ECAA PEC Training Courses in March: Basic Electrical Estimating and Estimating & Finalizing the Tender

EIN ECAA PEC 400

March 5, 2020

SAFETY PRINCIPLES

Instructors: Barry Lawrence

Thursday, March 12th & Friday, March 13th, 2020

Alberta Roofing Contractors Association

2380 Pegasus Road NE, Calgary, AB T2E 8G8

Legislation recognizes a PEC (Professional Electrical Contractor) as an “Employer”. This course lays the groundwork to develop a successful safety program, and mitigate additional employer risk. We’ll learn to identify common gaps found in safety systems, simple ways to interpret legislation, and many other valuable tools including: OH&S Obligations (Employer & Worker); Employee Competency; WCB Expectations; Claims Management Strategies; CSA Z463 & Z462.

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BASIC ELECTRICAL ESTIMATING (BEE)

Instructor: Jeff Light, PEC

Thursday, March 19th & Friday, March 20th, 2020

Alberta Roofing Contractors Association

2380 Pegasus Road NE, Calgary, AB T2E 8G8

For small contractors who are not ready to make the investment in a computerized estimating system.

Designed to teach new contractors the fundamentals of preparing an electrical estimate using the Elemental Format hands-on. The course will address material take-off, pricing of materials, labouring of materials using the NECA Manual of Labour Units, labour costs, special overheads, general overheads and profit/contingencies.

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ESTIMATING & FINALIZING THE TENDER

Instructor: Chris Reinert, PEC

Thursday, March 26th, Friday, March 27th & Saturday, March 28th, 2020

ECAA Provincial Office

17725 103 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5S 1N8

This 3-day course will cover types of estimates, organizing the estimate, labor units, computer estimating and finalizing the tender. Goals of this course include how to do an estimate using a set of drawings and specs applying take off terms and procedures to finalize and submit tender documents and develop an estimate in a format that can be used as a Project Management tool.

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Go HERE for more information on ECAA’s Professional Electrical Contractor Program

Go HERE for the PEC Schedule and Registration form

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