Sweat Equity Improvement

Training That Focuses On the Hard, Unprofitable Work

Construction is tough. Trade contractors have crews doing hard work out in the elements for long hours, 5-6 days a week, with the pressure of the almighty schedule and budget bearing down on them.

Often, workers do tasks that are more laborious, time-consuming, and inefficient than necessary because no one stops to rethink them. Laborers just continue to do what they’ve always done because that is how they’ve always done it. Traditionally, supers see any optimization recommendations as whining and just workers looking for a way to get out of hard work.

This inefficiency leads to delayed schedules, busted budgets, unprofitable projects, lawsuits, employee turnover, longer work weeks, and mental health issues for laborers.

The answer isn’t treating field workers like robots; it’s actually treating them like people.

Impact Jobsite Result

Our Sweat Equity Improvement training provides gains in 3 significant areas:

Production

Safety

Quality

Born on Construction Jobsites

Most construction leaders are promoted without training them to be leaders, much like our founder, Jesse Hernandez. As a newly appointed super, he struggled to manage project schedules and defaulted to telling his crews on Friday that they needed to work the weekend too.

Jesse sought a better way, adapted it to Construction, and now shares what he learned in this hands-on, engaging training.

Through this training, clients have seen significant results:

  • Simplified an electrician’s task that once took 208 minutes cut down to just 18 minutes. 
  • Reorganized the workflow for forklift operators, dropping the work of 4 operators each working 60+ hours a week, to just two operators working 40 hours each.
  • Increased the output of panel installation from 23 to 43 panels a day without purchasing additional tools or hiring more personnel.
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A Simple Framework That Works

Sweat Equity Improvement teaches “a man to fish” using these three steps:

Spot the Inefficiencies

Look for tasks that are time-consuming, unsafe, and just hard work.

Rethink the Process

Document the current process and challenge why it's done that way.

Continuous Improvement

Implement the new process, measure, and revisit the process routinely.

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This training includes 7 two-hour live, hands-on, and engaging virtual workshop sessions focused on removing the hard work from your crews that erode your profits. You’ll quickly see gains in production, safety, and quality, usually without purchasing additional equipment or hiring more people.

The training is for Project Managers, Superintendents, and Foreman of trade contractors with 100+ employees.

Besides seeing quantitative increases in production, safety, and quality, participants also see qualitative improvement in team morale, mental health, and employee turnover because the training isn’t about micromanaging people; it’s about building a connection with the workforce and having empathy for the hard work trade workers do in the field. Supervisors become advocates for their team members, gaining influence and authority while getting more out of their crews because of mutual trust and caring.

The best part of the training is participants aren’t just taught how to fix a single task; this is a repeatable process for optimizing production and safety in the field.

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Take a Look Yourself

Get a taste of Sweat Equity Improvements by signing up for a free micro-learning lesson. In this 60-minute session, you’ll be introduced to where improvement opportunities hide, how to enhance the standards of care for your workforce, and how to overcome the natural resistance to change.