From Name: From Email: To Name: To Email: Optional Message: It's Hiring Season — GBA Offers Training Material from GBA From May 23: Spring has arrived and most GBA Member-Firms are adding interns and seasonal employees to address the increase in field work that comes with warmer, drier weather. GBA can help you to train new (and long-term) employees to work safely, manage your risk, and represent your firm professionally. Fundamentals of Field Representation — Audio on Demand GBA audio training programs are easy to download and entertain while they educate. Topics cover a range of issues common in professional practice. GBA audio education programs available as MP3s can be downloaded to mobile devices, enabling employees to listen to them at a time and place that's convenient for them. Topics include: Field Representative and the Law The Duty of Care Effective Reporting Personal Diplomacy Safety Briefing and Being Briefed DOWNLOAD HERE Construction Materials Engineering and Testing (CoMET) — Online Training Documents GBA's CoMET Business Council has compiled a series of videos and reference material to train or retrain field and laboratory professionals to complete a variety of standard testing procedures. The library includes references from ACI, ASTM, and APNGA. Topics Include: How to perform a slump test How to test concrete temperature Basics of Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens Nuclear Gauge Basics Calibrating a Pressure Meter ACCESS TRAINING DOCUMENTS HERE The Field Representative's Reference Guide Construction materials engineering and testing (CoMET) field representative, are an extension of your professional staff; so much so, that professional staff is personally responsible — and liable — for everything they say and do on site. That's why your field representatives need to have a crystal-clear understanding of their role on each site and the impact their actions can have. GBA's Field Representative's Guide can help. Use it in training or as a quick reference so your staff can better deal with some of the many "nontechnical" challenges they confront every day. Keep it handy and use it on a regular basis. DOWNLOAD HERE more 7701 Las Colinas Blvd., Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063