Are you ready to join the elite ranks of the nation's top building industry professionals? The Certified Graduate Builder (CGB) designation is your sign to clients and colleagues that you are a member of this respected group of professionals. The BAR is your first step towards obtaining this prestigious designation. This comprehensive course assessment will measure your expertise in five key areas of the building industry: Building Technology, Business and Finance, Project Management, Sales and Marketing, and Safety. Your test results will show you the areas where your knowledge is strongest,where it is weakest, and will determine the courses required for you to obtain your CGB. Now for the first time, you have a chance to test out of those areas were your knowledge and experience is greatest. This will allow you to earn your CGB designation faster than ever before!

The Professional Remodeler Experience Profile (PREP) is the required first step in the process of becoming a Certified Graduate Remodeler™ (CGR). It is a 3-hour, 130 multiple-choice question assessment that measures a candidate’s knowledge in five core areas of remodeling business management: Marketing and Sales Business Administration Design, Estimating and Job Cost Contracts, Liability and Risk Management Project Management Candidates do not pass or fail the PREP. Results determine the course of study for CGR candidates.

As of April 22, 2010, federal law will require that contractors that perform renovation, repairs and painting jobs in pre-1978 housing MUST be certified and use lead-safe work practices. To comply, contractors must be certified and must follow specific work practices to prevent lead contamination. The rule will affect paid renovators who work in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities. The requirements apply primarily to renovation, repair or painting activities. The rule does not apply to minor maintenance or repair activities where less than six square feet of lead-based paint is disturbed in a room, or where less than twenty square feet of lead-based paint is distributed on the exterior. Window replacement is not minor maintenance or repair.

Course will cover: Registration and introdcution, why should I be concerend about lead paint?, Regulations, before beginning work, Containing dust during work, During the work, Cleaning activities and checking your work, Record keeping, Training non-certified renovation workers, Hands-on actictives/review/test

Location: Fuss & O'Neill EnviroScience, LLC Map

As of April 22, 2010, federal law will require that contractors that perform renovation, repairs and painting jobs in pre-1978 housing MUST be certified and use lead-safe work practices. To comply, contractors must be certified and must follow specific work practices to prevent lead contamination. The rule will affect paid renovators who work in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities. The requirements apply primarily to renovation, repair or painting activities. The rule does not apply to minor maintenance or repair activities where less than six square feet of lead-based paint is disturbed in a room, or where less than twenty square feet of lead-based paint is distributed on the exterior. Window replacement is not minor maintenance or repair.

Course will cover: Registration and introdcution, why should I be concerend about lead paint?, Regulations, before beginning work, Containing dust during work, During the work, Cleaning activities and checking your work, Record keeping, Training non-certified renovation workers, Hands-on actictives/review/test

Location: Fuss & O'Neill EnviroScience, LLC Map

Learn the management skills that give industry leaders the edge. This course will give you a solid foundation in those best business practices so valuable to smaller businesses: planning, organizing, staffing/directing and controlling. By using case studies and sample forms, your instructors give you practical and applicable tools for management success. As a graduate of this course, you will be able to: • Discuss common business challenges and learn practical tips and tools to overcome them • Explain the three basic functional areas within a company • List the five main tools used to improve a business • Apply each of the five Ps to the three functional areas of the business • Identify methods of recruiting, interviewing, training, and retaining quality personnel • Apply the key measures of business performance to your own business.

Designations: CAPS, CGA, CGB, CGR, MCSP, CGP

Instructor: Peter McLoughlin, CGR, CAPS

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