Construction Business Management | LIVE, ONLINE Training

Are your Business Management skills up to scratch? Build valuable skills in finance, marketing, and personnel management, as well as learn how to improve your business and management systems! This course will give you the tools you need to apply strategic planning in your own workplace and become a more efficient and effective business leader.

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

• Understand the strategic planning process and how to implement it within their context
• Understand the importance of a business plan and how to prepare one
• Understand the participants within the construction industry – their roles, responsibilities, and limitations
• Understand the benefits of a participatory management culture
• Formulate a marketing plan and understand the marketing mix
• Develop a human resource management plan
• Understand the employment cycle/process
• Develop an employee performance evaluation system
• Increase staff morale and engagement
• Understand operational planning for construction companies
• Formulate a financial plan, budgets, ratios, and break-even analysis
• Understand the importance of financial internal controls
• Develop benchmarks and key performance indicators
• Understand bonding and insurance for construction companies
• Use risk management tools to identify risk and how to mitigate risk

This course is designed for business owners; managers or administrators in areas of finance, personnel management, marketing, and/or business operations; new, developing, and aspiring managers and supervisors; current managers and supervisors who want to improve their business skills

Live, Online, Instructor-led training. This is a webinar/lecture-style workshop with a class size up to 25 students.

• This course is facilitated by the instructor on the Zoom platform. Access information from the instructor will be provided to you in advance of the training.
• You will be expected to have your webcam on during the class and participate in group discussions and other activities with your instructor and classmates during the course.

This course is delivered in partnership with local construction associations. You will be participating with a cohort of industry peers from across Canada.

This course requires full face-to-face interaction and participation from both the instructor and students. In order to attend, you’ll must make sure you have the following:

• Computer or laptop with webcam (webcams are mandatory): This course will involve 100% on-screen interaction with your instructor and classmates, reading/viewing on-screen content like slides or videos, and interacting via typing with questions or responses. For this reason, you must have a webcam and use a full computer/laptop, and we do not permit students to attend using a tablet or cell phone.
• A quiet space with minimal distractions: Please plan to be fully engaged in the class, and clear your work schedule just as you would for attendance in an in-class program.

Optional Assignment (for additional Gold Seal credit): 

An optional assignment will be available to complete after the in-class course for students seeking additional Gold Seal credits. This online component is administrated by the instructor and will be provided and explained to students by the instructor in-class. It will be based on the in-class material and may include some research, reading, and answering questions (7-8 hours) that will be marked by the instructor.

VICA’s courses do not require a prerequisite and are offered as professional/continuing development for working construction management professionals in the ICI construction sector (Institutional, Commercial, Industrial).

Gold Seal Credits: 2 Gold Seal credits awarded for attendance only; 5 credits awarded for both attendance and acceptable completion of additional assignment.