Paving Contractors Education and Training

Provide paving contractors in your business with training materials to sharpen their skills

Staying up to date with all of the latest concrete paving contractors' techniques is a must in this service driven industry. Customers expect pavers to get jobs completed quickly and without much disruption to normal activities in the area.

Training for concrete pavers is a continuous process. Offering your employees all the tools necessary to keep up with new methods and equipment not only makes do the job easier and more efficient, it makes it safer. Consider the following ideas to provide these tools:

1. Have your paving contractors take part in a hands-on training session.

2. Provide your employees with printed materials available for reference at any time.

3. Keep their skills sharp by offering online training courses.

 

Get in person pavement installation and repair education

For some paving contractors, the easiest way to learn how to operate the machinery and follow proper procedure is through hands on training. Some trade organizations and equipment manufacturers will provide hands on training. It is important to verify that the training professional is familiar with your company's policies and procedures to ensure employees learn the proper methods.
Try: You can find information on seminars that cover all paving topics, including pavement repair and pavement installation at Association of Equipment Manufacturers. These seminars give an overview of changes and upgrades to common paving equipment and procedures. Pave Tools International offers onsite training for paving companies.

Keep publications on hand to guide paving contractors

Even the most experienced paving contractor may need help when an unusual situation comes up during a job. Having paving publications on hand gives your employees a solid resource full of tried and true methods for dealing with many situations.
Try: The National Concrete Pavement Technology Center website offers numerous publications about paving. These are for asphalt paving contractors who work on roads, but there is information that applies to concrete paving contractors. Integrated Publishing offers owner’s manuals, technical manuals and other publications for a varied selection of equipment used by concrete paving contractors.

Offer online training for your paving contractors

Online training courses can serve as refresher courses for all paving contractors. For new employees, these courses teach them specialized skills, such as how to pave a round brick sidewalk around an obstacle. For seasoned pavers, these online courses can give them new ideas on how to complete certain jobs more efficiently without sacrificing quality.
Try: The Brick Industry offers a course in clay paving. This course can help brick pavers, as well as other paving contractors. Astec Industries offers an online training course to all Roadtec owners. Grading and paving contractors that don't own a Roadtec can contact a representative to learn how to access the training program.

 

• In some states, including California, every paving contractor must hold a state issued license, which you must renew periodically. Use the paving contractors' education and training courses to prepare your employees for the recertification exam.

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