Supervisory Training Program

Learning Today...Leading Tomorrow

STP, the Supervisory Training Program developed by the AGC of America, is designed specifically to meet the needs of the construction industry. Developed, updated, and field-tested by and for contractors, the Program is 10 courses that focus on the knowledge and skills that every supervisor must have to be an effective manager of people, time, equipment and materials. STP courses offer practical, relevant, and time-proven ideas and skills that can help your people increase their performance and cost effectiveness.

Following completion of the 10 core classes, students receive a certificate of completion from the AGC of America.

• Unit 1: Leadership and Motivation

• Unit 2: Oral and Written Communication

• Unit 3: Problem Solving and Decision Making

• Unit 4: Contract Documents and Construction Law

• Unit 5: Planning and Scheduling

• Unit 6: Understanding and Managing Project Costs

• Unit 7: Accident Prevention and Loss Control

• Unit 8: Managing the Project: The Supervisor’s Role

• Unit 9: Productivity Improvement

• Unit 10: General and Specialty Contractor Dynamics

• Leadership styles

• Analyzing individual needs and behaviors

• Positive influences on work attitudes and abilities

• The leader gets commitment

• The leader in control

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• Forms of Communication

• Problems from poor communication

• Communicating with your crew

• Good Writing skills and habits

• Facilitating the meeting process

• The Internet and World Wide Web

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• Problem prevention and anticipation

• How to solve scheduling and technical problems

• Creative problem solving

• Barriers to developing creative solutions

• Establishing a problem solving atmosphere

• Developing follow-up systems

• Changing your mind

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• Introduction to contract documents and construction law

• Creating a positive environment

• Contractual relationships

• Contract forms and documents

• Managing general conditions

• Good documentation practices

• Time impacts

• Negotiation of resolutions

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• Preparing the project plan

• Developing and using bar charts

• Computer Scheduling

• Using the schedule on the job site

• Updating the construction schedule

• The schedule as documentation

• Analyzing a change

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• Introduction to Understanding and Managing Project Costs

• Construction estimates

• Who controls project costs

• Reporting and analyzing actual costs

• Planning for cost control

• Labor cost control

• Controlling subcontractors

• Loss Prevention

• Post-project evaluation

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• The high price of accidents

• Safety communication and motivation

• Documentation and inventories

• Using reference material and advisory sources

• Project security and traffic control

• Using the project schedule to prevent losses

• Selecting methods and equipment to prevent losses

• Common construction hazards

• Government regulations and inspections

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Unit 8: Managing the Project:  The Supervisor’s Role

• Pre-construction planning

• Planning, organizing and staffing

• Developing the project plan

• Cost and risk control

• Policies and procedures

• Subcontractor management

• Project layout

• Project start-up and closeout

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• Benchmarking construction productivity

• Improving productivity through pre-planning

• Personnel Management

• Equipment Management

• Jobsite productivity, planning and scheduling

• Managing subcontractors

• Quantifying lost productivity

• Record keeping

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• Construction systems

• Contractual relationships

• Qualifying and selecting specialty contractors

• Communication

• Plans and specifications

• Site mobilization

• Time management

• Productivity improvement

• Project closeout

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