garry\, has a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management from BYU-Idaho and over 10 years of commercial construction experience in project management and estimating. Morgan is also the first and only Bluebeam Certified Instructor in Canada.\n\nWhat previous participants said: \n“Helped a lot! Morgan was thorough easy to understand.” \n“Covered all the basic\, good introduction.” \n“Calm\, organized\, helpful instructor.” \n“I have been using Bluebeam for 6 years\, and was a little concerned that I would find the basic course a little repetitive. However\, after yesterday\, I walked away with so many tips and tricks to use Bluebeam more efficiently\, and even a lot of new functions that I had no idea that Bluebeam even did.” \nMPORTANT: You will need to provide your own laptop with Bluebeam Revu installed and a scroll wheel mouse.  You can download the software for a trial version for 30 days at http://www.bluebeam.com/InstRevuTRIAL\n\nIf you don’t have your own laptop with Bluebeam Revu\, we can provide a training laptop for the day ($25 rental fee). The total number of training laptops is limited and will be provided to those who reserve them first.\n\nTo reserve a training laptop\, email or call Kerry at 604-293-2339 or kerry.vital@trainingnetwork.ca\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/bluebeam-revu-basics-burnaby-2/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Equipment Training,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190221T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190221T103000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20180816T192124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181019T221449Z
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SUMMARY:An Overview of CCDC Contract Documents (Breakfast Session) - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:The standard form Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) construction contracts are used across Canada in connection with general contract\, construction management and trade contract arrangements. This course will provide an overview of the most commonly used CCDC documents\, and of the standard CCA 1 subcontract\, with specific focus on the concepts and procedures of the provisions relating to the following significant concerns\, among others: \n1.            The definition of the Contract Documents; \n2.            The role of the Consultant; \n3.            Payment; \n4.            Extra work; \n5.            Delays; \n6.            Deficiencies; \n7.            Dispute resolution; and \n8.            Default and termination. \nRelated issues such as the effect of supplementary conditions and the interaction of the contracts with the operation of the Builders Lien Act will also be addressed. \nWho should attend? \nOwners\, contractors\, construction managers\, subcontractors and design professionals. \nPresenter: An Associate Counsel with SHK Law Corp.\, Marc MacEwing has practiced extensively as a construction lawyer in all aspects of the practice for over 30 years. He has particular expertise as a builders lien lawyer\, as well as in tendering disputes and preparing and analyzing contract documents. Marc advises owners\, contractors\, subcontractors\, material suppliers and design professionals. \nMarc has been listed in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a “repeatedly recommended” leading practitioner in construction law in BC. He has been Peer Review Rated for General Ethical Standards and Legal Ability by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell® and included in The Best Lawyers in Canada®.\n\nIn addition to authoring more than 175 published articles on construction law topics\, Marc is a member of the editorial board and a contributor to the Continuing Legal Education Society’s British Columbia Builders Liens Practice Manual. Marc is a frequent lecturer to design professional and construction trade bodies\, businesses\, and educational institutions.\n\nMarc is also a Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers.\nDisclaimer: The content of this presentation is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice. \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/an-overview-of-ccdc-contract-documents-breakfast-session-burnaby/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Legal,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190212T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190212T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T110629
CREATED:20181109T210043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181109T210043Z
UID:8133-1549958400-1549989000@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Leading and Managing Organizational Change - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:Do you feel that change is ever constant and that you’re struggling to keep up? Are you looking for practical tools and approaches that you can take in managing changes that occur? Do you want to successfully lead projects that involve significant changes? \nThis seminar is focused on preparing you to manage organizational change and to lead and mentor others through change. You’ll understand the impacts change has on employees\, and what you need to do manage and address any resistance. You’ll also learn practical tips and techniques on how to get your organization or client ready for upcoming changes and impacts. Through a series of hands-on workshops\, you’ll develop a deeper understanding on what is involved in successfully adapting to and implementing change\, both from a personal and professional perspective. \nIn this seminar\, you’ll: \n\nUnderstand the impact change and transitions have on you and your employees\nLearn how to adapt to and be resilient to change\, whether the change is from a people\, process\, or technology transformation\nDevelop approaches to managing and leading change\nUse pragmatic tools to help you with anticipating and addressing resistance to change\, engaging with stakeholders\, and facilitating change\n\nInstructor: Eric Tung is Business Communications Instructor at SFU’s Beedie School of Business\, and an English Instructor at UBC’s Extended Learning\, where he teaches business and technical writing courses. Eric also designs and delivers customized workshops to engineering\, construction\, and consulting firms. \nIn addition to teaching and coaching\, Eric is a business transformation and change management consultant\, where he advises firms on large-scale organizational-wide changes. Eric’s clients range from smaller consulting firms to larger organizations such as the City of Vancouver\, District of North Vancouver\, Metro Vancouver\, BC Hydro\, TELUS\, BC Pension Corporation\, BC Safety Authority\, and Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group. \n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/leading-and-managing-organizational-change-burnaby-5/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Human Resources,Management
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