Supervisory skill--or the lack of it--directly affects every company's bottom line. Each day, decisions made by every foreman and superintendent are crucial to the success or failure of every construction project. You make your money in the field. Or you lose it.

STP, the Supervisory Training Program developed by AGC, is designed specifically to meet the needs of the construction industry. Developed, updated, and field-tested by and for contractors, the STP Program is 11 courses that focus on the knowledge and skills that every supervisor must have to be an effective manager of people, time, equipment and materials.  
 

• The job supervisor's role
• Leadership
• Motivation
• Problem solving
• Decision making
• Communication
• Cost awareness
• Planning and scheduling
• Production control
• Accident prevention and loss control
• Contract documents

• The job supervisor's role
• Leadership
• Motivation
• Problem solving--the problem identification process
• Problem solving--the decision making process
• Communication
• Cost awareness
• Planning and scheduling
• Production control
• Accident prevention and loss control
• Project documents

• Leadership styles
• Analyzing individual needs and behaviors
• Positive influences on work attitudes and abilities
• The leader as goal setter, communicator & coach
• The leader gets commitment
• The leader in control

• Forms of Communication
• Problems from poor communication
• Effective listening
• Components of conversation
• Communicating with your crew
• Good Writing skills and habits
• Facilitating the meeting process
• The Internet and World Wide Web

• Problem prevention and anticipation
• Identifying problems
• How to solve scheduling and technical problems
• Strategies for solving human performance problems
• Creative problem solving
• Barriers to developing creative solutions
• Establishing a problem solving atmosphere
• Developing follow-up systems
• Changing your mind

• Introduction to contract documents and construction law
• Creating a positive environment
• Contractual relationships
• Contract forms and documents
• Managing general conditions
• Good documentation practices
• Changes
• Differing site conditions
• Time impacts
• Negotiation of resolutions

• Preparing the project plan
• Developing and using bar charts
• The critical path
• Computer Scheduling
• Using the schedule on the job site
• Updating the construction schedule
• The schedule as documentation
• Analyzing a change

• Introduction to Understanding and Managing Project Costs
• Construction estimates
• Who controls project costs
• Reporting and analyzing actual costs
• Planning for cost control
• Labor cost control
• Controlling subcontractors
• Loss Prevention
• Cost control strategies
• Post-project evaluation

• The high price of accidents
• Safety communication and motivation
• Documentation and inventories
• Using reference material and advisory sources
• Project security and traffic control
• Using the project schedule to prevent losses
• Selecting methods and equipment to prevent losses
• Assignment of responsibility and equipment maintenance
• Common construction hazards
• Government regulations and inspections

• Pre-construction planning
• Planning, organizing and staffing
• Developing the project plan
• Planning for production support
• Cost and risk control
• Policies and procedures
• Subcontractor management
• Project layout
• Project start-up and closeout

• Benchmarking construction productivity
• Improving productivity through pre-planning
• MORE: Four new skills for effective supervision
• Personnel Management
• Equipment Management
• Jobsite productivity, planning and scheduling
• Managing subcontractors
• Quantifying lost productivity
• Record keeping

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