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Construction Superintendent Certification Program

The success of a construction project depends on the superintendent’s effectiveness in their role. Ensuring your field leaders operate at their best can significantly impact profitability, safety and client satisfaction. NCCER’s Construction Superintendent Certification Program provides comprehensive training beyond field experience. With courses in leadership, ethics, contracts, risk management and project closeout, this online, turnkey solution is designed to develop current and future superintendents efficiently and effectively.

The program addresses three key organizational objectives: construction business acumen, people management and profit maximization.

Program Benefits include:

Keeps your leaders in the field through flexible online training that can be fully self-paced or set up as a facilitator model—virtually or in-person
Shortens the learning curve and helps individuals grow into highly effective superintendents more quickly—eliminates reactive learning
Reduces project risk by better preparing future field leaders to handle the numerous demands of a project site
Provides practical, real-world lessons taught by some of the nation’s most seasoned construction superintendents and executives
Provides an assessment to evaluate existing superintendents and identify their strengths and weaknesses in a personalized training plan
Equips seasoned professionals with new strategies and knowledge for better results
Provides the ability to incorporate company-specific training and information into the program and allows for integration into a company’s existing program

Download the Superintendent Summary Sheet

This course was well done and includes good information. Overall, I believe the program is worth taking for Superintendents, as well as project managers that are newer to the role.  There are a wide variety of topics, including Legal Concepts and Regulations and Human Resources and Cost Control, that cover most all, if not all, aspects of managing a job.”

-Kelly McIntosh

Workforce Development Manager, Starcon International, Inc.

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Pricing

Includes all 16 courses and assessment

Choose five courses to create a custom bundle

Includes one assessment test

Includes one remediation course—must purchase assessment separately

This program is designed for:

Companies

The flexibility of this program allows you to have your employees complete it on their own or set up a cohort to go through it together. NCCER has created a facilitator guide to help, if you prefer the cohort model. This allows the group to meet on a regular basis, discuss the content, complete some included activities together and share their own experiences.

The program also offers an assessment that can be used at the end of the program or separately as a tool to evaluate your existing superintendents. It results in a certification if they meet the experience requirements and pass the assessment, but more importantly, it produces a gap analysis report that shows their strengths and weaknesses that correlates back to the training for upskilling. For those who don’t pass, this provides them with a clear training plan.

Individuals

You can complete this online program at your own pace, mastering all 16 courses whenever it fits your schedule. It offers easy, mobile-friendly access and includes an audio option for those on the go. Elevate your leadership skills and advance your career today! Click the link below to get started.

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Course Details

The courses can be completed in any order.

Introduction: Getting Started

This course includes everything an individual needs to have a successful training experience, including how to get started on the learning journey, an overview of the program and its elements, and a learner’s guide to help refresh their study skills. The Introduction also features information about the pathways to training and how to get help, should a learner need it.

The 16-course outline:

Leadership, Ethics, and Communication
Quality
Information Management
Scheduling
Work Planning
Cost Control
Contracts and Procurement
Resource Management
Human Resources
Change Management
The Risk Management and Claims Prevention
Legal Concepts and Regulations
Constructability
Site Logistics
Project Closeout
Safety and Health

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Certification

Participants will earn the NCCER Construction Foreman Certification upon:

Passing the rigorous program-level assessment
High school diploma plus four years of verifiable, qualified experience or Bachelor’s degree in construction management plus two years of verifiable, qualified experience

Please note that qualified experience, regardless of job title, must be from periods during which:

You acted as the leader and single point of responsibility for construction performance for an entire project OR a significant, defined major portion or a specific scope as a specialty contractor.
Your specific areas of responsibilities included safety, cost, schedule, quality, compliance, resource management, site logistics, and contract partner relationship management.

Program Overview and Facilitator Guide

For training that involves soft skills and hands-on practice, using a facilitator is an effective choice. Facilitators can provide real-time demonstrations, adjust pace based on learner needs and offer immediate answers to questions. This model promotes learning equity by standardizing training across sites and fostering collaboration and shared knowledge among participants.

If your company sets up a cohort for the program, facilitators can guide learners toward mastering the content and passing the certification exam. This program provides an overview, Facilitator guide, sample facilitator plan, learner guide and best practices for effective facilitation.

Enables any organization, association or training center to deliver a facilitated program supported by online learning.
Allows your organization to add its own content to the program or integrate into an existing program.

Contributing Subject Matter Experts

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) are a vital part of NCCER’s program development process. We would like to thank the following SMEs for writing and reviewing the course materials, providing jobsite photos, giving us permission to share their content, creating videos and sharing their expertise. You are the heart of this program, and we appreciate your drive and passion to help NCCER certify the next generation of construction superintendents.

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