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Upcoming Webinar: Effective Customer Service and Negotiation
CHBA BC
In this interactive workshop, you'll develop critical customer service and negotiation skills to build lasting relationships with potential and existing clients. You'll learn to understand your customers' needs and proactively focus on service excellence. You'll develop and implement a customer service strategy and plan, along with identifying and solving customers' problems and requests, including addressing construction defects and deficiencies, and managing warranty service work. You'll understand how to negotiate win-win scenarios that benefit your existing and future customers.
Date: Friday, October 27
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
4 CPD Points
*This course meets CHBA BC Certificate Program requirements as the Communication & Negotiation course equivalency.
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Call for Speakers: CHBA BC First Conference Coming September 2024
CHBA BC
We're planning for CHBA BC's first conference in September 2024 to bring our membership together to talk about residential construction across the province. The conference will feature inspiring speakers, educational sessions and many opportunities for networking and socializing.
Have a hot topic you'd like us to consider including or want to be a speaker at the event? Please reach out to Laura Sew, Senior Director Special Events & Sponsorship at [email protected] with your ideas.
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Ski Extravaganza — Join us for some Powder February 12-14, 2024
CHBA BC
Our second annual Ski Extravaganza is headed back to the slopes of Whistler!
Take advantage of our special hotel rates at the Chateau Whistler and celebrate Valentine's Day in style. Two days of epic fun on the slopes and networking with friends and colleagues from across the province.
Registration details will be announced soon.
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The Demographics of the Skilled Trades Workforce in Canada: Insights from the 2021 Census
Canadian Apprenticeship Forum
Who currently works in the Red Seal workforce? Join the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) for a webinar on Wednesday, November 1 and get insight into the demographics of Canada's Red Seal workforce based on the 2021 Census of Population.
The profile encompasses all 50-plus Red Seal trades. Those working as apprentices, certified journeypersons and non-certified tradespeople are included in the analysis. Comparisons to the 2016 Census are provided.
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Radon Testing Kits are Available from Local Libraries
Health Canada
Testing your radon level is helpful for anyone living in a single-family detached or townhouse. It's a very small device that you just need to leave on the lower level of your house for three months.
To encourage people to test radon levels, digital monitors are available for loan from participating libraries to serve as screening tools and provide a snapshot of the levels in their homes. It is recommended that patrons follow-up with a 90-day long-term radon testing for a more comprehensive assessment. To promote this practice, Health Canada is piloting a discount code program to encourage patrons to purchase long-term radon test kits at a reduced price.
The discount code program is available from September 15, 2023 to March 31, 2024. Use the code RADONPROMO at these suppliers to get your long-term radon test kit.
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Promoted by WorkSafeBC
As of January 1, 2024, asbestos abatement contractors must be licensed to operate in British Columbia, and anyone performing asbestos abatement work must complete mandatory safety training and obtain certificates. Certification training for workers is now open. Information on the requirements for licensing is available on our website. Learn More
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BC Construction Safety Alliance Offers Asbestos Abatement Certification Training
BCCSA
The construction industry faces constant deadlines. But one deadline — January 1, 2024 — may be the most important deadline for businesses that work with asbestos.
On that day, asbestos abatement contractors must be registered and licensed by WorkSafeBC, and workers must have completed mandatory certification to perform asbestos abatement work. If a company isn't registered, it will be illegal for them to continue in business until they are. While it's a worker's responsibility to become certified, asbestos abatement contractors will be forbidden from employing uncertified workers, potentially bringing their business activities to a full stop.
To be certified, workers must choose one of two levels of asbestos work in which they're involved. They then undergo a three-part training program that begins with online training, continues to an in-person practical skills assessment, and concludes with a final written certification exam.
The certification program takes about a day to complete. The BC Construction Safety Alliance offers a WorkSafeBC-approved certification program that will enable you to get your workers certified before the deadline arrives.
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