From forklift training to sales techniques to leadership lessons, interactive workshops offered at World of Concrete 2017 provide in-depth information to attendees who want to enhance their understanding and improve their techniques and their bottom line as well as earn CE credits.

Workshops include:

Construction Boot Camp for Field Leaders: Field Leadership Excellence
Wkshp Code: MOLBC
Date/Time: Monday, January 16 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Instructor: Brad Humphrey

This Boot Camp is for the construction owner or senior leader who may need a tune-up and is trying to move their field leaders to the next level. It’s also for the construction field leader who is fighting daily battles or bringing their people along. 

Articulation
•    Five techniques to better communication
•    Get your point across without losing respect AND your job
•    Build confidence in your public presentation 
Coordination
•    Build better understanding between you and others
•    Line out daily expectations with less confusion and greater productivity
•    Keep your team organized, focused and coordinated
Organization
•    Build next week’s mindset by using the best planning tool
•    Use of Daily AM and PM Huddles 
•    Keep your eyes on the week’s production requirements and make adjustments 
Acceleration
•    Four tips to take your workers to the “next level” of success
•    Develop vision; then learn how to cast that vision 
•    Ten time-management tools to make you the “Most Valuable Field Leader” in your company

MOLBC Fee: $495

8.0 continuing education hours approved for AIA/CES LU, PDH, MCAA and TCA.

Construction Boot Camp for Foremen & Supervisors: Becoming a Strategic Thinker & Planner
Wkshp Code: TULBC
Date/Time: Tuesday, January 17 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Instructor: Brad Humphrey

Field Leaders continue to make decisions that impact employees, customers, quality, and company profits. This Boot Camp will help foremen and supervisors become better strategic thinkers and planners, organized meeting facilitators, trainers of the new work ethic employee, and job-cost drivers of accountability.

Strategic Thinking & Planning
•    Why strategic thinking is superior: 6 advantages of the strategic thinker
•    Five steps to strategic decision making that produces greater results
•    Strategic planning that elevates the Field Leader’s effectiveness & reputation
Facilitating the Perfect Meeting
•    How to plan for the perfect construction meeting: Pre-Job; Contractor Meetings; & Post-Job Reviews
•    Skills needed to run the perfect meeting: What you need to press the best from the rest!
•    10 Facilitation Skills guaranteed to improve your facilitation efforts & meeting results
Giving Effective & Strategic Feedback
•    Five reasons why giving feedback is more important today than ever
•    The field leader’s professional approach to giving effective & strategic feedback
•    How to receive feedback from others & use it to improve your leadership
•    Proper use of the “Feedback Card” when addressing others
Training the New Work Ethic Construction Worker
•    How to prepare for the new 60% of your job effort: Mentally, Emotionally, & Physically
•    Eight training skills & techniques that build better workers who retain what you teach
•    Spotting future “trainers” from your workforce and training them on how to train to keep your company strong and growing

TULBC Fee:  $495
 
8.0 continuing education hours approved for AIA/CES LU, PDH, MCAA and TCA.

NEW! Sales Workshop: Moving Ahead of Your Competition
Wkshp Code: WELBC
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 18 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Instructor: Brad Humphrey

This new Sales Workshop is especially developed for individuals responsible for selling their company’s services, products, and reputation. It is focused on strengthening sales skills to overcome the #1 challenge for construction sales, the “Low Bid Customer” (aka LBC), who often masks their need for a premium contractor.

WELBC Fee: $295

4.0 continuing education hours submitted for AIA/CES LU, PDH, and MCAA.

Train-the-Trainer: Construction Forklifts
Wkshp Code: MOCFT  
Date/Time: Monday, January 16 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Instructor: Ron Overton

URGENT NOTICE: As per the new federal law 29CFR1910.176 employers must ensure that all employees who operate forklift trucks are qualified persons and they have been trained, passed a written exam and evaluated in their ability to operate the classification of forklift truck safely and perform the operating tasks required of them. (Proof of training or qualification must be available to OSHA upon request.)

In this 4-hour trainer workshop, employers’ attendees will receive a complete in-house qualification program and training on how to implement. Participants will become authorized as in-house instructors to teach rules/regulations on how to properly inspect and operate class 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7 forklift trucks (including tele-handers or reach trucks, warehouse trucks, and pallet jacks). This program will assist employers in complying with the Federal Law requiring qualified forklift operators in your facilities and/or on the jobsite.

MOCFT Fee: $745

4.0 continuing education hours approved for AIA/CES LU, PDH, MCAA and TCA.

Train-the-Trainer: Aerial and Scissor Lifts
Wkshp Code: MOASL
Date/Time: Monday, January 16 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Instructor: Ron Overton

URGENT NOTICE: As per the federal and state laws 29CFR1926.453 employers must ensure that all employees who operate Aerial Boom and Scissor Lifts are qualified persons and they have been trained, passed a written exam and evaluated in their ability to operate the Aerial Boom and/or Scissor Lift safely and perform the operating tasks required of them. (Proof of training or qualification must be available to OSHA upon request.)

Participants will receive the Trainer’s Kit (valued at $395) which contains Trainer’s Manual, PowerPoint presentation and script, practice quizzes with grading keys, practical evaluation forms, twenty 44-page student handbooks and a tote bag.

MOASL Fee: $745

4.0 continuing education hours approved for AIA/CES LU, PDH, MCAA and TCA.

Train-the-Trainer: Fall Protection

Wkshp Code: TUFPT
Date/Time: Tuesday, January 17 | 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Instructor: Ron Overton

URGENT NOTICE: Employers must ensure that all employees who are exposed to any falling hazard are trained, qualified and have demonstrated and verified ability to recognize falling hazards, understand the protection system in place, inspect their PFAS, and utilize it correctly and safely. (Proof of training and/or qualification must be available to OSHA upon request.)

In this 4-hour trainer workshop, employers’ attendees will receive a complete in-house qualification program and training on how to implement. Participants will become authorized as in-house instructors to teach your end-user the rules/regulations and techniques of how to properly recognize fall hazards, inspect and use the fall protection system chosen by the employer to mitigate the falling hazard.

MOASL Fee: $945

4.0 continuing education hours approved for AIA/CES LU, PDH, MCAA and TCA. 

Train-the-Trainer: Rigging and Signaling
Wkshp Code: TURSS
Date/Time: Tuesday, January 17 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Instructor: Ron Overton

URGENT NOTICE: As per the new federal construction crane rule which went into effect November of 2010, (29CFR1926.1425, 1428, 1430) employers must ensure that the following employees are qualified persons and they have been trained, tested and evaluated to perform the tasks involved. (Proof of training or qualification must be available to OSHA upon request.)

In this 4-hour trainer workshop, employers’ attendees will receive a complete in-house qualification program and training on how to implement. Participants will become authorized as in-house instructors to teach rules/regulations on how to properly select, inspect and use basic rigging as well as signaling/spotting for overhead hoisting. Signaling, spotting and recognizing the hazards of working around cranes are also included in this program.

TURSS FEE: $945

4.0 continuing education hours approved for AIA/CES LU, PDH, MCAA and TCA.

TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS WITH LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS

WORKSHOP & DEMONSTRATION: Concrete Countertops
Wkshp Code: WECCD    
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 18 | 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Trainer(s): Jeff Girard
Location: Gold Lot, front of North Hall, Certifications & Training Area

Watch a countertop and sink come to life, going from a mold and raw ingredients to polished and colored concrete with exposed aggregate. This live demonstration will reinforce the processes you learned in “Step-by-Step Instructions for Producing High-Quality Precast Concrete Countertops” and allow you to touch and feel the results. You will see how a sink mold is constructed, how concrete is mixed and the consistency adjusted with superplasticizer, how a sink and countertop are cast and then demolded, and the grinding and polishing process. Learn what tools and equipment are needed, such as a mixer and diamond polisher, and see them in action. Also see how pigments, stains, and decorative embedments such as glass, stone and metal can be combined to create myriad looks. Participants will receive a from-scratch mix design and step by step handout.

WECCD Fee: $365 after 12/1/16 and onsite

WORKSHOP & DEMONSTRATION: Decorative Overlays
Wkshp Code: THDOD    
Date/Time: Thursday, January 19 | 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Trainer(s): Brian Farnsworth, Chris Sullivan, Chris Becker
Location: Gold Lot, front of North Hall, Certifications & Training Area

Decorative overlays offer some of the greatest potential when it comes to growing your decorative concrete installation business. The variety of colors and finishes are only now being realized, with large growth potential into the future. This interactive workshop with live demonstrations allows participants to observe various decorative concrete overlay systems in cutting edge and trending finishes. Key focus areas of the class will include moisture mitigation prior to overlay application, hard trowel finishes with stain, specialty knock down finishes, polished self-leveling overlay with accents and vertical thin section overlay application. Workshop participants will see all of these systems and finishes applied with an emphasis on trending colors and design elements as well as long term durability in all climates. 

THDOD Fee: $365 after 12/1/16 and onsite

WORKSHOP & DEMONSTRATION: Acid Staining Applications
Wkshp Code: THASD    
Date/Time: Thursday, January 19 | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Trainer(s): Federico Jasso, Mauricio Zambrano
Location: Gold Lot, front of North Hall, Certifications & Training Area

Producing a complex design with acid stain is not difficult if you use adequate techniques. Don’t miss this Acid Staining Applications workshop with live demonstrations where attendees will observe advanced techniques to create a beautiful scored/stained pattern with 3D features. The full process will be demonstrated starting with a natural grey concrete slab and finishing with application of a protective system. Techniques will include: tracing designs using paper templates, scoring the surface with 4” grinder, masking as a resist to brush marks and hand strokes, applying acid stain using pump sprayer and cheese cloth to create direct and natural manipulation of color fusion (wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry), etching a specific logo design, and applying different protective coatings.

THASD Fee: $375

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