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Have an employee you're eyeing for promotion to a leadership role?

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Have an employee you're eyeing for promotion to a leadership role? Check out WECA's newly updated GetWired! 403: Jobsite Management Skills

Now with an increased focus on project-based learning; featuring digital construction management platform Procore and estimating platform Esticom

The newly-updated GetWired! 403 is designed around giving our students exposure to digital construction management platforms as they hone essential jobsite management skills. They'll learn to use Procore’s Construction Management Software for project management and communications and Esticom Software for basic digital estimating.

This project-based course immerses students in real-world scenarios.

This class is designed for both Journeyperson Continuing Education Students and advanced Electrician Trainee Program Certificate students who have completed the appropriate prerequisites.

Either way, it's an excellent training option for new or soon-to-be-promoted foreperson employees.

Jobsite Management Skills focuses on:
 

  • Providing an introduction to concepts, technology, and best practices for project management, electrical estimating in a software environment, jobsite leadership, and communications
  • Exposure to digital construction management platforms: Learn to use Procore’s Construction Management Software for project management and communications and Esticom Software for basic estimating using in-class instruction and self-paced video training.
  • Interpersonal skills and communications with internal and external stakeholders on the job, as well as those under your supervision
  • Using typical construction documentation and resources on construction management software to plan, manage, and record the electrical work processes of a typical residential/commercial construction project
  • The general leadership and foremanship skills required for profitable and successful project completion
This course is suitable for those already in a leadership role on a commercial or residential electrical jobsite who wish to enhance their skills, as well as suitable for those who want to develop the skills they need to be promoted to a leadership role.
 
  • Total class hours available: 32
  • Standard Tuition Fee: $339
  • Late Tuition Fee: $389
Our September instance of this upgraded course filled so fast it surprised even us, but there are still seats available in the next class, starting November 8th.

Encourage your employees to enroll--or enroll them yourselves and use WECA's member training discounts--today!

Some snapshots from the course:



Here we're looking at the basic functions of Procore, a leading construction management software solution for the industry that fully integrates with Esticom estimating software. Students will have full hands-on access to both applications.



Here we're learning the basics of estimating using the Esticom app. Students then apply their new digital estimating skills to a material take-off and estimate for an electrical lighting circuit.



This slide opens a section on Invitations to Bid, as students broaden their knowledge on what goes into submitting a bid.



In the Contracts section of the course, students learn about how to negotiate contract terms by applying negotiation techniques discussed in this lesson.