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July 2019
Developing Your Skilled Labor & Leaders: Growing Your Own!
Implement Intentional Processes for Effective Talent Development! This course will provide an overview of the theory and mechanics of creating a development strategy for your workforce.
Find out more »Executive Leader Peer Group (CEO / Owners / Executive Leadership)
Exclusively for Executive Leadership in ABC Member Contracting Firms: ABC's Executive Leader Peer Group has proven to be an invaluable resource for CEOs and top-level decision-makers representing companies of diverse size and industry. The first half of the workshop will consist of an introduction and instruction on the subject of the day and the second half will be spent focused on real world application. This could include case studies, attendee trouble shooting, best practice sharing, and peer coaching.
Find out more »August 2019
Managing Change – Part of the Professional Development Series
Smooth & Successful Change Management for Lasting Results!
Find out more »Adult AED, CPR & Basic Medic First Aid
Learn the lifesaving skills needed to protect your family, friends and co-workers! Hands-on and classroom training designed to give you the skills you need to stay compliant. Feel confident and ready to act in an emergency.
Find out more »Safety Academy – The Road to World Class Safety
Discover how an enhanced safety culture can play an important role in maximizing your profits.
Relying on the extensive data that ABC National collects regarding safety and key elements that top performers in safety have in common will help you and your company to improve safety. Deep diving into successful business models will reveal that top businesses have models that indicate that safety is part of the equation that maximizes their profits. Join us to discuss safety and how to make it part of your company’s DNA.
This interactive forum is provided to discuss the methods and means to develop a world class safety culture.
Find out more »Competent Person for Supported Scaffold Training
Gain a better understanding of the OSHA requirements for supported scaffolding in construction and increase your knowledge of the necessary requirements to be considered competent under OSHA's rule as it relates to scaffolding systems.
Find out more »Competent Person Training for Silica
Employers are required to have a Competent Person to oversee the day to day operations and to minimize the exposures related to respirable crystalline silica. Gain the knowledge and skills required to be considered a competent person for silica.
Find out more »Key Employment Law Competencies for Supervisors
Reduce Liabilities by Avoiding Costly Mistakes! This course will help supervisors to be better prepared to handle these situations and avoid costly mistakes. This program has been approved for three HR Recertification Credit Hours toward a PHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute's® (HRCI®).
Find out more »Managing a Respiratory Protection Program
Will help employers meet this mandatory training requirement for individuals who are involved in administrating a respiratory protection program.
Find out more »Construction Pre-Apprenticeship – Open House for Educators
No-cost to attend! Discover a college alternative career pathway that gives students valuable, in-demand skills and preps them for entry into an “Earn While You Learn” apprenticeship program with the opportunity to graduate with little to no debt!
Find out more »September 2019
Important Changes to Financial Reporting
Maintain Compliance on Revenue Recognition and Leases
Find out more »Confined Space Rescue
This program will provide attendees with the knowledge to recognize a confined space, identify the potential hazards that may exist, effectively evaluate the space and com-plete the required documentation and provide the necessary oversight for entry process.
Find out more »Time Management – Part of the Professional Development Series
Increase Efficiencies to Achieve More - Get organized and manage your time for increased effectiveness and efficiency!
Find out more »Attracting & Retaining Employees by Creating a Captivating Workplace
Increase Your Company’s Value Proposition with Staff! In a time of very low unemployment and a shortage of qualified employees, it is more important than ever to attract and retain employees. If you treat your employees like the investment they are, they will feel heard, seen, and appreciated! If you build it, they will come, and stay! This program has been approved for Recertification Credit Hours SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP
Find out more »OSHA 10-Hour Construction
September 23 & 24, 2019 / 7:30 am - 1:30 pm each day - This course serves as the benchmark for introductory jobsite safety and OSHA compliance education.
Find out more »Succession Planning
If you plan on transitioning your business to the next generation, selling it to an outside party or your employees, you will want to attend this information packed series.
Find out more »SalesWorks!
September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 2019. Generating Revenue & Developing Long-Term Clients. Challenge yourself and join us at ABC Keystone for “Sales Works” – four interactive sessions that will improve your Sales Performance while focusing on ways to maximize your impact on your customers. It’s all about “Focus and awareness” in using the best “tools” in delivering your service or product in a way that fulfills the needs, wants, and values of your customer…. BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE!
Find out more »Superintendent Training Program (STP) – Improving Productivity and Managing Costs
September 26, October 10, & 24, 2019 7:30 am – 4:00 pm each session. Controlling Costs & Increasing Productivity on the Jobsite. All six units needed for STP certification. Units do not need to be taken in order. Register now!
Find out more »Competent Person for Excavation and Trenching
Gain knowledge critical in protecting employees from the dangers of excavation and trenching.
Find out more »October 2019
Mental Fitness for Leaders: Building Healthy Teams & Organizations
Fridays, October 4, 11, 18, 25, & November 1, 2019 / 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Learn, practice and develop a set of skills that result in health as well as personal and professional success.
Mobile Elevating Work Platform (Aerial Lift) Training
Reduce injuries, product and structural damage, and aerial work platform repairs while promoting an increase in safety awareness. Thank you to Sunbelt Rentals for sponsoring equipment use.
Find out more »No-cost Seminar: Submitting Certified Payroll Presented by Beneco
No Cost Seminar! Protect Your Company and Avoid Mistakes! Avoid common mistakes in the reporting process and streamline your processes for easier payroll & reporting. Contractors face unique payroll challenges that traditional payroll companies are often not equipped to handle. Join Beneco and ABC Keystone for a seminar where you will learn the ins and outs of certified payroll and how you can protect yourself and your growing company.
Find out more »Adult AED, CPR & Basic Medic First Aid
Learn the lifesaving skills needed to protect your family, friends and co-workers! Hands-on and classroom training designed to give you the skills you need to stay compliant. Feel confident and ready to act in an emergency.
Find out more »OSHA 30-Hour Construction
October 10, 11, 16, & 17, 2019 - The OSHA-30 represents the “standard” in training for those assigned safety supervision responsibilities. Gain the safety knowledge base attendees will need to confidently fulfill your role as a competent person.
Find out more »ABC Keystone Chili, Cornhole & Homebrew Tailgate Party
ABC Keystone Chili, Cornhole & Homebrew Tailgate Party - Start your homebrew now! Open to ALL ABC Keystone Members and friends! Companies are invited to serve up your best chili and homebrews and compete for the honor of earning the top votes! Register your team for the cornhole tourney and take on the competition! Beer, Wine & Soda thanks to 2019 C.O.R.E. sponsors!
Find out more »Introduction to the Human Resources Management Academy
Part of the Human Resources Management Academy - Foundational Skills Training on the Key Issues, Laws and Best Practices in HR. An introduction to the Human Resources Management Academy: Human Resources Strategic, Operational, and Administrative Roles. Get a superb foundation of what is expected by and for the HR Administrator.
Find out more »Crew Leadership for Effective Teams
Thursday, October 17, 2019 / 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm & Friday, October 18, 2019 / 7:30 am – 4:00 pm. Take Field Leadership to the Next Level! This course will equip your future “Face of the Field” with the critical skills needed to successfully communicate with and lead a crew of craftspeople!
Find out more »Rough Terrain Forklift Training
Reduce injuries, product and structural damage, and forklift repairs while promoting an increase in safety awareness. Get certified and meet OSHA requirements. Thank you to Sunbelt Rentals for sponsoring equipment use.
Find out more »Developing a Social Media Marketing Plan
Strategically Attract New Clients and Talent! Take a walk through a Social Platform Marketing Strategy, including details about audience building, tailoring content to specific audiences and reaching potential new customers and employees.
Find out more »Executive Leader Peer Group (CEO / Owners / Executive Leadership)
Exclusively for Executive Leadership in ABC Member Contracting Firms: ABC's Executive Leader Peer Group has proven to be an invaluable resource for CEOs and top-level decision-makers representing companies of diverse size and industry. The first half of the workshop will consist of an introduction and instruction on the subject of the day and the second half will be spent focused on real world application. This could include case studies, attendee trouble shooting, best practice sharing, and peer coaching.
Find out more »Material Takeoffs from Blueprints
October 24, November 7, 14 & 21, 2019 | Estimate Quantities Accurately Each Time. Receive hands-on experience figuring on an actual set of working drawings!
Find out more »Harnessing the Power of Supplemental Unemployment Plans
Recruit & Retain Employees in a Seasonal Environment. Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plans provide compensation to employees in addition to state unemployment during periods of layoff. When designed correctly, these plans offer employers a way to provide them with enhanced income during periods of unemployment without diminishing state unemployment benefits.
Find out more »November 2019
Superintendent Training Program (STP) – Risk Management and Problem Solving
November 7, 21, & December 5, 2019 / 7:30 am – 4:00 pm each session. Effective Accident Prevention and Loss Control. Class frequently sells out! All six units needed for STP certification. Units do not need to be taken in order.
Find out more »Productive Conflict: Communication, Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Skills
Create Positive Working Relationships with Confidence - This comprehensive, interactive course explores how to approach difficult situations for positive results
Find out more »Self-Management: Strategies to Improve Productivity and Results
Part of the Leadership Development Series. Strategies to Improve Productivity and Results. Discover strategies for goal setting, making them SMART and how to make sure they stick. Gain awareness and understanding of self-management tools and strategies to help everybody improve productivity in the company.
Find out more »Crew Leadership for Effective Teams
Thursday, November 14, 2019 / 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm & Friday, November 15, 2019 / 7:30 am – 4:00 pm / 7:30 am – 4:00 pm. Take Field Leadership to the Next Level! This course will equip your future “Face of the Field” with the critical skills needed to successfully communicate with and lead a crew of craftspeople!
Find out more »Optimizing Websites and Analytics to Increase Profit
Learn the ins and outs of good website design, how to deliver targeted traffic to your site and use the analytics to gain higher Google ratings and increase profits for your company.
Find out more »Employment Laws, Compliance, and Minimizing Risk – Part of the Human Resource Management Academy
Part of the Human Resources Management Academy - Understand Specific HR Laws and their Potential Impacts. Get up to speed on the legal aspects of HR legal and compliance issues. Understand the laws affecting employment, their impact, and why are they important to the company: Discrimination/ harassment: Recognition and prevention strategies; Federal & State: Agencies and Enforcement; Job Classification: Exempt/Non-exempt, Wage/Hour violations, FLSA; Union/Non-Union: concepts and avoidance strategies; Employee Handbook: Key policies. Apply knowledge gained in this session through case studies of employment legal decisions.
Find out more »December 2019
Leadership vs. Management
Part of the Leadership Development Series. Characteristics of Great Leaders and Developing Talent. Learn the differences between leadership and management. Learn how to recognize and develop your next leaders.
Find out more »Adult AED, CPR & Basic Medic First Aid
Learn the lifesaving skills needed to protect your family, friends and co-workers! Hands-on and classroom training designed to give you the skills you need to stay compliant. Feel confident and ready to act in an emergency.
Find out more »Employee and Contractor Compliance Concerns and Best Practices
Don’t Trip into the Misclassification Pit! Gain knowledge and understanding of the PA Workplace Misclassification Act
Find out more »Job Descriptions, HR Recordkeeping and Reporting
Part of the Human Resources Management Academy. Key Areas of Focus in HR Evaluation Audits. Discover the importance of key HR processes: Clearing the confusion and keeping in compliance! Discover why job descriptions are important and how to effectively write descriptions used in the hiring process; key records employers must create and retain; reporting requirements; setting up personnel files and HR records' retention schedule; EEO and affirmative action plans; conducting an HR compliance and effectiveness audit and understanding of the key areas HR auditors evaluate.
Find out more »Superintendent Training Program (STP) – Leadership and Motivation
December 19, 2019, January 2 & 16, 2020. Leadership and Motivation Unit. Effective Supervision to Lead and Motivate Your Team. Class frequently sells out! All six units needed for STP certification. Units do not need to be taken in order.
Find out more »January 2020
OSHA 10-Hour Construction
January 8 & 10, 2020 / 7:30 am - 1:30 pm each day - This course serves as the benchmark for introductory jobsite safety and OSHA compliance education.
Find out more »Crew Leadership for Effective Teams
Thursday, January 9, 2020 / 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm & Friday, January 10, 2020 / 7:30 am – 4:00 pm. This course will equip your future “Face of the Field” with the critical skills needed to successfully communicate with and lead a crew of craftspeople!
Find out more »Communication for Success – Discovering your DiSC Style (Session 1 of 2)
Part of the Leadership Development Series. Ever feel like you just can’t “get through” to the other person? Learn your communication style and how to morph to the style of others for success.
Find out more »Communication for Success – Communication is Everything! (Session 2 of 2)
Part of the Leadership Development Series. Understand your communication style and how to morph to the style of others for success.
Find out more »Adult AED, CPR & Basic Medic First Aid
Learn the lifesaving skills needed to protect your family, friends and co-workers! Hands-on and classroom training designed to give you the skills you need to stay compliant. Feel confident and ready to act in an emergency.
Find out more »Effective Recruiting & Hiring
Part of the Human Resources Management Academy. Help your organization succeed and grow using effective recruiting strategies and sources! Create an attractive employment brand and advertisements; establish an effective hiring process, looking from within, understand legalities during interviewing, and develop resources for handling difficult hiring topics. Learn how to face the challenge for top talent while the qualified candidate pools are shrinking!
Find out more »Qualified Crane Signal Person and Rigging
Anyone and everyone who connects a load to a crane, hoist, backhoe, pulley system should attend this program. If you are a supervisor or project manager who has been charged with safety oversight for your project (as you should be), this course is for you.
Find out more »Executive Leader Peer Group (CEO / Owners / Executive Leadership)
Exclusively for Executive Leadership in ABC Member Contracting Firms: ABC's Executive Leader Peer Group has proven to be an invaluable resource for CEOs and top-level decision-makers representing companies of diverse size and industry. The first half of the workshop will consist of an introduction and instruction on the subject of the day and the second half will be spent focused on real world application. This could include case studies, attendee trouble shooting, best practice sharing, and peer coaching.
Find out more »Superintendent Training Program (STP) – Communications
January 30, February 13 & 27, 2020 / 7:30 am – 4:00 pm each session. Effective Communications for Great Teams! Class frequently sells out! All six units needed for STP certification. Units do not need to be taken in order.
Find out more »February 2020
Engaging and Mobilizing Your Team
Part of the Leadership Development Series. Engage and inspire your team. Utilize the seven drivers of high engagement.
Find out more »ABC Keystone’s Human Resources Contractor Peer Group A
Exclusively for HR Professionals in ABC Keystone Contracting Firms. Get together with fellow HR professionals to share experiences and help one another improve personal and company performance in an encouraging environment.
Find out more »Networking, Referrals, Strategic Alliances
Part of the Leadership Development Series. Networking is a contact sport. Learn how to properly network and get results.
Find out more »Adult AED, CPR & Basic Medic First Aid
Learn the lifesaving skills needed to protect your family, friends and co-workers! Hands-on and classroom training designed to give you the skills you need to stay compliant. Feel confident and ready to act in an emergency.
Find out more »OSHA 30-Hour Construction
February 6, 7, 13, & 14, 2020 / 7:30 am – 4:30 pm each day - The OSHA-30 represents the “standard” in training for those assigned safety supervision responsibilities. Gain the safety knowledge base attendees will need to confidently fulfill your role as a competent person.
Find out more »Crew Leadership for Effective Teams
Thursday, February 6, 2020 / 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm & Friday, February 7, 2020 / 7:30 am – 4:00 pm. This course will equip your future “Face of the Field” with the critical skills needed to successfully communicate with and lead a crew of craftspeople!
Find out more »7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Revolutionize Your Personal Effectiveness and Productivity! Exclusive ABC Keystone member-only event - Limited to the first 30 registrants!
Find out more »ABC Keystone’s Human Resources Contractor Peer Group B
Exclusively for HR Professionals in ABC Keystone Contracting Firms. Get together with fellow HR professionals to share experiences and help one another improve personal and company performance in an encouraging environment.
Find out more »Behavioral-based Interviewing
Part of the Human Resources Management Academy. Determine a candidate’s potential for success! Gain tools for establishing critical competencies for positions, developing your own "STAR" interview questions that target critical competencies, interviewing for organizational cultural fit and values, and hands-on interviewing activities followed by coaching to refine your interviewing skills!
Find out more »Project Management & Leadership
February 19, 26, March 2, 11, 18, 25 & April 1, 2020 | Be the Project Manager that other companies want to work with by improving your management style. This comprehensive, 7-week course will yield immediate and lasting results in new efficiencies, effectiveness and communications in all aspects of the project from pre-bid presentations through the final payment. This course is perfect for those in their first five years of Project Management, transitioning from the field, current Project Coordinators or those looking to grow into this role in their companies.
Find out more »Competent Person for Supported Scaffold Training
Gain a better understanding of the OSHA requirements for supported scaffolding in construction and increase your knowledge of the necessary requirements to be considered competent under OSHA's rule as it relates to scaffolding systems.
Find out more »Competent Person for Excavation and Trenching
Gain knowledge critical in protecting employees from the dangers of excavation and trenching.
Find out more »March 2020
Working Alongside Unions
Know Your Rights and Protect Your Jobsite! Are you considering taking (or have you taken) a job that was also bid to union contractors? Are you up on your rights as an open shop contractor in a “mixed shop” jobsite? Do you have questions regarding what you can and can’t say if engaged by pickets, bannering or disruptive activities on the job? This seminar will answer these and more of your most pressing questions to help you protect your jobsite.
Find out more »Competent Person for Fall Protection
Gain knowledge critical in protecting employees from the dangers of working at heights. Discover more about both regulatory (OSHA) requirements and best industry practices through both lecture, hands-on activities, and table-top-style exercises using potential workplace scenarios.
Find out more »Delegating for Results
Part of the Professional Development Series | One of a Manager’s most important skills, successful delegation helps you tap staff potential, accomplish much more, and devote efforts to your most critical tasks.
Find out more »Presentations – Removing the Fear
Part of the Leadership Development Series. Hands-on opportunity to learn and receive immediate feedback on the fine art of presenting! You'll walk away better prepared to address future audiences by using a “toolkit” of tips to establish rapport, develop compelling content, control pre-stage jitters, and manage last-minute glitches. Prepare yourself for that public speaking debut.
Find out more »Superintendent Training Program (STP) – Planning & Scheduling
March 12, 26, & April 9, 2020 / 7:30 am – 4:00 pm each session. Intentional Practices for Desired Outcomes! Class frequently sells out! All six units needed for STP certification. Units do not need to be taken in order.
Find out more »OSHA Recordkeeping
Come join us on March 12, to take advantage of a session devoted exclusively to maintaining OSHA injury/illness recordkeeping and calculating injury rates. Our time together will provide you with the knowledge and skills you will need to confidently and correctly maintain your OSHA #300 & #300A injury and illness logs.
Find out more »Adult AED, CPR & Basic Medic First Aid
Learn the lifesaving skills needed to protect your family, friends and co-workers! Hands-on and classroom training designed to give you the skills you need to stay compliant. Feel confident and ready to act in an emergency.
Find out more »Understanding Employment Assessments
Part of the Human Resources Management Academy. Maximize the opportunity to get to know your candidates! Learn more about incorporating assessments into the hiring process, a little background and science, the variety of tests available, effectiveness and legalities, additional use beyond hiring: employee development, team building, and technical skill assessment. Review of individual participant assessment and predicting performance to make the right hire.
Find out more »OSHA 10-Hour Construction
March 26 & 27, 2020 / 7:30 am - 1:30 pm each day - This course serves as the benchmark for introductory jobsite safety and OSHA compliance education.
Find out more »Creating an Emergency Action Plan
A business disaster can strike without notice or warning. Is your company prepared? This session will discuss the implementation of company policies that should include many different types of workplace disasters.
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