Project Management for the Industrial Painting Contractor
 Level: Intermediate
2 days/16 hours. Includes Multi-Part Written Exam
Cost: Member $595, Non-Member $795
Credits: 1.5 CEU’s
Written Exam Retake Fee - $100
Contact Dee Boyle to schedule
412.281.2331, Ext 2202 • boyle@sspc.org
1st offering in Pittsburgh Nov 17-18, 2008
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Course Description
The objective of this course is to provide office-based project managers in industrial painting contracting firms with valuable management tools, tips, and techniques that can be used every day to help participants better manage their
projects in ways that increase business profits. Topics include contracts, employee relations, safety, economics,
and other issues that have legal and financial implications, plus hands-on exercises in navigating complex
challenges with bid formats, project coordination on the job-site, and risk planning. It is not the intent of the
course to provide legal or financial advice, or a “set format” for running a business, but attendees will learn
skills to help jobs run more smoothly and profitably in the future.
Course Content
Module 1: Introduction to Project Management
- What is Project Management?
- Definition of a Project
- Role of the Project Manager in Industrial Painting
Module 2: Initiating a Project
- Project Lifecycle
- Where do Projects Come From?
- Bidding Pitfalls
Module 3: Project Planning
- Schedule
- Contract Checklist
- Resources
- Communications
- Risk Mitigation
- Quality
- Customer Acceptance
Module 4: Project Execution
- Establishing the Project Team
- Communicating Project Parameters
- Employee Relations
- Cost Tracking
- Risk Management
- Project Acceptance and Close-out
Benefits of Attending
After attending this course, you will be able to:
- Explain the properties of a project
- Differentiate between a project and a process
- Define the project lifecycle
- Define the concept of project management
- Recognize the project manager’s role in the industrial
painting industry
- Recognize various sources of business
- Discuss the value of customer service
- Recognize important elements of bid documents
- Define different bid/contract formats
- Apply historical cost and resource considerations
to the bidding process
- Identify the interaction among scope, time, and cost
- Develop a project plan
- Develop a basic project schedule
- Identify & assess risks
- Determine the impact of working safely
- Assemble an effective project team
- Communicate project parameters effectively
- Manage project employee relations
- Assess and manage project risks
- Effectively close out a project
Course Format
Students and instructor discuss of all aspects of successful project management from identifying potential jobs and navigating the bidding process through planning, execution, and acceptance and close-out. This is supplemented by workshops that sample key issues project managers face every day. The afternoon of Day 2 is devoted to a multi-part exam in which participants demonstrate what they’ve learned in the classroom by resolving a “real-world” project management scenario.
Who Should Attend
Industrial and commercial painting contractor project managers, quality managers, and contractor supervisory level personnel with prior exposure to contract management and project planning. |
