MIOSHA: The Supervisor's Role in Safety & Health

Managers, employees and business owners concerned with safety will benefit from this special seminar designed for both General Industry and Construction personnel. Whether you are in first line supervision, a safety and health committee member or management, this class will help you with employee safety and health training, accident investigation, hazard recognition, and self-inspection techniques. Learn important methods to integrate health and safety into your daily duties and responsibilities. Using MIOSHA General Industry and Construction standards and required written programs as a baseline, recognize ways to improve your safety and health hazard recognition skills.

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Permaculture: An Introduction Sustainable Community Solutions

Permaculture is a design methodology for making the sustainable transition to an energy and resource conscious future. Permaculture design goes beyond "green" concepts by utilizing an integrated, umbrella approach to community design decisions. It seeks to create environmentally and economically viable communities by focusing on energy, economic, agricultural and transportation challenges and ways to transition to sustainably designed systems. Learn the fundamental concepts of permaculture design. Examine energy, food, water and waste strategies and how these relate to the larger community. Gain hands-on tools you need to begin considering the concepts of permaculture design in all that you do and in your community.

Residential Building: Contracts, Liability & Risk Management Prelicensure Class

Learn the basics of contractual law and how well-written contracts can help you minimize liability and manage your projects more effectively. Examine different types of contracts and explore specific clauses and language, including mandatory and optional provisions, that might be included. Explore trends in construction liability and strategies to limit or minimize your exposure through attention to risk management fundamentals.

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Residential Building: Design & Building Science Prelicensure Class

Examine physical phenomena that affect residential building design, including structural forces, material properties, atmospheric influences, and human factors. In each area, explore the background principles and the implications for building design. Learn how to better predict building performance and prevent building failure as you apply these principles in day-to-day residential design and construction.

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Residential Building: Marketing & Sales Prelicensure Class

Having an excellent sales track record is vital to growing a construction business. Explore marketing principles that can help you achieve more effective results by creating and implementing a marketing plan. Examine ways to analyze the market, utilize your resources, and draw customers. Learn about techniques to help close the deal, satisfy customer expectations, and track sales results. Understand the value of a professional business image and how it contributes to success and satisfaction.

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Residential Building: Michigan Residential Code Fundamentals Prelicensure Class

Codes can be confusing even to construction veterans, and builders need to stay up to date with the ever-changing rules and regulations. Examine the requirements of the Michigan Residential Code in this class designed especially for the construction community. Learn about both administrative and construction-specific provisions. Gain a broad overview of the entire code and learn how it's structured, as well as where to look when a code question arises. Learn about both structural and non-structural provisions in a systematic examination that uses the International Code Council Residential Plan Review checklist as a guide.

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Residential Building: MIOSHA Construction Safety Standards Prelicensure Class

This class looks at how the regulations of the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Act apply to residential contractors. Some of the topics covered include the responsibilities of employers, the typical dangers present on a residential construction site, fall protection measures, and trench and excavation safety.

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Residential Building: Project Management & Scheduling Prelicensure Class

A well-managed project can make all the difference between customer conflict and customer satisfaction, and can have a dramatic effect on profit and loss. Examine all facets of construction management, focusing on activities needed to effectively manage a project from start to finish. See how planning, scheduling, and jobsite control contribute to an effectively managed project. Explore the roles that cost estimating, quality control, personnel management, and attention to safety have in supporting the overall project management effort.

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Universal Design & Your Home Interior Design Principles for All Ages Including Aging-In-Place Strategies

Universal design refers to the concept of producing buildings, interior spaces and products that are well designed, comfortable, and safe for persons of all ages including persons with or without disabilities. As the population ages and medical science helps people at every age survive longer, there is a growing interest in environments that are designed for accommodation of a wide variety of people, blended into a harmonious and aesthetically pleasing design. Learn the basics of creating a home that can easily function for persons whose desire is to stay where they are as they grow older (aging-in-place) as well as those who are just seeking a comfortable, well-designed and safe environment that will function well over the years. Examine various styles of interior design; learn how to organize your project step by step, establish a project budget, the influence of color, materials and finishes and how to make scale drawings of your home for hands-on design activities.

Please bring a floor plan of your house if you have one. If you do not have one, information on making a scale drawing of your home will be presented during these sessions so that you can create accurate plans for your projects.

Woodworking 1 Everything You Need for Woodworking

Acquaint yourself with basic woodworking concepts, techniques, and practices. Get an introduction to planning, design, materials, common hand and power tools, and safety. The first three classes cover processing rough stock wood to finish dimensions and assembling glued panels. After that students begin work on their own projects.

You must supply safety glasses, a 12'-25' tape measure, and wood for your project. Hearing protection is provided. Section 1- which meets from January 21 through March 10 — does not meet Saturday March 3, 2012.