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.