A site supervisor is responsible for watching over and inspecting the entire site. Certification offers essential tools to become an effective site supervisor and project manager. This certification covers what you need to know from the start to the finish of a project and is ideal for current, new, or future site supervisors, as well as builders and owners who need to wear multiple hats.
Core Competencies covered in this certification:
- Compare and contrast ways of Meeting human resource requirements through staff and subcontractors: advantages and disadvantages of each approach.
- Development regulations: zoning, permits, easements.
- Construct basic Contracts with sub-contractors, suppliers, insurers and lenders: subcontractor and supplier responsibilities; requirements of insurers and lenders.
- Understand Tendering: bid requirements and practices; trade selection.
- Know how to prepare and use Scheduling: value of scheduling, scheduling guidelines, critical scheduling stages, time management.
- Organize Pre-construction meetings Explain objectives of pre-construction meeting and key components to include.
- Know how to Organize Material and labour acquisition: purchasing order system and guidelines, substitutions, timing, storage and care.
- Understand responsibility for pre-construction activities: site logistics, site servicing, contingency plans (e.g., bad weather).
- Describe best practices for Working relationships with people involved in the construction process, including employees, sub-contractors, suppliers and inspectors; Describe key elements of a human resources plan.
- Organize Contract compliance, plan and specification check (drawings, etc. Demonstrate understanding of site reporting including contract compliance and plan checks.
- Understand different types of inspections and be able to apply inspection guidelines.
- Understand key elements of Quality control: performance benchmarks, associated requirements.
- Describe Reporting requirements (internal and external).
- Describe how to Set-up and monitor Cost control: comparison of costs with budget.
- Describe how to Use a Change/work order system.
- Identify and Implement Guidelines on safe site conditions.
- Identify and Implement Guidelines from Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) legislation/regulations.
- Identify and Implement Guidelines from WHMIS regulations.
- Identify and Implement Guidelines from WSIB regulations.
