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The Guide to a Successful Career in Management!

Strategies for a Foreman's Success is a training manual that prepares a young electrician for a management position in the electrical construction industry. I'll discuss the various types of distribution systems and you'll learn the principles used in their design as well as cost-saving methods to install them. I'll explain the impact labor efficiency has on labor costs, the difference between productive and non-productive labor, and foreman tactics that will help you run a more efficient crew. You'll learn the theory behind automated machine controls, the operation of instrumentation systems, and the basics of PLC systems helping you to better understand, install, and troubleshoot them. Finally, you'll learn cost-saving tips leading to higher profits that will help you become a more successful foreman.

An electrical construction management team is judged by only one criteria; profits. The management team must meet or exceed the profit expectations or changes need to be made. These changes are almost always made at the foreman level as the upper management members are normally proven producers. It's for this reason that so many electricians are promoted to foreman only to return to their tools after one or two jobs. The contractors and superintendents only want top-notch foremen in their organization that are continually successful at meeting their profit goals. This book will teach you how to become one such foreman.