The purpose of this course is to help reduce the number of setting out errors, improve productivity, improve cost efficiency, reduce wastage, reduce the need to pay over-inflated rates for poor quality agency Engineers and ensure records are being kept to support claims or Compensation Events.
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Description
Setting Out For Construction has developed this course to equip those within supervision, management, training and quality control roles working in the construction industry with the knowledge and skills to effectively manage, supervise, recruit for, and ensure the correct training for setting out activities.
Roles attending include engineers, forepersons, site managers, project managers, training managers, recruitment and quality staff. It is also suitable for other personnel who have an overseeing role such as clerk of Works, Designer site representative, NEC supervisor or project manager.
Upon successful completion of the course, learners will have the skills they need to assess setting out culture, ensure the correct systems and procedures are in place, recruit effectively for setting out roles, assess the competence of those involved in setting out, and ensure the right technical and mentoring support network is in place.
Learning Objectives
Setting out culture
- Spot the signs of poor setting out culture and put measures in place to address it
- Ask the right questions to ascertain if an Engineer has the right mindset
Systems and processes
- Assess whether your existing systems and procedures are supporting optimum productivity and minimising the chance of costly errors
- List the most common bad practices and describe how to spot them
Support
- The relationship between technical support, productivity and errors.
- The impact of support and mentoring on job satisfaction and staff retention
Skills
- Training Needs Analysis for setting out related roles and activities.
- The relationship between training and productivity, errors and crucially staff retention
- Identifying setting out tasks which can be carried out by non-Engineers, to increase efficiency across the site team
Recruitment and retention
- Accurately assessing the setting out competence of candidates
- Interview questions to spot red flags
- Increasing the number of applicants for setting out relating roles
- How to retain those with setting out skills
