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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.
The 6 STP units account for a total of 120 hours of in class instruction. Each unit is divided into multiple sessions. 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. Options include
• 5 sessions can be offered once a week, spread over 10 weeks
• 5 sessions can be offered twice a week, spread over five week
• Two to three consecutive days presented in a concentrated format
Unit 1: Leadership and Motivation (2015 Edition) - Instructor Guide Participants Manual
This course will describe the value of effective supervision of workers and improve the construction supervisor’s ability to lead and motivate others.
- The dollars and sense of people in construction
- The role of the construction supervisor
- Helping people perform better
- Motivating and leading others
- Positive feedback
- Training and orienting crew members
- Teams and team building
- Leadership skills in action
Unit 2: Oral and Written Communication (2015 Edition) Instructors Guide Participants Manual
Unit 2 | Oral and Written Communication (2015 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
- Learning to listen
- Carrying on conversations
- Persuasion, negotiation, and confrontation
- Communicating with your crew
- Putting it in writing
- Meetings that work
- Electronic communication
- Improving communication
Unit 3: Planning and Scheduling (2015 Edition) Instructors Guide Participants Manual
This course will help construction supervisors understand ways in which planning and scheduling saves time and money, while increasing quality in the construction process.
- Preparing the project plan
- Communicating the plan
- The critical path
- Computer use in scheduling
- Using the schedule on the jobsite
- Updating the construction schedule
- The schedule as documentation
- Using planning and scheduling
Unit 4: Contract Documents (2015 Edition) Instructor Guide Participants Manual
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: Improving Productivity and Managing Project Costs (2015 Edition) Instructor Guide Participants Manual
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. This course also 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.
- Construction estimates
- Who controls project costs
- Reporting and analyzing actual costs
- Planning for cost control
- Cost control strategies
- Labor cost variances
- Working with project partners
- Managing risk and loss potentials
- Cost control strategies
- Post-project evaluations
- Benchmarking construction productivity
- Improving productivity through pre-planning
- New skills for effective supervision
- Personnel management
- Equipment management for productivity improvement
- Jobsite productivity, planning and scheduling
- Quantifying lost labor productivity
- Record keeping, control, changes, and defect analysis
Unit 6: Risk Management and Problem Solving (2015 Edition)
This course will cover the roles and responsibilities of a construction supervisor in accident prevention and loss control.
- 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
Construction Supervisor Overview Unit (7th Edition)
This course is an overview course focused on building construction for new supervisors or those wishing to become supervisors.
This unit explores:
- Attributes of a 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
Heavy/Highway Construction Supervisor Overview Unit (3rd Edition)
This course is an overview course focused on heavy/highway construction for new supervisors or those wishing to become supervisors.
This unit explores:
- 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