SCTP FAQ FOR CONTACTORS
Why should my company participate in this training course?
Do I have to be a union contractor to participate in the SCTP?
Who selects the superintendent trainee and mentor?
How do I choose a good superintendent candidate to enter the program?
Who in my company would make a good mentor?
Where and when are training sessions held?
What will it cost me?
What are a company's responsibilities for a mentor's travel and wages?
Why are mentors needed?
How is the OJT program structured?
Who provides the on-site program instructions?
How do I know what my trainee is learning is what I need for my company?
Q: Why should my company participate in this training course?
A: The CITF's Superintendent Career Training Program (SCTP) is unique from other available programs. You select individuals from your company exhibiting potential for advancement and offer them this opportunity. Along with classroom exposure to technical and management principles required for successful field supervision, the program offers on-the-job training for your candidate under the guidance of a mentor in a customizable and flexible format
Q: Do I have to be a union contractor to participate in the SCTP?
A: Yes.
Q: Who selects to superintendent trainee and mentor?
A: The sponsoring contractor selects both the superintendent trainee and the mentor. Trainees must be members in good standing of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.
Q: How do I choose a good superintendent candidate to enter the program?
A: Look for someone who is a good craftsman with knowledge of the different work processes used in the construction industry. The candidate should have good communication skills, display leadership qualities, and should have the temperament conducive to learning new concepts. Computer skills are needed, but can be taught via specific software training. More importantly, your candidate should have good interpersonal skills, since successful superintendents thrive by creating excellent working relationship. Also, management skills are a definite plus, as well the ability to visualize or mentally formulate work processes before they are implemented.
Q: Who in my company would make a good mentor?
A: Anyone who is experienced as a superintendent or project manager qualifies as a mentor. Good communication skills and a willingness to be a mentor are necessary for success.
Q: Where and when are training sessions held?
A: The SCT Program includes four programs with four tracks starting during a calendar year. Track A begins in February, track B in May, track C in July and track D in October. Courses are held at the Carpenter's International Training Center in Las Vegas, from Thursday morning through Saturday afternoon. The superintendent trainees attend four three-day programs at the International Training Center over 18 months. The Mentors attend a Friday and Saturday workshop, scheduled during the same time as their trainee's first program (Program 1).
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Q: What will it cost me?
A: The contractor pays for wages for his employees while they attend the training session. Participants stay at the INternational Training Center. The Carpenters International Training Fund (CITF) pays for airfare, rooms, meals, registration fees and associated class costs during trainee's participation in Programs 1 thru 4 and the mentor for the mentor session.
Q: What are a company's responsibilities for a mentor's travel and wages?
A: It's important that the contractor support the mentor as he coordinates SCT activities, provides structured on-the-job-training experiences, and advocates the mentoring one-on-one sessions with the participant. The Carpenters International Training Fund (CITF) pays for airfare, rooms, meals, registration fees and associated class costs during mentor's participation in one-time Mentor Training sessions.
Q: Why are mentors needed?
A: The mentor and superintendent trainee meet on the jobsite once each month through the 18-month duration of the SCT program for one-on-one interaction, discussion, and instruction on a selected topic focused on the company's specific approach, strategy, policies and procedures. Through the 18-month duration of the program, the Mentor plans, coordinates, and assures that the Trainee gets meaningful experience in the selected areas. This is the contractor's opportunity to transfer knowledge of the company's policies and standard operational procedures to the new superintendent.
Q: How is the OJT (On-the-job training) program structured?
A: The mentor and superintendent-in-training select a minimum of 30 specific on-the-job-training experiences that are determined to best fit the needs of the company and the trainee. These OJT experiences are completed during the 18-month program.
Q: Who provides the on-site program instruction?
A: The SCT faculty is from collegiate construction education programs including Auburn University, Northern Arizona University, California Polytechnic State University, THe University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University and other universities. All have extensive work experience and expertise as superintendents in the construction industry.
Q: How do I know that what my trainee is learning is what I need for my company?
A: Mentors and trainees are responsible for building on the basic knowledge provided in the four, three-day programs at the CITC. Customization to your specific company is accomplished through the on-the-job training and mentoring experiences selected by your mentor and superintendent-in-training.
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