Residential - Commercial - Industrial - Federal - State

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Our award winning estimating services provides you with the benefit of saving you valuable time, time you can spend on other aspects of your business.

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Updates are free if requested within 10 days of the production of your estimate. All plans and estimates are maintained in our cloud for your access any time.

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Benefits of our service:

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Our clients win! We consult with GCs on a nationwide level and ask what they would like to see on a subs estimate. As such, we produce detailed, winning estimates;

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We consult and advise our clients! If we feel they are using the wrong hourly rate or method of evaluation, we tell them. Our goal is NOT to take you money, but to help you win!

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Don’t miss another deadline because you can’t get the bid out on time. We offer 48 turn around for all estimates regardless of size.

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100 % accuracy guaranteed on all take off quantities

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A professional Excel spreadsheet including all take-off totals, material, labor and man hour totals. You can edit the sheet to adjust your labor rate, overhead, profit and taxes. This can be saved as a PDF document and used as your actual estimate or used to provide a lump sum number on your letterhead.

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Accurate, real time pricing based on a national cost book. All pricing is guaranteed within 5% of local pricing.Quality quantity take-offs & a cost estimate based on your plans and specifications

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Know how long your job will take. Your estimate includes line by line man hour totals that you can transfer (or we can help you transfer) into days based on the size of your crew.

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All work is performed by our staff located in the United States. None our your work will ever be outsourced.

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This service is non transferable. All sales are final.

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For project pricing, email your plans to estimates@sfjohnsonconsulting.com. If you would like a monthly rate, please give us your trade and weekly volume and we will provide a monthly price. We never require a contract for our estimating services.

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We will review your plans and email you the cost to produce your estimate. Please detail your scope of work.

Online Education

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Basic Plan Reading - Estimator Training - Project Management Training

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"Also thank you for an awesome class, one of my favorite classes and your fun attitude definitely helped me stay on focus and love the class!" - Payton

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View A LIVE Class

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Plan View

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Section View

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Detail View

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Elevation View

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Lines, symbols, definitions

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How to navigate through the set

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How Specifications work with the Construction document

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Specialized Estimator Training - $500 Per Student (Does not Includes Basic Plan Reading)

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Framing/Drywall (Includes Structural Framing)

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Paint & Wall Covering/Coating

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Concrete /Asphalt

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Roofing/Siding

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Landscaping

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Underground Utilities

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Construction Cleaning

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Estimator Training - $750 and Above

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The Architectural Set - $2500

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The Civil Set - $3500

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The Structural Set - $1500

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Any MEP - $750

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Basics + Your Trade - $1050

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This class meets each week (once or twice depending on the class) for 1.5 hours per class. All classes are private, live and on line.

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We analyze the plans based on the trade and determine:

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All take-off (measurement) information

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All pricing related to the scope of work - The student will have full access to an 11 book cost book as part of the program

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Detailed formatting of an Excel spreadsheet related to the scope of work.

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Project Management Training - $1750 for 2 or More Students

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This class meets Monday through Friday and consists of very intense training. All classes are private, live and on line.

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Please review our syllabus. All students are required to complete a math assessment test. Please contact us by phone at 844-261-9737 or by email with any questions you may have.

PE-PM 100 – Project Engineer/Project Manager Training

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Class Code PEPM100

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Spring 2021

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S F Johnson Consulting – Education for The Construction Trades

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Professor: Stacey F. Johnson

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Email: info@sfjohnsonconsulting.com

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Voicemail: (916) 710-4146

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Class Meets: 2.5 Per Session – 2Days per Week

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Office Hours: Online (via email) – M & W 12:50 pm to 3:00 pm

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\r\n Description: \r\n	\r\n This course is designed to teach the new construction employee tasks involved in project management, typically called project engineering.  The student will learn what is required to help facilitate and organize a project from start to finish.  \r\n

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Learning Outcomes and Objectives

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Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

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• Understand how to read a set of construction documents for all trades
• Understand how to complete takes offs for all trades
• Understand what is needed and what to look for in each trade specific estimate
• Understand addendums, change orders and submittals
• Learn to use pricing software (provided with the class)
• Learn to price a job
• Identifying mistakes on plans and in estimates
• Understanding & creating a construction schedule
• Understanding job walks
• Determining trade specific budgets

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Required Textbook

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• Project Management For The Beginner – S F Johnson Consulting (2018). (1st ed.). ( $45)

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Conduct

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 I expect you to behave in a professional manner. This means:

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• Respect others and their opinions.
• Turn assignments in on time.
• Come to class prepared, having completed the assigned reading.
• Turn cell phones to vibrate or off during class and do not use the phone during class time (to text or otherwise).
• Feel free to use a laptop for note taking only (no internet, gaming, etc.)
• Do not talk when the instructor (or a student who has the floor) is talking.
• Adhere to standards of academic integrity/honesty.
• Do not plagiarize. Plagiarism is the act of passing someone else’s work (e.g.  ideas or exact words) as one’s own. If you are confused about what constitutes plagiarism, feel free to discuss this with me during office hours.
• Do not use vulgar language in class.
• If you must log on late, do not disrupt the class during lecture.
• Do not engage in excessive, disruptive, or distracting conversation or activity during class.

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Attendance & Participation

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Regular attendance is important to success in this course. There may be in-class activity assignments and/or pop-quizzes that may not be made up.  Exams or quizzes may contain questions from material learned in class during films, in-class activities, discussions, and lecture.

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Class participation is critical to your success and learning experience in this course. You must be present when attendance is taken (10 minutes after class has started) and be present the entire class period to receive participation points for that day. Students must also actively participate during class time (where appropriate) to earn participation points. Students with excessive absences, late arrivals, early departures, or disruptive behavior will likely be dropped by the instructor. Be aware of S F Johnson Consulting policy that students are expected to attend all sessions of the class in which they are enrolled. A student may be dropped from any class when that student’s absences exceed six percent (6%) of the total hours of class time. Students who do not show for the first class meeting shall be dropped from a class (rare exceptions may be made at the discretion of the instructor). Students who miss more than 2 class meetings will likely be dropped without notice.

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Late Quizzes

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Students are expected to make their best attempt to take all quizzes on time; that being said, I do understand that certain circumstances occasionally arise that make that not possible. Late quizzes may be taken with the following constraints:

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• The student must have attended all previous classes.

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• The student must make time out of regular class time to take the quiz.

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Grade Weights

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Participation – 20%

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Quizzes – 40%

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Final Exam – 40%

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Participation – Includes active participation during class time. Note that students are expected to be in class before attendance is taken (about 10 minutes after the start of class) and stay the entire period to earn these points. Each class meeting is included in this portion of the grade.

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Quizzes - Are relatively short weekly quizzes on the material you have learned and will be giving on the first class meeting of the week. These may include multiple choice, fill in the blank, T/F and short answer items. Note that students are expected to be present at the start of to take these and get credit for them.

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Final Exam – There will be a final exam that covers every topic.  This is a timed test and must be completed during class time. 

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Note: The assignments and tentative schedule may be revised as deemed appropriate by me during the course of the semester. Be sure to attend each class period and to check your online education page regularly to receive any such updates.

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Tentative Course Schedule

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\r\n Week of Instruction \r\n	\r\n Day \r\n	\r\n Quiz / Exam \r\n	\r\n Topic \r\n	\r\n Reading \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 1 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 1 – Feb 1/2 \r\n	\r\n Class Overview \r\n Introduction to construction math \r\n	\r\n   \r\n   \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Ch. 1 \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 1 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 2 – Feb 1/2 \r\n	\r\n Construction Math \r\n	\r\n Construction math review \r\n	\r\n Ch. 1 \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 1 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 1 - Feb 1/2 \r\n	\r\n No Quiz \r\n	\r\n Relationship between plans vs. specifications \r\n Reading specs/Finding divisions \r\n Plan Reading – A Plans \r\n	\r\n Ch. 2 \r\n   \r\n   \r\n Ch. 3 \r\n   \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 1 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 2 – Feb 1/2 \r\n	\r\n Specifications, A Plans \r\n	\r\n Plan Reading S and C Plans \r\n	\r\n Ch.3 \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 2 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 1 – Feb 8/9 \r\n	\r\n (No Quiz) \r\n	\r\n MEP Plans \r\n   \r\n	\r\n Ch. 3 \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 2 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 2 – Feb 8/9 \r\n	\r\n S and C Plans \r\n	\r\n Take Offs – Part 1 (Division specific procedures) \r\n   \r\n	\r\n Ch. 4 \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 2 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 1 – Feb 8/9 \r\n	\r\n (No Quiz) \r\n	\r\n Take Offs – Part 2 (Material quantities) \r\n   \r\n	\r\n Ch. 4 \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 2 \r\n	\r\n \r\n Day 2 – Feb 8/9 \r\n	\r\n MEP Plans \r\n	\r\n Estimating – General principles \r\n Estimating for special purposes \r\n Detailed Estimates \r\n   \r\n	\r\n Ch. 5 \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 3 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 1 – Feb 15/16 \r\n   \r\n	\r\n (No Quiz) \r\n	\r\n Pricing a job – Learning to use a cost book \r\n Determining material costs \r\n Determining labor costs \r\n Determining manhours \r\n	\r\n Ch. 7 \r\n   \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 3 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 2 – Feb 15/16 \r\n   \r\n	\r\n Take offs & Estimating principles \r\n	\r\n Formatting an estimate \r\n What to look for in an estimate \r\n Determine General Conditions \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Ch. 6 \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 3 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 1 – Feb 15/16 \r\n   \r\n	\r\n (No Quiz) \r\n   \r\n	\r\n Addendums & Change orders \r\n   \r\n	\r\n Ch. 7 \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 3 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 2 – Feb 15/16 \r\n   \r\n	\r\n Pricing & formatting a job \r\n	\r\n Understanding submittals \r\n   \r\n	\r\n Ch. 7 \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 4 \r\n   \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 1 – Feb 22/23 \r\n	\r\n (No quiz) \r\n	\r\n Understanding construction schedules \r\n	\r\n Ch. 8 \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 4 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 2 – Feb 22/23 \r\n   \r\n	\r\n Addendums, change orders, submittals and pricing \r\n	\r\n  Creating construction schedules \r\n	\r\n Ch. 8 \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 4 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 1 – Feb 22/23 \r\n	\r\n (No Quiz) \r\n	\r\n Understanding Construction budgets \r\n Job walks \r\n   \r\n	\r\n Ch. 9 \r\n
\r\n   \r\n 4 \r\n	\r\n   \r\n Day 2 – Feb 22/23 \r\n	\r\n 1st Hour – Final Review \r\n	\r\n 2nd – 1.5 Hr. - Final \r\n   \r\n	\r\n   \r\n
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Diversity

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S F Johnson Consulting is a business that values the varied perspectives and experiences of students, employees and staff, our organization offers educational opportunities for enhancing cultural awareness, supporting diversity, and promoting the free exchange of ideas and the development of a culturally competent and inclusive learning community. 

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Online Education Page

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This course will use the Online Education pages on our website to provide announcements, information and assignments. Students are expected to log in each week (minimum) to access these. If you have any questions regarding this, please let me know.  You will need a password and will receive that once the student is fully enrolled.

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Residential - Commercial - Industrial - Federal - State

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Our award winning estimating services provides you with the benefit of saving you valuable time, time you can spend on other aspects of your business.

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Updates are free if requested within 10 days of the production of your estimate. All plans and estimates are maintained in our cloud for your access any time.

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Benefits of our service:

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Our clients win! We consult with GCs on a nationwide level and ask what they would like to see on a subs estimate. As such, we produce detailed, winning estimates;

\r\n

We consult and advise our clients! If we feel they are using the wrong hourly rate or method of evaluation, we tell them. Our goal is NOT to take you money, but to help you win!

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Don’t miss another deadline because you can’t get the bid out on time. We offer 48 turn around for all estimates regardless of size.

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100 % accuracy guaranteed on all take off quantities

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A professional Excel spreadsheet including all take-off totals, material, labor and man hour totals. You can edit the sheet to adjust your labor rate, overhead, profit and taxes. This can be saved as a PDF document and used as your actual estimate or used to provide a lump sum number on your letterhead.

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Accurate, real time pricing based on a national cost book. All pricing is guaranteed within 5% of local pricing.Quality quantity take-offs & a cost estimate based on your plans and specifications

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Know how long your job will take. Your estimate includes line by line man hour totals that you can transfer (or we can help you transfer) into days based on the size of your crew.

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All work is performed by our staff located in the United States. None our your work will ever be outsourced.

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This service is non transferable. All sales are final.

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For project pricing, email your plans to estimates@sfjohnsonconsulting.com. If you would like a monthly rate, please give us your trade and weekly volume and we will provide a monthly price. We never require a contract for our estimating services.

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SERVICING ALL CONTRACTORS ESTIMATING, OSHA SAFETY TRAINING & CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION NEEDS SINCE 2010

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Estimating

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Online Education

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OSHA & Other Safety

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When you purchase the Contractor’s Trio, you purchase the best in construction services. Everything you need to succeed is right here. For one price per month (no contracts required), you receive everything indicated below.

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$3500 - GCs

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$1800 - MEPs

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$1000 - Single Trade

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Get your 2nd Month When Your Purchase Your First

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Visit our website

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Our goal is to provide GCs with what they need to be successful. From estimating service, to estimator training to labor acquisition, we do it all.

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The cost of this service depends on your level service. The cost is as follows:
\r\nLevel 1 - $1100 Per Month
\r\nLevel 2 - $3500 Per Month
\r\nLevel 3 - FREE with Paid Level ($1500 per Month alone)
\r\nLevel 4 - $4500 Per Year
\r\nLevel 5 - $1000 Per Month

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Sigh up for this monthly service and you will receive the best of what S F Johnson Consulting provides:

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Labor & Employee Training - Level 1

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Labor Acquisition - Includes all Background Checks and Reference Checks

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Interview Services Based on Your Criteria

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Online Training - The Basics, Estimating, Project Management, Prepare to Test for your License.

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Estimating Services - Level 2

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         Single Project Cost Estimates - Up to 10 Per Month

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         Unlimited Take Offs

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        Full material quantities totals for all projects

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Online Education - Level 3

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         Basic Plan Reading - A, S & C Plans

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         Estimating – All Trades

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         Project Manager Training

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         Specialized Workshops

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OSHA & Safety Training - Level 4

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        OSHA 10 and 30

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        1 Office Visit Per Year for Direct Training

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        Safety Training – Safety Manager/ In House safety Programs

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        Safety Training – Site Specific Safety Manager/Programs

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Consulting Services - Level 5

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       Business Certification (if applicable)

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       Claims Administration

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       COVID Site & Workplace Training

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     Introduction to Well Building Construction