Supervisory Training Program

Supervisory Training Program (STP) training is held at

Cost per attendee, includes all class room materials, breakfast, lunch, coffee/soda breaks.

STP Participants

Designed for early-career construction supervisors and those looking to move into such a role, STP contains 10 units of topices relevant to superintendents and two overview units geared toward building or heavy/highway construction supervisors. Each unit in this program is designed for 25 hours of instruction. STP has been training the construction industry for more than 30 years and has has been the professional development of choice for more than 130,000 supervisors.

STP Overview

The STP curriculum creates an unmatched learning experience for participants. Every STP course is activity-based, with discussions, case histories, problems and exercises. Participants in STP courses draw upon their field experience and learn by interaction with others from all areas of the construction industry.

Each unit is divided into ten sessions, each with 2.5 hours of instruction. The structure of the program allows for flexibility so that courses can be taught in several different formats to meet the needs of today’s working professional. Courses do not have to be taken in numerical order.

Certification

Upon successful completion of each individual STP course, participants will receive a course certificate. Course participants who complete STP Units 1-10, can submit an STP Completion Certificate Application to AGC of America in order to receive the AGC STP Certificate of Completion. The two overview courses do not count toward the certificate. Courses do not have to be taken in numerical order

Unit 1: Leadership and Motivation (6th Edition)

This course will describe the value of effective supervision of workers and improve the construction supervisor’s ability to lead and motivate others.

Dollars and sense of people in construction
The role of the construction supervisor
Helping people perform better
Motivating others
Leading others
You get what you expect
Positive feedback
Training and orienting crew members
Teams and team building
Leadership skills in action

Unit 2: Oral and Written Communication (5th Edition)

This course presents a body of knowledge and skills that today’s construction supervisors need in order to be effective communicators on their job site.

Effective communication
Supervisors as effective communicators
Learn to listen
Carrying on conversations
Persuasion, negotiation, and confrontation
Communicate with your crew
Put it in writing
Meetings that work
Electronic communication
Improving communication

Unit 3: Problem Solving and Decision Making

This course will help construction supervisors identify problems and how they occur and learn effective problem-solving techniques. Supervisors will learn how to use the decision making process and acquire skills that will enable them to immediately function more effectively.

Problems in the construction industry
Establishing a problem solving environment
Human performance problems
The problem identification process
The decision making process
Labor costs and subcontractors
Effective production planning
Production process improvement
Project-wide applications
Risk, emergencies and crisis situations

Unit 4: Contract Documents and Construction Law

This course will provide information about contract documents and construction law to help supervisors recognize the roles and responsibilities of all contracted parties, to develop an understanding of how contract documents can be helpful to solve problems and resolve conflicts, and to develop positive relationships between all parties in the construction process.

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

Unit 5: Planning and Scheduling

This course will help construction supervisors understand ways in which planning and scheduling saves time and money, while increasing quality in the construction process.

Introduction to planning and scheduling
Preparing the project plan
Communicating the plan
The critical path
Computer use in scheduling – part 1
Computer use in scheduling – part 2
Using the schedule on the jobsite
Updating the construction schedule
The schedule as documentation
Using planning and scheduling

Unit 6: Understanding and Managing Project Costs

This course covers understanding how project estimates are compiled, how to compare actual project costs with those estimated and how to control costs to meet the estimate.

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
Working with subcontractors
Loss prevention
Cost control strategies
Post-project evaluation

Unit 7: Accident Prevention and Loss Control

This course will cover the roles and responsibilities of a construction supervisor in accident prevention and loss control.

Introduction to site safety and health management
Safety leadership, communication and expectations
Planning for site safety
Site safety management
Site security and protection
Multi-employer jobsite safety
Construction risk management
Safety and human resources
Regulatory procedures, record keeping and documents
Reference material and advisory resources

Unit 8: Managing the Project The Supervisor's Role

This course is intended to assist supervisors in understanding the relationship between the roles and responsibilities of project managers and project supervisors.

Understanding project delivery systems
Managing information
Understanding and managing risk
Planning the work
Working the plan
Managing methods and materials
Understanding finances
Working with project partners
Understanding people
Understanding corporate polices/procedures

Unit 9: Productivity Improvement

This course details how productivity is measured, how the supervisor plays a major role in increasing jobsite productivity and how a small increase in productivity can have a significant impact on the time and cost of a project.

Benchmarking construction productivity
Improving productivity through pre-planning
“MORE” – Four new skills for effective supervision
Personnel management
Equipment management for productivity improvement
Jobsite productivity, planning and scheduling
Managing subcontractors
Quantifying lost labor productivity
Record keeping, control, changes, and defect analysis

Unit 10: General and Specialty Contractor Dynamics

This course examines the role construction supervisors play in managing the relationship between general and specialty contractors and how they function together to achieve project goals and success.

Construction systems
Contractual relationships
Value, impact and quality of specialty contractors
Selecting a specialty contractor
Importance of open communication
Plans and specifications
Mobilization
Time management
Productivity
Project closeout

Unit CS: Construction Supervisor Overview

This course is an overview of STP Units 1-10 focused on building construction for new supervisors or those wishing to become supervisors.

Leadership
Motivation
Communication
Problem solving – the problem-identification process
Problem solving – the decision-making process
Cost awareness
Planning and organizing
Production control
Accident prevention and loss control
Project documents

Unit HH: Heavy/Highway Construction Supervisor Overview

This course is an overview course focused on heavy/highway construction for new supervisors or those wishing to become supervisors.

Attributes of a heavy/highway construction supervisor
Company responsibilities
Accident prevention and loss control
Effective communication
Problem solving and decision making
Project planning and scheduling
Productivity improvement
Cost awareness
Contract documents
Construction supervisor reflections