Luke tells us about managing poor work ethics, training people with skills from other countries, earned patience, and the difference between a bricklayer and a mason. We discuss keeping tools from relatives, nicknames of the trades and what the hardest trade is on this episode of The Construction Life Podcast.
Find Transform Masonry Group Inc at TMasonG.com and @TransformMasonryGroup. Reach out at Luke.TMG@hotmail.com.
Rules, compliance, regulations - these are all super critical things! We use tools that require high safety standards, we have to meet compliance and regulations at all times - not just for governmental issues, but actually if we don’t - we’re risking our own employees. Every tool requires a different kind of training and understanding of how to operate it safely, every rule needs to be fully understood, who’s qualified to do certain jobs and who’s not, hazard reports - all these are important things we managers must take care of to keep safety high at all times!! Now, getting it done is way harder than talking about it, but luckily there is a platform I’ve found that can help out with everything I just mentioned!
A great software called Connecteam - which has training and quizzes that you can build in any way you’d like to make sure your employees always know how to handle certain tools, you can see who’s done a certain course of quiz, who didn’t complete it and can’t work with a certain tool until they do. You also have the ability for an update if there’s a new regulation you need everybody to be aware of ASAP - and also an easy overview screen to see who saw it. Plus, their schedule allows you to add limitations for certain jobs, so if one of your employees is not qualified to do a certain job, the system will automatically notify you about it. The platform offers a lot more - such as easy access to playbooks, or hazard reports - just check them out for yourself. Connecteam has a free plan and a 14 day free trial, try them today by checking out the link in the show notes.
Check out Connecteam at www.connecteam.com
@connecteamapp on Instagram. www.connecteam.com/pricing
and try out their free plan for companies with 10 employees or less.
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#455 Trees are not constructions enemy & Ivan Fredette of Safe Tree educates us and clients – Truth about Trees
#454 Full-service designs and renovations with Marco Manazzone and Sonya Gilmour of Zzone Homes Inc.
#453 Labour Shortage & what Alex Thibault of Alt Labour Solutions has come up with to keep trades working
#452 Renovate your home with passion and let social media come along for the ride with @JoshAllen_Builds
#451 A 17-year-old with a crew of 9, Charlie Kerrigan of V.I.L Landscaping joins us and share his business
#450 One-stop shop construction with Scott, Sarra, Kelsey and Patrick of CCS Engineering and Construction
#449 From immigrant site super to owning the company, Zeki Mert of Van Horne Construction Limited shares his story
#448 Building for clients and dealing with regulations in cottage country with Jesse and Brendan of Northmen Builders
#447 TCL Roundtable! Tile setters talking training new trades, dealing with materials and trends, and the tiling standards
#446 Building condos in Toronto the right way with Stuart Wilson of Alterra
#445 Jim Caruk joins us on our first episode of In With The Old to talk about connecting with clients
#444 Rob Johnston of iGUIDE, Carl and Patrick of CCS talk about saving time on documentation & measurements
#443 Charlie Fitzgibbon of Edinburgh Construction joins us to talk about Scottish building
#442 Welcome to another TNT show with Jonathan. This time we're talking about ego in construction
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