Date and Time July 9, 2026 @ 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $190.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Construction Specifications 101

This is an interactive half-day seminar that will cover the fundamentals of interpreting construction specifications. The seminar will deal with the basics of reading and interpreting both the general and technical specifications.

Course Topics
• Recognize the role of the Project Manual in relationship to the bidding documents, construction contract documents, general requirements, and the technical specifications
• Recognize the role of MasterFormat in Construction Specifications
• Recognize the difference between a Prescriptive Specification and a Performance Specifications

Who should attend?

Anyone who is new to using Construction Specifications. This course is for Owners, Contractors, Sub-Contractors, and Suppliers.

Duration – 1/2 Day – 4 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time July 9, 2026 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM MDT

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $190.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Construction Drawings 101

This is an interactive half-day seminar that will cover the fundamentals of interpreting construction drawings. The seminar will deal with the basics of interpreting information from plans, elevations, sections, details, and notes contained in typical drawings.

Course Topics
• List the components of a typical construction drawing set
• Identify typical drawing types, symbols, notes, and scales
• Recognize the common types of drawing sets and explain their differences
• Extrapolate specific information from a drawing set and cross-reference it to the construction specification

Who should attend?

Anyone who is new to using Construction Drawings. This course is for Owners, Contractors, Sub-Contractors, and Suppliers.

Duration – 1/2 Day – 4 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time July 13, 2026 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MDT

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $350.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Microsoft Project - Basic

This course is intended for any person who is new to or self-taught on MS Project, or has never used it, who would like to learn how to use it as a tool to manage their projects.

Prerequisites
People enrolling in this course should have the following:
• A general understanding of project management concepts
• Basic skills in a Windows operating system
This one-day workshop covers:
• Create a new project plan file and enter project information.
• Manage tasks by organizing tasks and setting task relationships.
• Determine Critical Path, Total Float, and Free Float
• Manage resources for a project, such as Labour
• Finalize a project plan by setting a Baseline
• Track progress using the Tracking Gantt Chart

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work involves planning and scheduling the work: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen, and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Contractors and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Canadian Construction Association Gold Seal Certification Program
This course is a CCA Gold Seal Certified Course (1 Credit)

Duration – 1 Day – 7 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course

Date and Time July 14, 2026 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MDT

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $350.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Field Productivity 101

Contractor success depends heavily on the field production of tradespeople. Lead towards efficiency and start seeing improvements to your bottom line. This seminar will define Field Productivity, discuss the effects of low Field Productivity, and outline approaches to increasing Field Productivity.

This one-day workshop covers:
• Introduction to Field Productivity
• The Contractor’s Role in improving Productivity
• The Supervisor’s Role in Improving Field Productivity
• Labour Productivity
• Equipment Productivity
• Factors that Impact Productivity
• Quantifying Lost Productivity

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work is described in industry contracts: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen, and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Contractors and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Canadian Construction Association Gold Seal Certification Program
This course is a CCA Gold Seal Certified Course (1 Credit)

Duration – 1 Day – 7 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time July 15, 2026 @ 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MDT

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $350.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Earned Value Management for Construction

When it comes to cost and schedule on your construction projects, do you know where you’re at and where you’re going? Realizing that you’re aimed at an iceberg when you’re 100 meters away isn’t helpful. It’s so much better if you notice the iceberg when you’re 10 kilometers away, so that you can do something about it! This is part of the “construction management” that owners expect from contractors.

Construction project management is a challenge in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Successful project managers demand that their projects meet the contracted scope of work and be completed on schedule and within budget.

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a project planning and control approach that provides cost and schedule performance measurements. It compares actual accomplishment of scheduled work and associated cost against a baseline schedule and budget plan. Its benefits include projections of anticipated project schedules, cost trends, and the ability to take timely corrective actions for undesired variances. EVM is one of the most powerful and productive concepts used in managing today's complex projects in private, commercial, and government environments.

The fundamentals of EVM will be presented in a down-to-earth, basic approach, along with hands-on exercises and examples that will allow participants to apply the concepts.

Participants will:
• Obtain basic knowledge in understanding and using an effective performance management system in managing construction projects effectively
• Detect both positive and negative trends in a timely manner
• Forecast the Projected Final Cost (Estimate at Completion) using several techniques
• Confidently and quickly make project decisions concerning scope, cost, and schedule
• Learn to avoid the project-management pitfalls by identifying and mitigating risks

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work involves planning and progressing the work: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Owners, Consultants, Contractors, and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Canadian Construction Association Gold Seal Certification Program
This course is a CCA Gold Seal Certified Course (1 Credit)

Duration – 1 Day – 7 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time July 16, 2026 @ 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Location: Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter: Perry Educational Services

Cost $350.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Field Scheduling 101

The aim of this course is to provide tools for scheduling at the Site and Crew Level. Project Management and Site Management (Superintendents, General Foremen and Foremen) influence millions of dollars of construction a year. They must ensure that all resources are being used efficiently with minimal waste. Yet often, they receive very little in the way of training on how to plan and schedule field activities.

This one-day workshop covers:
• Planning Principles
• Network Schedules
• Critical Path
• Gantt (Bar) Charts
• Manpower Curves
• Progressing the Work
• Productivity and Performance Factors
• Look-Ahead Schedules
• Daily Work Plans

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work involves planning and scheduling the work: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen, and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Contractors and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Canadian Construction Association Gold Seal Certification Program
This course is a CCA Gold Seal Certified Course (1 Credit)

Duration – 1 Day – 7 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time July 17, 2026 @ 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $190.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: RTFC – Read the Full Contract – A Deep Dive into CCDC-2

80% of the people managing Construction Contracts do not read, do not understand or are not following the Construction Contract in place between the two organizations!

This creates problems for both the Owner and the Contractor, as well as the other participants involved with the project (Consultant, Subcontractors, Sub-Subcontractors, and Suppliers).

The Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) and the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) publish standard contracts and guides for the Construction Industry.

In this workshop the bidding process will be reviewed (Expression of Interest (EOI), Request for Qualifications (RFQ), Request for Proposals (RFP), Contract A, Contract B), the difference between a Letter of Intent and Letter of Award (one of which one is simply an agreement to agree) and the terms and conditions of the CCDC-2 Stipulated Price Construction Contract.

Guides covered on the workshop:
• CCDC-00 – Guide to Use of CCDC Master Specification for Division 00 – Procurement and Contracting Requirements
• CCDC-10 – A Guide to Construction Project Delivery Methods
• CCDC-20 – Guide to the use of CCDC-2 Stipulated Price Contract
• CCDC-23 – Guide to the Call and Awarding of Construction Contracts
• CCDC-21 – Guide to Construction Insurance
• CCDC-22 – Guide to Construction Surety Bonds
• CCDC-24 – Guide to Model Forms
• CCDC-29 – Guide to Prequalification
• CCDC-40 – Rules for Mediation and Arbitration of Construction Industry Disputes
• CCA 53 – A Trade Contractors Guide and Checklist to Construction Contracts

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work is described in construction contracts: Owners, Consultants, Project Managers, Construction Managers, Superintendents, and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop.

Duration – 1/2 Day – 4 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time August 11, 2026 @ 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $190.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Construction Specifications 101

This is an interactive half-day seminar that will cover the fundamentals of interpreting construction specifications. The seminar will deal with the basics of reading and interpreting both the general and technical specifications.

Course Topics
• Recognize the role of the Project Manual in relationship to the bidding documents, construction contract documents, general requirements, and the technical specifications
• Recognize the role of MasterFormat in Construction Specifications
• Recognize the difference between a Prescriptive Specification and a Performance Specifications

Who should attend?

Anyone who is new to using Construction Specifications. This course is for Owners, Contractors, Sub-Contractors, and Suppliers.

Duration – 1/2 Day – 4 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time August 11, 2026 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM MDT

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $190.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Construction Drawings 101

This is an interactive half-day seminar that will cover the fundamentals of interpreting construction drawings. The seminar will deal with the basics of interpreting information from plans, elevations, sections, details, and notes contained in typical drawings.

Course Topics
• List the components of a typical construction drawing set
• Identify typical drawing types, symbols, notes, and scales
• Recognize the common types of drawing sets and explain their differences
• Extrapolate specific information from a drawing set and cross-reference it to the construction specification

Who should attend?

Anyone who is new to using Construction Drawings. This course is for Owners, Contractors, Sub-Contractors, and Suppliers.

Duration – 1/2 Day – 4 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time August 12, 2026 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MDT

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $350.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Field Productivity 101

Contractor success depends heavily on the field production of tradespeople. Lead towards efficiency and start seeing improvements to your bottom line. This seminar will define Field Productivity, discuss the effects of low Field Productivity, and outline approaches to increasing Field Productivity.

This one-day workshop covers:
• Introduction to Field Productivity
• The Contractor’s Role in Improving Productivity
• The Supervisor’s Role in Improving Field Productivity
• Labour Productivity
• Equipment Productivity
• Factors that Impact Productivity
• Quantifying Lost Productivity

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work is described in industry contracts: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen, and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Contractors and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Canadian Construction Association Gold Seal Certification Program
This course is a CCA Gold Seal Certified Course (1 Credit)

Duration – 1 Day – 7 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time August 13, 2026 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MDT

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $350.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Microsoft Project - Basic

This course is intended for any person who is new to or self-taught on MS Project, or has never used it, who would like to learn how to use it as a tool to manage their projects.

Prerequisites
People enrolling in this course should have the following:
• A general understanding of project management concepts
• Basic skills in a Windows operating system
This one-day workshop covers:
• Create a new project plan file and enter project information.
• Manage tasks by organizing tasks and setting task relationships.
• Determine Critical Path, Total Float, and Free Float
• Manage resources for a project, such as Labour
• Finalize a project plan by setting a Baseline
• Track progress using the Tracking Gantt Chart

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work involves planning and scheduling the work: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen, and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Contractors and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Canadian Construction Association Gold Seal Certification Program
This course is a CCA Gold Seal Certified Course (1 Credit)

Duration – 1 Day – 7 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course

Date and Time: August 18, 2026 @ 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MDT

Location: Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter: Perry Educational Services

Cost: $350.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Earned Value Management for Construction

When it comes to cost and schedule on your construction projects, do you know where you’re at and where you’re going? Realizing that you’re aimed at an iceberg when you’re 100 meters away isn’t helpful. It’s so much better if you notice the iceberg when you’re 10 kilometers away, so that you can do something about it! This is part of the “construction management” that owners expect from contractors.

Construction project management is a challenge in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Successful project managers demand that their projects meet the contracted scope of work and be completed on schedule and within budget.

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a project planning and control approach that provides cost and schedule performance measurements. It compares actual accomplishment of scheduled work and associated cost against a baseline schedule and budget plan. Its benefits include projections of anticipated project schedules, cost trends, and the ability to take timely corrective actions for undesired variances. EVM is one of the most powerful and productive concepts used in managing today's complex projects in private, commercial, and government environments.

The fundamentals of EVM will be presented in a down-to-earth, basic approach, along with hands-on exercises and examples that will allow participants to apply the concepts.

Participants will:
• Obtain basic knowledge in understanding and using an effective performance management system in managing construction projects effectively
• Detect both positive and negative trends in a timely manner
• Forecast the Projected Final Cost (Estimate at Completion) using several techniques
• Confidently and quickly make project decisions concerning scope, cost, and schedule
• Learn to avoid the project-management pitfalls by identifying and mitigating risks

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work involves planning and progressing the work: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Owners, Consultants, Contractors, and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Canadian Construction Association Gold Seal Certification Program
This course is a CCA Gold Seal Certified Course (1 Credit)

Duration – 1 Day – 7 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time August 19, 2026 @ 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $350.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Field Scheduling 101

The aim of this course is to provide tools for scheduling at the Site and Crew Level. Project Management and Site Management (Superintendents, General Foremen and Foremen) influence millions of dollars of construction a year. They must ensure that all resources are being used efficiently with minimal waste. Yet often, they receive very little in the way of training on how to plan and schedule field activities.

This one-day workshop covers:
• Planning Principles
• Network Schedules
• Critical Path
• Gantt (Bar) Charts
• Manpower Curves
• Progressing the Work
• Productivity and Performance Factors
• Look-Ahead Schedules
• Daily Work Plans

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work involves planning and scheduling the work: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen, and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Contractors and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Canadian Construction Association Gold Seal Certification Program
This course is a CCA Gold Seal Certified Course (1 Credit)

Duration – 1 Day – 7 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time August 20, 2026 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MDT

Location: Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $350.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Microsoft Excel for Construction

The ability to produce cost estimates efficiently and accurately is a critical step in many construction career paths and a high-demand skill throughout the construction industry. Computer software has become a popular tool for estimating, and Microsoft Excel is the most widely used option. In this one-day course, learn how to produce your estimates more quickly and accurately by harnessing the power of Microsoft Excel.

This one-day workshop covers:
• Use Excel formulas for typical construction estimating tasks
• Create takeoff sheets for use as templates
• Learn handy shortcuts to streamline estimating
• Link information in worksheets and workbooks
• Accurately calculate profit, overhead, markups, and taxes
• Generate graphs to visually display work product
• Use features such as VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP
• Create Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts to quickly analyze and visualize information
• Explore formulas such as COUNTIF and SUMIF

Who should attend?

This course is for anyone who uses (or is considering using) Microsoft Excel for Construction Estimating. Whether you’re a novice or experienced Excel user, you’ll get practice using basic and extended features of Excel for a variety of typical estimating tasks. This course is for Contractors and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Canadian Construction Association Gold Seal Certification Program
This course is a CCA Gold Seal Certified Course (1 Credit)

Duration – 1 Day – 7 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time August 24, 2026 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $190.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Getting Paid and Managing Cash Flow in Construction

Payment in the Construction Industry is a problem. This creates problems for both the Owner and the Contractor, as well as the other participants involved with the project (Consultant, Subcontractors, Sub-Subcontractors, and Suppliers).

The Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) and the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) publish standard contracts and guides for the Construction Industry.

In this half-day workshop the Payment Process in Standard Contracts (CCDC-2 Stipulated Price Contract, CCA-1 Stipulated Price Subcontract, CCA-19 Stipulated Price Sub-Subcontract) will be reviewed along with contract language from non-standard contracts which can delay payment.
It is important to recognize when your client is trying to work language into the contract which delays payment (Pay-if-Paid, Pay-when-Paid, “Notwithstanding” clauses).

Guides covered by the course:
• CCA 28 – A Guide to Improving Cash Flow in the Construction Industry
• CCA 50 – A Prime Contractor’s Guide to Project Financing and Payment Security
• CCA 53 – Trade Contractors Guide and Checklist to Construction Contracts
• CCA Banking Guide for the Canadian Construction Association
• CCDC 12 – Project Financial Information Disclosure Form

Who should attend?

Anyone who is involved with billings and payment: Managers, Project Managers, Project Coordinators, and Project Accountants of all levels will benefit from the workshop.

Duration – 1/2 Day – 4 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time: August 25, 2026, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $190.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: CCA Subcontracts 101

80% of the people managing Construction Contracts do not read, do not understand, or are not following the Construction Contract in place between the two organizations!!! This creates problems for both the Contractor and the Subcontractor (and Sub-Subcontractor).

The Canadian Construction Association publishes standard documents for the Construction Industry. This is a workshop on the various CCA Sub-Contracts with an emphasis on the roles and responsibilities of the Contractor, the Sub-Contractor, and the Sub-Sub Contractor.

• CCA-1 – Stipulated Price Subcontract
• CCA-19 – Stipulated Price Sub-Subcontract
• ACA Form A – Agreement between Contractor and Sub-Contractor
• ACA Form B – Agreement between Sub-Contractor and Sub-Subcontractor
• Guides covered by the course:
• CCA-51 – Guide to Calling Bids and Awarding Subcontracts
• CCA-53 – A Trade Contractors Guide & Checklist to Construction Contracts

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work is described in industry contracts: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Contractors and Sub-Contractors.

Duration – 1/2 Day – 4 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time August 26, 2026, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MDT

Location: Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $350.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: Microsoft Project - Intermediate

This course will provide an in-depth look at the features of MS Project as a project management tool.

Prerequisites
People enrolling in this course should have the following:
• A general understanding of project management concepts
• Basic skills with MS Project
This one-day workshop covers:
• Default Project Calendars (Standard, Night Shift, 24 Hour)
• Modify Project Calendars (6 and 7 day weeks, Statutory Holidays, etc)
• Modify Task Relationships and Lags to allow for buffers and concurrent activity
• Set and Modify the Project Baseline
• Manage resources for a project, such as Labour and explore Resource Leveling options in MS Project
• Generate a Cash Flow Projection based on the MS Project Schedule that can be exported into MS Excel
• Sort, Filter and Group the project information
• Format project views and Gantt Charts
• Set up a Master Program with Sub-Projects (for Construction Managers and Project Managers who are managing multiple projects at the same time)

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work involves planning and scheduling the work: Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, General Foremen, Foremen, and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop. This course is for Contractors and Sub-Contractors in all segments of the Construction Industry.

Canadian Construction Association Gold Seal Certification Program
This course is a CCA Gold Seal Certified Course (1 Credit)

Duration – 1 Day – 7 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time August 27, 2026 @ 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT

Location Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Your Presenter Perry Educational Services

Cost $190.00+GST for LCA Members

Description: RTFC – Read the Full Contract – A Deep Dive into CCDC-2

80% of the people managing Construction Contracts do not read, do not understand or are not following the Construction Contract in place between the two organizations!

This creates problems for both the Owner and the Contractor, as well as the other participants involved with the project (Consultant, Subcontractors, Sub-Subcontractors, and Suppliers).

The Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) and the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) publish standard contracts and guides for the Construction Industry.

In this workshop the bidding process will be reviewed (Expression of Interest (EOI), Request for Qualifications (RFQ), Request for Proposals (RFP), Contract A, Contract B), the difference between a Letter of Intent and Letter of Award (one of which one is simply an agreement to agree) and the terms and conditions of the CCDC-2 Stipulated Price Construction Contract.

Guides covered on the workshop:
• CCDC-00 – Guide to Use of CCDC Master Specification for Division 00 – Procurement and Contracting Requirements
• CCDC-10 – A Guide to Construction Project Delivery Methods
• CCDC-20 – Guide to the use of CCDC-2 Stipulated Price Contract
• CCDC-23 – Guide to the Call and Awarding of Construction Contracts
• CCDC-21 – Guide to Construction Insurance
• CCDC-22 – Guide to Construction Surety Bonds
• CCDC-24 – Guide to Model Forms
• CCDC-29 – Guide to Prequalification
• CCDC-40 – Rules for Mediation and Arbitration of Construction Industry Disputes
• CCA 53 – A Trade Contractors Guide and Checklist to Construction Contracts

Who should attend?

Anyone whose work is described in construction contracts: Owners, Consultants, Project Managers, Construction Managers, Superintendents, and Estimators of all levels will benefit from the workshop.

Duration – 1/2 Day – 4 Hours

Please email admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time: Sept 14 - Oct 5, 2026 - 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm MT (Mondays & Wednesdays)

Location: 6 - Zoom Classes - Virtual Instructor Led Training by OpenCircle, and 5 - self-paced classes.

Cost: $1,199.00

Courses Included:

Effective Communication - This course is for Supervisors, team leaders, and managers aiming to enhance their communication skills to drive team success and organizational achievements.

Workplace Respect - A respectful attitude should be standard in the workplace regardless of personal feelings.

Managing Day to Day Performance - Do you clearly know the role of a supervisor when it comes to performance management? This course will help define that.

Coaching & Mentoring - This course offers valuable insights, strategies, and practical tools to enhance your ability to coach, mentor, and inspire your team.

Negotiating Successfully - Want to learn how to understand the strategies and principles of negotiation? Register for this course!

Promoting Mental Health & Wellbeing in Construction - Do you understand your Human Resource Responsibilities? Do you know how to react and communicate with mental health concerns from your employees?

Scheduling - A well-structured construction schedule enables you to manage resources more efficiently, saving both time and money. Want to know how?

Quality Control - In this course you will learn how to increase productivity through quality control.

Productivity - This course will teach you how to identify key factors that influence productivity so that your project can be of high quality, completed on time and on budget.

Managing Time & Priorities - In this course you will learn how to schedule and budget your time effectively.

A Safety Leader - This course is designed to equip construction supervisors with the leadership skills necessary to foster a strong safety culture on job sites. Participants will learn how to lead by example, effectively communicate safety expectations, engage workers in safe practices, proactively identify and manage job site hazards, and help supervisors move beyond compliance to become proactive safety leaders.

This course is worth 10 Gold Seal Credits.

Please register here.

Date & Time: October 13 & 20, 2026, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: Zoom - Virtual Instructor Led Classes

Cost: $450.00 (OpenCircle Members get 25% off)

Course Description:

This practical, instructor-led course equips foremen with essential leadership skills to advance their careers. Participants will explore the difference between foremen and supervisors, identify key traits of strong leaders, and build capabilities in motivation, communication, conflict resolution, and time management. The course also outlines what supervisors look for in promotable team members empowering foremen to lead with confidence and prepare for the next step in their careers.

Accredited by:

This course has been accredited by the: Canadian Construction Association (CCA), Gold Seal Certification (2 Credits ).  

Outline

Foreman vs Supervisor

• Compare responsibilities, authority, and scope of role.

• Legal and reporting distinctions under Alberta OHS Act.

10 Characteristics of a Strong Foreman

• Blend of leadership, accountability, and technical expertise.

• Some key traits include

• Difficult discussions

The Power of Motivation

• Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivators on the jobsite.

• Applying the right motivators in a given situation.

• Importance of fairness and consistency in motivating teams.

Effective Communication

• The core elements of communication:

• A Foreman's role in communication

Conflict Resolution

• Stop, Talk, and Solve approach to handling conflict.

• Employing various strategies

• Resolving a crew dispute .

Time Management & Productivity

• Challenges: downtime, poor communication, disorganization, weather.

• Strategies: daily planning, delegation, flexibility, documentation.

•  Creating a schedule.

Path to Promotion: What Supervisors Look For

• Reliability, accountability, and safety mindset.

• Leadership, communication, and professionalism.

• Activity - Developing a "Career Development Action Plan".

Key Takeaways & Wrap Up

• Bridging management and crew through leadership and accountability.

• Career growth requires technical skill, emotional intelligence, and professionalism.

•  Personal action plans.

Refund Policy - by OpenCircle

A 50% refund is offered for cancellations within 5 business days from scheduled start date. No refund offered for non-attendance. OpenCircle reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule classes due to unforeseen circumstances including not achieving minimum classroom registration requirements.  Registrants will receive a full refund or be offered enrollment in the next scheduled course.

System Requirements:

Computer or tablet, internet connection, audio and camera. ZOOM link and instructions will be emailed to participants closer to the start date.

Certificate of Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing.

Please register here.

Time & Date: October 28 & 29th, 2026 - 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm (2 - 4 hour online sessions)

Location: Zoom - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Cost: $ 300.00 + GST

Course overview:

Sadly, proper detailed planning is becoming a lost art in the construction industry. This course aims to reverse that trend by providing crew leaders with a strong model that will improve their crews’ (and by extension their companies’) performance. The course focuses on providing a strong foundational knowledge of task planning that can be applied to any work and is equally applicable to the supervisors of crews for trade and general contractors. Using an interactive on-line presentation and practical individual and group exercises, attendees are taken through a back-to-basics approach to work planning.

Coming out of the course, attendees will have built their own work plan, 2-week look ahead schedule and daily crew plan for an example activity. They will also be provided with blank templates they can use to apply the knowledge they’ve gained on their own work activities going forward.

Who should take this course?

Effective Work Planning for Crew Supervisors is designed for crew leaders of all levels of experience and all trades. It also serves as a good back-to-basics refresher for superintendents.

What will you learn?

Attendees will strengthen their skill (and value to their companies) by gaining a strong foundation in practical task planning. Working with hands-on, practical exercises, they work through the various elements needed to put together a complete activity plan for their crew. Course topics include calculating manpower needs, determining the materials and equipment required, building quality and safety into the plan and much more!

By the end of the course, they will be able to:

• Identify the benefits of planning and why we do it

• Understand what planning is, who should do it, what we should plan and when

• Follow the Planning Cycle of Plan, Do, Check, Act

• Know where to gather the information needed to put together a solid plan

• Plan crew task activities including:

• Safety considerations

• Quality controls

• Manpower needs

• Material needs

• Equipment needs

• Working with other trades

• Build a 2 week look ahead schedule

• Create daily crew work plans

• Monitor and correct/ update the plan if it goes off track

• Communicate the plan to others

• Using templates provided, develop their own task plans, 2-week look aheads and daily crew plans

• Gather useful historical information to improve their future planning

Class sizes are limited to 16 attendees.

The course has been accredited by the Canadian Construction Association and counts as 2 Gold Seal education credits.

Women in Construction Incentive

Unfortunately, women are greatly under-represented in construction, to the detriment of the industry. In order to promote and help encourage the development of women into not only the trades but also into supervisory positions, I’m pleased to offer a $25 discount for female attendees.

Please email: admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Time & Date: October 28 & 29th, 2026 - 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm (2 - 4 hour online sessions)

Location: Zoom - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Cost: $ 300.00 + GST

Course overview:

Sadly, proper detailed planning is becoming a lost art in the construction industry. This course aims to reverse that trend by providing crew leaders with a strong model that will improve their crews’ (and by extension their companies’) performance. The course focuses on providing a strong foundational knowledge of task planning that can be applied to any work and is equally applicable to the supervisors of crews for trade and general contractors. Using an interactive on-line presentation and practical individual and group exercises, attendees are taken through a back-to-basics approach to work planning.

Coming out of the course, attendees will have built their own work plan, 2-week look ahead schedule and daily crew plan for an example activity. They will also be provided with blank templates they can use to apply the knowledge they’ve gained on their own work activities going forward.

Who should take this course?

Effective Work Planning for Crew Supervisors is designed for crew leaders of all levels of experience and all trades. It also serves as a good back-to-basics refresher for superintendents.

What will you learn?

Attendees will strengthen their skill (and value to their companies) by gaining a strong foundation in practical task planning. Working with hands-on, practical exercises, they work through the various elements needed to put together a complete activity plan for their crew. Course topics include calculating manpower needs, determining the materials and equipment required, building quality and safety into the plan and much more!

By the end of the course, they will be able to:

• Identify the benefits of planning and why we do it

• Understand what planning is, who should do it, what we should plan and when

• Follow the Planning Cycle of Plan, Do, Check, Act

• Know where to gather the information needed to put together a solid plan

• Plan crew task activities including:

• Safety considerations

• Quality controls

• Manpower needs

• Material needs

• Equipment needs

• Working with other trades

• Build a 2 week look ahead schedule

• Create daily crew work plans

• Monitor and correct/ update the plan if it goes off track

• Communicate the plan to others

• Using templates provided, develop their own task plans, 2-week look aheads and daily crew plans

• Gather useful historical information to improve their future planning

Class sizes are limited to 16 attendees.

The course has been accredited by the Canadian Construction Association and counts as 2 Gold Seal education credits.

Women in Construction Incentive

Unfortunately, women are greatly under-represented in construction, to the detriment of the industry. In order to promote and help encourage the development of women into not only the trades but also into supervisory positions, I’m pleased to offer a $25 discount for female attendees.

Please email: admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Date and Time: Nov 10 - Nov 26, 2026 - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm MT (Tues & Thursdays)

Please note: other times are available on the website click here.

Location: 6 - Zoom Classes - Virtual Instructor Led Training by OpenCircle, and 5 - self-paced classes.

Cost: $1,199.00

Courses Included:

Effective Communication - This course is for Supervisors, team leaders, and managers aiming to enhance their communication skills to drive team success and organizational achievements.

Workplace Respect - A respectful attitude should be standard in the workplace regardless of personal feelings.

Managing Day to Day Performance - Do you clearly know the role of a supervisor when it comes to performance management? This course will help define that.

Coaching & Mentoring - This course offers valuable insights, strategies, and practical tools to enhance your ability to coach, mentor, and inspire your team.

Negotiating Successfully - Want to learn how to understand the strategies and principles of negotiation? Register for this course!

Promoting Mental Health & Wellbeing in Construction - Do you understand your Human Resource Responsibilities? Do you know how to react and communicate with mental health concerns from your employees?

Scheduling - A well-structured construction schedule enables you to manage resources more efficiently, saving both time and money. Want to know how?

Quality Control - In this course you will learn how to increase productivity through quality control.

Productivity - This course will teach you how to identify key factors that influence productivity so that your project can be of high quality, completed on time and on budget.

Managing Time & Priorities - In this course you will learn how to schedule and budget your time effectively.

A Safety Leader - This course is designed to equip construction supervisors with the leadership skills necessary to foster a strong safety culture on job sites. Participants will learn how to lead by example, effectively communicate safety expectations, engage workers in safe practices, proactively identify and manage job site hazards, and help supervisors move beyond compliance to become proactive safety leaders.

10 Gold Seal Credits

Please register here.

Time & Date: February 10th & 11th, 2027 - 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm (2 - 4 hour online sessions)

Location: Zoom - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Cost: $ 300.00 + GST

Course overview:

Sadly, proper detailed planning is becoming a lost art in the construction industry. This course aims to reverse that trend by providing crew leaders with a strong model that will improve their crews’ (and by extension their companies’) performance. The course focuses on providing a strong foundational knowledge of task planning that can be applied to any work and is equally applicable to the supervisors of crews for trade and general contractors. Using an interactive on-line presentation and practical individual and group exercises, attendees are taken through a back-to-basics approach to work planning.

Coming out of the course, attendees will have built their own work plan, 2-week look ahead schedule and daily crew plan for an example activity. They will also be provided with blank templates they can use to apply the knowledge they’ve gained on their own work activities going forward.

Who should take this course?

Effective Work Planning for Crew Supervisors is designed for crew leaders of all levels of experience and all trades. It also serves as a good back-to-basics refresher for superintendents.

What will you learn?

Attendees will strengthen their skill (and value to their companies) by gaining a strong foundation in practical task planning. Working with hands-on, practical exercises, they work through the various elements needed to put together a complete activity plan for their crew. Course topics include calculating manpower needs, determining the materials and equipment required, building quality and safety into the plan and much more!

By the end of the course, they will be able to:

• Identify the benefits of planning and why we do it

• Understand what planning is, who should do it, what we should plan and when

• Follow the Planning Cycle of Plan, Do, Check, Act

• Know where to gather the information needed to put together a solid plan

• Plan crew task activities including:

• Safety considerations

• Quality controls

• Manpower needs

• Material needs

• Equipment needs

• Working with other trades

• Build a 2 week look ahead schedule

• Create daily crew work plans

• Monitor and correct/ update the plan if it goes off track

• Communicate the plan to others

• Using templates provided, develop their own task plans, 2-week look aheads and daily crew plans

• Gather useful historical information to improve their future planning

Class sizes are limited to 16 attendees.

The course has been accredited by the Canadian Construction Association and counts as 2 Gold Seal education credits.

Women in Construction Incentive

Unfortunately, women are greatly under-represented in construction, to the detriment of the industry. In order to promote and help encourage the development of women into not only the trades but also into supervisory positions, I’m pleased to offer a $25 discount for female attendees.

Please email: admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Time & Date: February 10th & 11th , 2027 - 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm (2 - 4 hour online sessions)

Location: Zoom - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Cost: $ 300.00 + GST

Course overview:

Sadly, proper detailed planning is becoming a lost art in the construction industry. This course aims to reverse that trend by providing crew leaders with a strong model that will improve their crews’ (and by extension their companies’) performance. The course focuses on providing a strong foundational knowledge of task planning that can be applied to any work and is equally applicable to the supervisors of crews for trade and general contractors. Using an interactive on-line presentation and practical individual and group exercises, attendees are taken through a back-to-basics approach to work planning.

Coming out of the course, attendees will have built their own work plan, 2-week look ahead schedule and daily crew plan for an example activity. They will also be provided with blank templates they can use to apply the knowledge they’ve gained on their own work activities going forward.

Who should take this course?

Effective Work Planning for Crew Supervisors is designed for crew leaders of all levels of experience and all trades. It also serves as a good back-to-basics refresher for superintendents.

What will you learn?

Attendees will strengthen their skill (and value to their companies) by gaining a strong foundation in practical task planning. Working with hands-on, practical exercises, they work through the various elements needed to put together a complete activity plan for their crew. Course topics include calculating manpower needs, determining the materials and equipment required, building quality and safety into the plan and much more!

By the end of the course, they will be able to:

• Identify the benefits of planning and why we do it

• Understand what planning is, who should do it, what we should plan and when

• Follow the Planning Cycle of Plan, Do, Check, Act

• Know where to gather the information needed to put together a solid plan

• Plan crew task activities including:

• Safety considerations

• Quality controls

• Manpower needs

• Material needs

• Equipment needs

• Working with other trades

• Build a 2 week look ahead schedule

• Create daily crew work plans

• Monitor and correct/ update the plan if it goes off track

• Communicate the plan to others

• Using templates provided, develop their own task plans, 2-week look aheads and daily crew plans

• Gather useful historical information to improve their future planning

Class sizes are limited to 16 attendees.

The course has been accredited by the Canadian Construction Association and counts as 2 Gold Seal education credits.

Women in Construction Incentive

Unfortunately, women are greatly under-represented in construction, to the detriment of the industry. In order to promote and help encourage the development of women into not only the trades but also into supervisory positions, I’m pleased to offer a $25 discount for female attendees.

Please email: admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Time & Date: April 21st & 22nd, 2027 - 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm (2 - 4 hour online sessions)

Location: Zoom - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Cost: $ 300.00 + GST

Course overview:

Sadly, proper detailed planning is becoming a lost art in the construction industry. This course aims to reverse that trend by providing crew leaders with a strong model that will improve their crews’ (and by extension their companies’) performance. The course focuses on providing a strong foundational knowledge of task planning that can be applied to any work and is equally applicable to the supervisors of crews for trade and general contractors. Using an interactive on-line presentation and practical individual and group exercises, attendees are taken through a back-to-basics approach to work planning.

Coming out of the course, attendees will have built their own work plan, 2-week look ahead schedule and daily crew plan for an example activity. They will also be provided with blank templates they can use to apply the knowledge they’ve gained on their own work activities going forward.

Who should take this course?

Effective Work Planning for Crew Supervisors is designed for crew leaders of all levels of experience and all trades. It also serves as a good back-to-basics refresher for superintendents.

What will you learn?

Attendees will strengthen their skill (and value to their companies) by gaining a strong foundation in practical task planning. Working with hands-on, practical exercises, they work through the various elements needed to put together a complete activity plan for their crew. Course topics include calculating manpower needs, determining the materials and equipment required, building quality and safety into the plan and much more!

By the end of the course, they will be able to:

• Identify the benefits of planning and why we do it

• Understand what planning is, who should do it, what we should plan and when

• Follow the Planning Cycle of Plan, Do, Check, Act

• Know where to gather the information needed to put together a solid plan

• Plan crew task activities including:

• Safety considerations

• Quality controls

• Manpower needs

• Material needs

• Equipment needs

• Working with other trades

• Build a 2 week look ahead schedule

• Create daily crew work plans

• Monitor and correct/ update the plan if it goes off track

• Communicate the plan to others

• Using templates provided, develop their own task plans, 2-week look aheads and daily crew plans

• Gather useful historical information to improve their future planning

Class sizes are limited to 16 attendees.

The course has been accredited by the Canadian Construction Association and counts as 2 Gold Seal education credits.

Women in Construction Incentive

Unfortunately, women are greatly under-represented in construction, to the detriment of the industry. In order to promote and help encourage the development of women into not only the trades but also into supervisory positions, I’m pleased to offer a $25 discount for female attendees.

Please email: admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.

Time & Date: April 21st & 22nd , 2027 - 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm (2 - 4 hour online sessions)

Location: Zoom - Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Cost: $ 300.00 + GST

Course overview:

Sadly, proper detailed planning is becoming a lost art in the construction industry. This course aims to reverse that trend by providing crew leaders with a strong model that will improve their crews’ (and by extension their companies’) performance. The course focuses on providing a strong foundational knowledge of task planning that can be applied to any work and is equally applicable to the supervisors of crews for trade and general contractors. Using an interactive on-line presentation and practical individual and group exercises, attendees are taken through a back-to-basics approach to work planning.

Coming out of the course, attendees will have built their own work plan, 2-week look ahead schedule and daily crew plan for an example activity. They will also be provided with blank templates they can use to apply the knowledge they’ve gained on their own work activities going forward.

Who should take this course?

Effective Work Planning for Crew Supervisors is designed for crew leaders of all levels of experience and all trades. It also serves as a good back-to-basics refresher for superintendents.

What will you learn?

Attendees will strengthen their skill (and value to their companies) by gaining a strong foundation in practical task planning. Working with hands-on, practical exercises, they work through the various elements needed to put together a complete activity plan for their crew. Course topics include calculating manpower needs, determining the materials and equipment required, building quality and safety into the plan and much more!

By the end of the course, they will be able to:

• Identify the benefits of planning and why we do it

• Understand what planning is, who should do it, what we should plan and when

• Follow the Planning Cycle of Plan, Do, Check, Act

• Know where to gather the information needed to put together a solid plan

• Plan crew task activities including:

• Safety considerations

• Quality controls

• Manpower needs

• Material needs

• Equipment needs

• Working with other trades

• Build a 2 week look ahead schedule

• Create daily crew work plans

• Monitor and correct/ update the plan if it goes off track

• Communicate the plan to others

• Using templates provided, develop their own task plans, 2-week look aheads and daily crew plans

• Gather useful historical information to improve their future planning

Class sizes are limited to 16 attendees.

The course has been accredited by the Canadian Construction Association and counts as 2 Gold Seal education credits.

Women in Construction Incentive

Unfortunately, women are greatly under-represented in construction, to the detriment of the industry. In order to promote and help encourage the development of women into not only the trades but also into supervisory positions, I’m pleased to offer a $25 discount for female attendees.

Please email: admin@lethconst.ca to register for this course.