MCA Alberta offers education and training programs through a variety of learning opportunities designed to meet unique mechanical and service contractor needs. This is accomplished through member meetings, short seminars and full day courses. These feature guest presenters on broad industry topics, product specific technical training, HR and other soft skills training, business skills and succession planning.
Programs are designed specifically for owners and senior management, service managers and technicians, HR leaders, frontline field and office staff to keep the entire team current and to help grow your career.
“I have taken estimating courses from MCA in the past. Was very impressed with how much content was included in the course and the instructor was incredibly skilled with the course content and beyond. I highly recommend taking this course if you’re looking to build on your future in construction!”
Jeff Swindells | Victaulic
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Building Capacity from Within: Developing Foreman into Project Managers
January 18, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am MST
$420.00 – $550.00Event Navigation
Join MCA and Professor Tim Wentz, January 18, 25, Feb 8 & 9 @ 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM MST
Part of the Building Capacity from Within series, this course will expose the experienced foreman to the roles and responsibilities of a project manager. This exposure will help the foreman decide whether or not to pursue the management position of project manager or assist them in making that transition. The course explores many of the management techniques and strategies employed by project managers to effectively organize and manage a project to achieve optimal productivity and comply with company policy.
This eight-hour course is broken into two-hour segments over four days. It features renowned educator, Tim Wentz. Guest speakers round out this engaging and informative course.
What will you learn?:
- Difference between a wage and a salary position
- How to organize and run a handover meeting
- Developing a risk management program for a project
- Using labor and cost tracking to monitor productivity
- Assembling and interpreting project schedules
- Managing changed conditions to protect scope
- Pricing change orders to recover all costs
- Negotiating techniques to create win/win environments
- Project close-out techniques and strategies
- Conduct feedback meetings to promote continuous improvement
There will be a 30 minute panel discussion with experienced Project Managers.
What will you receive?
- A detailed schedule given closer to date
- Printed materials
- Jobsite journal
Instructor: Professor Tim Wentz
Technical Requirements
This workshop will involve 100% on-screen interaction with the instructor and classmates, reading/viewing on-screen content like slides or videos, and interacting via typing with questions or responses.
- Webcams are mandatory and are expected to be turned on during all course sessions.
Students are expected to be fully engaged in the class
- Clear your work schedule just as you would for attendance in an in-class program
- Please make sure you secure a quiet space with minimal distractions
Employers can get up to 2/3 of the registration fee (up to 10,000/employee/fiscal year) for training.