resource control

Resource Control & Cost Awareness

This course provides insight into production control, resource control, and employee efficiency and how they affect job cost.

Objectives:

  • State why it is important to control resources on the job. 
  • Define productivity and explain how it differs from production. 
  • List several factors which affect productivity and determine how to solve problems relative to productivity. 
  • Describe how job-site productivity can be improved. 
  • Describe how a five-minute rating is developed and how it can be used to improve productivity. 
  • Explain how a crew balance chart is developed and how it can be used to improve productivity. 
  • Describe how to complete a supervisor’s delay survey and how it can be used to improve productivity. 
  • Describe how to control the various job resources. 
  • Explain the importance of being aware of costs on the job. 
  • Define estimated cost, actual cost, and projected cost.

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