Weekly Toolbox Talk: Employee Handbook Part I
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Corporate Craft Training Specialist
A construction craft professional was just assigned his first supervisor position as the jobsite foreman. Things went relatively well while the crew was small. As other crafts ramped up, it was necessary for his crew to increase in numbers to keep the job schedule on track. As he was accustomed to working with an experienced crew, he didn’t know his new hires for the jobsite would be less experienced and more entry-level.
Weekly Toolbox Talk: War on Falls - How to Report an Accident
How long you work for us is based on how you safely perform your job and meet the production expectations of your supervisor.
Building a Sustainable Craft Workforce for Your Company
In my role as Executive Director of Construction Career Collaborative (C3), I make many presentations each year to building owners, general contractors, specialty contractors, design professionals and industry trade groups as I evangelize the important work we do. Nearly everyone with whom I meet recognizes that C3’s mission of achieving a safe, skilled and sustainable craft workforce is critically important to the health of all companies engaged in the construction process and to the broader economy.
Weekly Toolbox Talk: Hazard Analysis - Working Around Sprinklers or Electrical Areas
In Houston, ABC National President Mike Bellaman Encourages Craft Professionals to Author Their Own Future
Craft professionals in construction have the “gift of choice” and the chance to be the author of their own future. That was the main message from Mike Bellaman, President and CEO of the Associated Builders and Contractors, as he spoke to students graduating from the Workforce Development Program at MAREK this year.
Weekly Toolbox Talk: Powder-Actuated Tool Safety
Powder actuated fastening tools have many things in common with sporting rifles and pistols. All use a load to fire a projectile and all are commonly referred to as “guns.”
Weekly Toolbox Talk: Heat Stress
We Can: A Camp For Women Entering Construction
I have always been a no-nonsense girl and have rarely taken ‘no’ for an answer in my career. The idea of not being allowed to do something simply because I am a woman is difficult for me to tolerate. But this has been a reality for women in the workplace for generations. Although much has been done to create a more equal career opportunity for women, hiring practices, bias and lack of applicants continue to plague many industries.
Rational Middle Immigration Documentary Filmmakers Unveil Season One Finale
The filmmakers at The Rational Middle this week put a bow on the first season of their immigration documentary series, calling it a “holistic view” of the issue they hope will “inform the public, shape sensible policy solutions and create a deeper understanding of this important challenge.”
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