Courses have a variety of learning environments, including on-line home study with quizzes and assignments, 1 to 4 days of classroom instruction, and a combination of both on-line and classroom instruction.
Courses & Programs
Built Green™ BC Builder Training Workshop
This course contains an in-depth review of building science issues and detailed discussion of sound building practice. This course is compulsory to become a certified Built Green™ BC Builder and a licensed R-2000 Builder.
Course Content: Introduction to the house as a system;
- Building science principles, including heat, moisture and air flows in buildings;
- Building envelope construction, including advanced framing techniques that save money;
- Air and vapor barrier systems, new options in air barrier materials and methods;
- Secrets to preventing condensation and moisture movement;
- How to build better foundations and avoid common basement problems;
- Energy efficient window technology, and how better windows can improve comfort;
- Mechanical systems for indoor air quality, moisture and mould management and comfort;
- Cost effective ventilation solutions;
- Built Green™ BC Checklist and enrollment procedures;
- Quality assurance procedures;
- How Built Green™ can increase sales and profits.
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Financial Management
Most business owners are not trained professionally in accounting or finance; but given the uncertain nature of business and economic cycles combined with an increasingly rapid rate to technological change, monitoring the financial condition of a business and making sound financial decisions has never been more important. This course addresses the role of a “money manager” and the need for continuous financial management and control.
Course Content:
- Understanding the two key financial statements: Balance Sheet and Income Statement.
- Analyzing the Balance Sheet and Income Statement through the use of ratios;
- Profit planning and cash budgeting;
- Cash flow forecasting;
- Managing growth;
- Dealing with financial sources and bankers.
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Construction Law
The Construction Law course will provide answers to questions regarding contracts, risks you are and are not accepting, risk-minimizing clauses, issues that could lead to liability disputes, holdbacks and more. A more professional knowledge of the law as it relates to construction projects and building contracts and the creation of legal relationships will be gained.
Course Content:
- Simple techniques to help eliminate conflict over holdbacks;
- Effective ways to minimize disputes;
- The importance of change work orders and how not to lose on extras;
- Surefire ways to collect debt quickly;
- Important facts you should know about the Builders’ Lien Act;
- The critical differences between the various standard building contracts;
- Legal liabilities during and after construction.
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Project Management & Site Supervision
This course covers methods to get employees and sub-trades to work together to get the job done on time and on budget while meeting standards for quality and using new and innovative methods and materials. Techniques that will help in planning and scheduling of complex projects, get people working as a team and keep projects on the path to successful completion are discussed. WHMIS and Residential Construction Waste are also discussed as well as the use of written contracts.
Course Content:
- Proven traits to successful Project Managers;
- How to ensure tasks get done on time without looking over people’s shoulders;
- Surefire methods of cost control;
- On the job safety measures;
- The all-important administrative tasks of Project Managers;
- How site planning can save time and money.
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Marketing & Project Sales
This course will cover the process involved in an effective Sales and Marketing Strategy, from researching the market to opportunities to building a home to meet the exact needs of the target buyer. All of which results in the final sale of the home to very satisfied customers that “sing the praises” of the builder/trades/developer/realtor.
Course Content:
- Preparing a marketing plan and budget;
- How to use market research to stay ahead of the competition;
- How to select your marketing team;
- How to produce winning promotional materials and advertise to results.
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BC Building Code - Single Family Dwellings
Learn the importance of the BC Building Code, Part 9 and how it was developed. This course will help familiarize students with the code book and teach them how to mark their code book for easy reference.
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Sales & Marketing for Renovators
Part of the Registered Renovation Professional Training Course developed by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Canadian Home Builders’ Association, this interactive session is presented in an entertaining manner.
You will receive a wealth of instructional material, but perhaps even more valuable will be the wide array of tips, experiences and other pertinent information that will be shared by the presenters and the other renovators in attendance
Course Content:
- The renovation marketplace in the Lower Mainland;
- Deciding on the types of customers and jobs you want;
- Developing your own corporate image;
- Preparing low-cost advertising and promotional materials;
- Generating leads for the kind of customers you want;
- Qualifying leads and closing more sales;
- Benefiting from after-sales services;
- Future trends in the renovation marketplace.
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Certified Energy Advisor
This workshop provides training on the use of the HOT2000 software which is used to model house plans within the Built Green™ BC & R-2000 programs. This workshop is for those who wish to become third party advisors to builders building Built Green™ BC homes including certified R-2000 homes. Plan evaluators perform HOT2000 energy analysis of house plans and play a key role in the quality assurance process for labeling Built Green™ homes and certification of R-2000 houses. Training is also provided on the blower door test equipment and procedures.
Requirements for participants:
- Demonstrated understanding of building science and construction practice;
- Understanding of residential mechanical systems;
- Access to and familiarity with a laptop computer capable of running the latest version of HOT2000 software, which will be provided to you at the course;
- The 2-dayBuilt Green™ Builder Training Workshop is a prerequisite for this course.
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Business Planning
This course focuses on how to develop a business blueprint (plan) recognizing that such a blueprint is as critical to building the business as a blueprint is to building a house. This course combines financial, sales and marketing, and human resource information.
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