One of the supporting services we offer to our International Customers is "Hands On training."  One of our engineers or one of our Trainer/Installers (or a team of  both) will schedule a period of time to demonstrate  to your crew the techniques of erecting a steel frame system. Experienced job supervisors and installers can learn the necessary skills within a few days. After this training, we will continue consulting with you via phone or email as long as you need us.

Training programs are offered in two formats.

Factory training: This is a 5-day hands on training. It starts with a visit to our factory and continues in one of our warehouses with the erection of a sample small unit. Visiting trainees will learn how to save time and labor with certain tools, how to read shop drawings, how to identify different components and gauges, how to select fasteners for different connections, different fastening and panelizing techniques, etc. Trainers and trainees will have their breakfasts and lunches together provided by us. Dinners will be planned for question-answer discussions if necessary. After the 5-day training period, trainees will be given a certificate of completion. Specialty tools required for this training program will be loaned to the trainees by the training team. While we will provide training expenses and training fees, the customers will provide travel and rooming expenses for the trainers and the trainees.

On the job site training: The duration of the job site training may be as short as 5 days and may be as long as 24 work days or longer depending on the program designed in cooperation with the customer. We will send two or more trainers to the country of the project site. Specialists will train the local contractors and workers while constructing the building packages purchased by the contractor. Specialty tools and equipment required for site training program will be purchased by the customer in advance and will be made available on the job site for the trainers and the trainees. To see the list of tools recommended, visit our web site. Trainees will learn how to save time and labor with certain tools, how to read shop drawings, how to identify different components and gauges, how to select fasteners for different connections, different fastening and panelizing techniques, etc. Trainers and trainees will have their breakfasts and lunches provided by the client. Dinners will be planned for question-answer discussions if necessary. At the end of the hands-on job site training program, trainees will be given a certificate of completion. While we will provide training fees up to 15 calendar days, the client will provide funds for all travel expenses, food and boarding, local services such as cleaning, laundry, vaccinations, and medical and life insurance.

SPECIAL STIPULATIONS, terms and conditions.  For orders of $1,500,000 or more, trainer fees for training and travel days up to 15 calendar days will be included in the purchase contract total. For orders of less than $1,500,000 as well as training and travel days above 15 calendar days, additional fees will apply. ($475 per person per day if the training takes place in urban areas and trainers and trainees are staying in the city in hotels and eating at local restaurants, and $675 per person per day if trainers and trainees are staying in job site in temporary sleeping facilities in rural areas and eating on job site eating facilities. All training fees are paid in advance; all travel expenses such as airline tickets, train tickets, and/or bus tickets, as well as medical and life insurance services, are provided in advance. All local expenses, such as food, transportation, and training supplies costs are charged to pre-established accounts.) Training programs are only available to purchasing customers.