Home Builders Group
January 20, 2005 Community Breakfast Comments
What role could NMC play in helping you address these trends?
Economy |
- Promote information that a career in the construction trades can be highly compensated career. Tell the story of NMC students who build great careers!
- Help students understand the future value of trades.
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Technology |
- NMC need to provide technical training for the commercial market (current offerings focus on homes).
- Building science - more education for builder.
- Use technology to export coursework to other areas.
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Demographic |
- A need for entry-level employees with work ethic.
- Provide a competent work force that knows the codes and has proper work ethic.
- Employment source - all trades.
- Job creation/manufacturing.
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| Curriculum |
- A need for building code education because it changes often.
- What makes a good employer? Getting started in construction.
- Construction code updates.
- Building code refresher courses.
- NMC could improve awareness of trends and provide training for employers and potential employees to support the implementation.
- Code update courses - all trades
- Teaching employment skills.
- Educational program to customers - energy center.
- How to develop a sense of accountability and ownership among young people entering a building trade or profession.
- Encouraging pride in workmanship/craftsmanship.
- Area could benefit from more training on commercial construction-framing, ceilings, masonry.
- Need communication and project management skills for employees, i.e. financing, scheduling, communication skills.
- Consumer workshops for home buyers, energy efficiency and IAQ.
- Communication skills - employability
- Education on energy efficiency; energy savings starting from the lighting, design phase.
- Certification or certification prep programs.
- Work efficiency in helping understand the numbers (costs, labor, hours) behind a project or job.
- Facilitate energy awareness programs for the community.
- Consumer awareness: make the consumer more informed, enables them to distinguish among builder quality.
- Requirement for improved education prior to builders test.
- Classes focus: estimating; remodeling: class work, change orders; small business management class work, code information, continuing education of recognized programs (NAHB, ABC).
- Workforce training: HR training, how to manage and motivate.
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General |
- Can NMC offer any former out-placement services for students/grads of certain training classes? If NMC can demonstrate a healthy/high percentage of job placement, it will attract students and additional local business support.
- NMC should continue to focus on their skill trade programs and continue to keep in contact with companies like ours.
- Why does NMC continue to back a "Builders License School"? "For less than $200 anyone can become a licensed builder." How does this help the community and the construction industry?
- Who are the faces of NMC? Need more witness stories.
- Try a hands-on day.
- Internship programs.
- NMC Role - new students, employees, business owner development.
- Employment source; how to be a good employee!
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Convener Role |
- Ferris has a good construction management program-can/should we partner?
- Entrepreneurial leadership - niche markets.
- Become the source for technological training for energy efficient building.
- Community open forums; workshop for people in region.
- More active role for industry and community programs on energy and construction standards, air quality, mold-impartial disseminator.
- NMC should be facilitator; keep up the collaborative attitude.
- How can we educate homeowners more about the "high-performing home?" Energy Technology Center.
- "Experience the Difference" forum: performance focus vs. design focus.
- Collaboration of area building and M-TEC to aid in certification process. Levels of certification ensures builders and end users a quality job.
- Link National Home Builders/State education opportunities.
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