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SUMMARY:Microsoft Project - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:The main objective of this 2-day course is to introduce the commands\, functions\, and capabilities of Microsoft Project. It is designed for computer users who are new to Microsoft Project who want to gain a thorough understanding of one of the world’s most popular project management software packages. \n\n\nThe following list summarizes skills that participants will be comfortable with after this course. \n\n\nUnderstanding Views\, Screen Tips\, Ribbon\, and the Quick Access toolbar;\nCreate\, edit and outline a task list\, establish dependencies by linking tasks\nAdd and assign resources\, work with project calendars\, and enter project costs\nPrint project information and customize reports\nApply task type settings\, set task constraints\nApply preset and custom contours\, edit resource assignments and set and modify a baseline\nTrack and report on an active project and compare to baseline\nSort\, filter\, and group views\nFormat views and the Gantt chart\nCustomize Microsoft project elements including tables\, views\, and reports\nUse sample templates\, create custom templates\, and use the organizer to manage project elements\nDisplay progress lines\, apply earned value tables\, and conduct pert analysis\nCreate master projects\, insert and work with subprojects\, and create links to external tasks\nRunning multiple projects with a common resource pool\n\n\n\nThis hands-on course is taught by a certified Microsoft Master Instructor. Participants will receive authorized Microsoft manuals and Microsoft approved practice exercises. \nAll participants will be provided with laptops. \nMax participants: 12 \nWhat previous participants said: \n“Well instructed\, good pace.” \n“Very knowledgeable and good teacher!” \n“Course was laid out in a very logical and easy to follow manner.” \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/microsoft-project-burnaby/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180307T163000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Blueprint Reading - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:Participants will learn how to read a set of construction blueprints and specifications. Using both residential and commercial samples of blueprints\, participants will gain experience and practical knowledge for their day-to-day work in construction companies. This course is ideal for those who have little or no background in blueprint reading. At the end of the course participants will be able to:\n\nHave an elementary knowledge of blueprint reading as it relates to building construction projects\nUnderstand in general terms the design process and the role of design professionals\nUnderstand how Building Codes and Bylaws impact blueprints\nUnderstand specifications and the contractual hierarchy\nBe able to find trade information using blueprints\nBe able to answer basic construction questions related to the layout and installation of materials\nBe able to identify elementary problems or short comings of the blueprints you are using\nBe familiar with architectural\, civil\, electrical and mechanical drawings\, and how they fit together\nUnderstand and be able to use architectural & engineering scales\nUnderstand how to convert engineering dimensions to architectural\nKnow what a floor plan\, section and elevation are\nUnderstand symbols\, notation\, abbreviations and material schedules\nBe able to work with the drawings to obtain basic information on dimension\, finishes\, details\, area calculations\, and the ability to do simple material take offs\nBe familiar with both commercial and residential blueprints\n\nTopics to be covered:\n\nBlueprint reading basics\nDesign process and the role of design professionals\nBuilding Codes\, bylaws and building permits\nFind trade information using blueprints\nLayout basics\nArchitectural\, civil\, electrical and mechanical drawings\, and how they fit together\nArchitectural & engineering scales\nFloor plans\, sections and elevations\nSymbols\, notation\, abbreviations and material schedules\nDimension\, finishes\, details\, area calculations\, and material take offs\nUnderstanding specifications\nCommercial and residential blueprints\n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/introduction-to-blueprint-reading/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180308T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180308T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T172712
CREATED:20171128T175226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171129T200647Z
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SUMMARY:How To Be A Better Foreman - Whitehorse
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-whitehorse/
LOCATION:Coast High Country Inn & Yukon Convention Centre\, 4051 4th Avenue\, Whitehorse\, Yukon\, Y1A 1H1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Construction,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180312T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180312T163000
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SUMMARY:Writing Effective Letters\, Scope Documents and Reports - Prince George
DESCRIPTION:What are key elements of an effectively written document? What should I focus on in my letters\, bids\, proposals\, work plans\, reports\, and documentation?\n\nPotential clients often judge you based on whether you can clearly articulate the services you provide. Clients may skim your documents\, so you need to ensure that your content is organized and that your key points stand out. Your writing ability is important.\n\nThis seminar is focused on helping you to do exactly that: to write more effectively. You’ll learn to tailor your writing for your audience and purpose. You’ll apply the strategies required for effective scope documents\, letters\, and reports. In addition\, you’ll also incorporate key principles for editing and revising your documents.\n\nWe’ll cover multiple topics\, including:\n1. Planning your scope documents\n2. Writing effective letters\n3. Responding to bids and proposals\n4. Structuring your reports and project documentation\n\nInstructor: Eric Tung is an English Instructor at UBC and SFU\, where he teaches academic\, professional\, and business writing courses. He has been teaching for a decade and advises firms on their change management processes and implementation\, and also on complex business documents\, such as proposals and technical reports. In addition\, Eric designs and delivers customized business\, proposal\, andtechnical writing workshops to engineering and consulting firms.\n\n\nWhat previous participants said: \n“I thought I did not need to take this course at first. After today\, I have a better understanding of how to prepare my documents.” \n“I found this to be very informative.” \n“All was valuable\, makes me rethink how I write.” \n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/writing-effective-letters-scope-documents-and-reports-prince-george/
LOCATION:ICBA Office (Prince George)\, 2666 Queensway\, Prince George\, British Columbia\, V2L 1N2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business
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SUMMARY:Supervisory and Management Skills - Kamloops
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 \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/supervisory-and-management-skills-5/
LOCATION:Canadian Home Builders Association Central Interior\, 921 Laval Cres\, Kamloops\, British Columbia\, V2C 5P4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Human Resources,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180313T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180313T163000
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SUMMARY:Providing Exceptional Customer Service - Prince George
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-prince-george/
LOCATION:ICBA Office (Prince George)\, 2666 Queensway\, Prince George\, British Columbia\, V2L 1N2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180315T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180315T163000
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CREATED:20180103T182326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180103T182326Z
UID:7305-1521100800-1521131400@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Time Management Workshop - Burnaby
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. In 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\n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/time-management-workshop-burnaby/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180319T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180320T163000
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CREATED:20171031T191105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171120T223647Z
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SUMMARY:Construction Estimating - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:Participants will learn skills and knowledge to estimate construction projects and prepare a successful bid. The course is designed for construction estimators and those with experience in construction that desire to be estimators or improve their knowledge of estimating. At the end of the course participants will be able to:\n\n\n\n\nAnalyze projects and decide on which ones to bid\nUnderstand risk analysis and how to price this into a bid\nDo competitor analysis and understand how this impacts the bid\nDo client risk analysis and how to price this into bids\nRecord material and other prices and maintain contact lists\nFormulate a bid strategy\nUnderstand how to prepare an estimate and the estimating process\nUse Construction Division Codes\nUnderstand how to present a bid\nBe familiar with how to use the bid depository\nUnderstand the requirements for bonding and insurance\nUnderstand the post-bidding process\nWork with project managers to pass on knowledge of the bid\n\nTopics to be covered:\n\nProject analysis\nRisk analysis\nCompetitor analysis\nClient risk analysis\nRecord keeping\nBid strategies\nPreparing estimates and the estimating process\nConstruction Division Codes\nPresenting bids\nBid depository\nBonding and insurance\nPost-bidding process\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. \n\n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/construction-estimating-2/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180320T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180321T163000
DTSTAMP:20260425T172712
CREATED:20180109T165110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180109T165110Z
UID:7351-1521532800-1521649800@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Microsoft Project - Victoria
DESCRIPTION:The main objective of this 2-day course is to introduce the commands\, functions\, and capabilities of Microsoft Project. It is designed for computer users who are new to Microsoft Project who want to gain a thorough understanding of one of the world’s most popular project management software packages. \n\n\nThe following list summarizes skills that participants will be comfortable with after this course. \n\n\nUnderstanding Views\, Screen Tips\, Ribbon\, and the Quick Access toolbar;\nCreate\, edit and outline a task list\, establish dependencies by linking tasks\nAdd and assign resources\, work with project calendars\, and enter project costs\nPrint project information and customize reports\nApply task type settings\, set task constraints\nApply preset and custom contours\, edit resource assignments and set and modify a baseline\nTrack and report on an active project and compare to baseline\nSort\, filter\, and group views\nFormat views and the Gantt chart\nCustomize Microsoft project elements including tables\, views\, and reports\nUse sample templates\, create custom templates\, and use the organizer to manage project elements\nDisplay progress lines\, apply earned value tables\, and conduct pert analysis\nCreate master projects\, insert and work with subprojects\, and create links to external tasks\nRunning multiple projects with a common resource pool\n\n\n\nThis hands-on course is taught by a certified Microsoft Master Instructor. Participants will receive authorized Microsoft manuals and Microsoft approved practice exercises. \nAll participants will be provided with laptops. \nMax participants: 12 \nWhat previous participants said: \n“Well instructed\, good pace.” \n“Very knowledgeable and good teacher!” \n“Course was laid out in a very logical and easy to follow manner.” \n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/microsoft-project-victoria/
LOCATION:Sandman Hotel Victoria\, 2852 Douglas Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8T 4M5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180321T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180321T163000
DTSTAMP:20260425T172712
CREATED:20180201T183538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180201T183538Z
UID:7424-1521617400-1521649800@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Municipal Map Reading & Utility Safety Workshop - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:This course is designed to give participants an understanding on how to interpret and read documentation that relates to the Municipal Infrastructure. \nParticipants will learn the related Regulations\, Acts and Master Municipal Construction Documents as well as blueprint reading symbols\, legend and design specifications for local cities\, municipalities and townships. \nParticipants will review BC One Call documentation\, utility owner’s roles & responsibilities\, ground disturbers’ roles & responsibilities and safe utility locate practices. \nAfter completing this course students will get a better understanding of how to read and interpret municipal Construction Drawings. \nCourse Objectives; \n\nReviewing Utility information and hazards\nUnderstanding Workers Compensation Act & WorksafeBC Regulations\nUtility Safety Awareness\nReview BC One Call Documentation\nBlue Print Map Reading Group Activities\nReview on Locating Underground infrastructure\nUnderstanding Safety Procedures and Practices\nKnowing the Emergency Response for Utility Owners\n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/municipal-map-reading-utility-safety-workshop-burnaby/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Construction,Safety
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180322T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180322T163000
DTSTAMP:20260425T172712
CREATED:20171101T163944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171108T161926Z
UID:7053-1521703800-1521736200@trainingnetwork.ca
SUMMARY:Responsibilities of Joint Health & Safety Committees (JHSC) - Burnaby
DESCRIPTION:On April 3\, 2017\, changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation regarding joint health and safety committees and worker health and safety representatives took effect. All new joint committee members selected on or after April 3\, 2017 must receive eight hours of training. This course will help participants fulfill the new requirement. \n\nParticipants will: \n\nKnow how to use the OHS Regulation and WC Act to access health & safety requirements;\nExplain the roles and functions of the Joint Committee and the Worker Representatives;\nLearn how to perform an incident investigation;\nLearn how to perform a formal site inspection; and\nDevelop a foundation in knowledge to:\n\nPromote workplace health and safety\nAssist in ensuring the health and safety program elements are implemented;\nConduct and participate in Joint Committee Meetings; and\nWork cooperatively to address workers’ health and safety concerns.\n\n\n\nTopics covered: \n\nUse of WorkSafe OHS Regulation;\nJoint Health and Safety committee and workers representatives;\nOHS Program;\nSafety Inspections;\nIncident investigations;\nRefusal of unsafe work;\nHow to work as a committee;\nDifferent types of recommendations; and\nHazard management.\n\n Register Now!
URL:https://trainingnetwork.ca/event/responsibilities-of-joint-health-safety-committees-jhsc-3/
LOCATION:Accent Inn\, 3777 Henning Drive\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, V5C 6N5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Business,Legal,Safety
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