Do You Train Your Team to Think or Just Work?
Every Monday, we hold a short training session with our team. We train on communication. leadership. & mindset. The reason being most tradespeople aren’t struggling because they can’t do the work. They’re struggling because they were never taught how to: Speak with clarity Handle conflict Lead a crew Represent the business professionally These tend to be the issues I see bottling up, either from our exit interviews or customer feed back or when things are misunderstood. Thats why I'm curious: Do you train soft skills with your crew?Upsides and downsides of hiring a summer helper?
I am thinking about hiring someone to help me in the busy season and the idea of a high school kid as a summer job sounds like a promising idea. I wouldn't have to pay them a crazy salary, they are like sponges with information and they are typically more physically full of energy. I wouldn't be able to send them on their own, but they could help me get a few more jobs done in a day. I am wondering if anyone has tried this and what would be the pros and cons of doing it?Poll: Safety Training
Hey everyone! I've been in construction as an employee for 15 years, been doing small home repairs and renovations as side jobs for about a decade. I'm also an authorized OSHA construction industry outreach trainer, and teach NYCDOB Site Safety Training courses through a local partnership and I'm currently developing a new approach to safety training specifically geared towards the Jobber-type market. My question to all the Jobbers out here is, aside from actual job skills training, do you participate in safety training? Yes, I am (and any employees are) Safety trained I took an OSHA or similar class a long time ago I'd love to but it's too expensive and time-consuming Safety Training, what's that? For those who don't, what's the main reasoning behind skipping out on safety training? I'm interested but it's too expensive and time-consuming I've been doing this forever and I'm pretty safe anyway I don't have enough employees to "have to" do it, so I don't For those that do have safety training, how do you feel about it and why? very important! only did it to lower my insurance cost only did it because customers ask about it/like to know I have it useless I'd love to hear what the Jobber community has to say about it! Sincerely, Melissa Melissa Purdy Owner/Operator Safety City LLC mailto:[email protected] http://www.SafetyCityLLC.com
