BPI CEU’s: 3.25
Recommended Prerequisites:
- Successful completion of the following comprehensive Installer courses:
- Advanced Air Sealing
- Dense Pack Insulation
- Foundation Insulation OR
- Currently working as an installer with requisite experience (2 years)
Additional knowledge recommended but not required:
- Mobile Home Weatherization
- Zone Pressure Diagnostics
- Combustion Appliance Zone (CAZ)
- ASHRAE 62.2 2016
- Blower Door Knowledge
Training Type: Comprehensive, (JTA = Crew Leader or Retrofit Installer)
Intended Audience: This class is intended for those following the Crew Leader JTA
Description:
This 2-day class is intended to provide participants with the required knowledge regarding regulations, methods, processes, and the abilities required for individuals supervising shell projects in the DOE National Weatherization Program. We will cover planning the scope of work, preparation and maintenance of the job site, implementation of the scope of work, managing the project, and finalizing the job. We will also review and discuss the theory and concepts behind building science, the importance of health and safety, and programmatic requirements. Included will be discussions on the relationships between the crew leader and other weatherization professionals. And lastly, how to put everything covered in this course together to ensure a successful, productive, profitable and comprehensive job completion.
Learning Objectives:
By attending this session, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the requirements of persons in the role of weatherization crew leader
- Express leadership skills for effectively managing a crew and problem solving
- Locate and discuss all forms and documents required of a crew leader in the Michigan WAP
- Elaborate on the actions of developing a plan to execute the scope of work
- Indicate what is needed to prepare and maintain a job site
- Identify the processes of implementing the scope of work
- Plan what is required to manage the entire project
- Describe the steps a crew leader takes in finalizing the job
- Define the relationships with other weatherization staff
- Illustrate the role of the crew leader in maintaining quality control
- Associate the importance of safe work practices throughout the project
- Calculate and anticipate the need for controlled ventilation