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Would you like to improve your construction site leadership skills? This course covers core site leadership essentials. Participants will enhance their ability to build a collaborative team culture with their staff, improve job site productivity and complete projects on time, on budget, and safely.

Course content designed for lead hands, forepersons and site supervisors includes team building, personal leadership, personality styles, working with difficult people, productivity & waste, and safety leadership.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify and apply different leadership styles and approaches
  • Enhance the motivation and engagement of construction workers and teams
  • Utilize leadership techniques to build cohesive and effective crews
  • Understand the Eight Wastes in order to reduce downtime and inefficiencies on site
  • Understand different personality styles and how to communicate effectively with each one
  • Recognize substance abuse and how to deal with it appropriately
  • Improve their training skills and conduct a successful toolbox talk
  • Deal with difficult people, conflict and confrontational situations
  • Use collaborative decision-making skills and build a collaborative culture
  • Understand the importance of ethics and safety first when leading others

Who Should Attend

We recommend this course for site leaders of all levels and crew members who are working towards leadership roles in future.

Industry Credits  

  • This course is worth 2 gold seal credits.
  • This course is worth 8 Informal Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits as approved by BC Housing.

Course Format

  • Live, Online, Instructor-led training. This is a highly interactive course facilitated by the instructor on a video platform.
  • You will be expected to have your webcam on during the whole class and participate in break-out rooms, small-group discussions, and other activities with your instructor and classmates during the course.
  • Course access information will be provided to you in advance of the training by your instructor
  • Full attendance and participation in all four sessions is mandatory for course completion. If a student misses a class session, we are unable to transfer registration or provide a partial refund of the registration fees.

Course Requirements (Technology & Participation)

This course requires full face-to-face interaction and participation. To attend, you must make sure you have the following:

  • Computer or laptop with webcam (webcams are mandatory): This course will involve 100% on-screen interaction with your instructor and classmates, reading/viewing on-screen content like slides or videos, and interacting via typing with questions or responses. For this reason, you must have a webcam and use a full computer/laptop, and we do not permit students to attend using a tablet or cell phone.
  • A quiet space with minimal distractions: Please plan to be fully engaged in the class, and clear your work schedule just as you would for attendance in an in-class program.

Site Leadership

  • Thursday Sep 12 2024, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    Friday Sep 13 2024, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Virtual, Online