Merit Saskatchewan

SUMMARY

This course offers the critical basic skills and concepts needed to supervise a crew in the residential, institutional, commercial, industrial and civil construction sectors.

DESCRIPTION

Supervisors play a key role in ensuring the job gets done on time, on budget and safely. This course will introduce you to all aspects of supervision, beginning with a discussion of the supervisor’s role and the skills required. Then, the supervision basics are covered: leadership vs. management, due diligence, communication skills, meetings, and handling disagreements and problems. The course then examines the supervisor’s role with respect to safety, looking at inspections, investigations and training. Human resource management comes next, including addressing personal problems and performance issues. The course introduces you to planning and scheduling, followed by productivity and quality, including problem solving for quality outcomes. The final section teaches you how to lead an effective work team by discussing concepts, motivation and team performance.

OBJECTIVES

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

• Build your supervisory skills
• Lead a work crew  
• Communicate effectively
• Understand the supervisor’s role in safety and due diligence
• Develop and motivate teams
• Address performance issues

How registration works:

New registrations will be processed Monday through Friday 8:00AM - 4:00PM CST.  Participants will be emailed a pin and instructions within 24 hours of payment.

Courses purchased on weekends or holidays will receive logins and instructions on the next business day.

For support or inquiries, please email [email protected] or call 1-844-MERIT4U. (637-4848)