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Concrete Delivery Professional Certification

Plant Manager Certification Course

Here are 5 great reasons:

Boost Productivity | Help Satisfy Regulators | Reduce Downtime
Enhance Communication | Improve the Bottom Line

REGISTRATION FEES
$1050 NRMCA Members | $1495 Non-Members

NRMCA MEMBERS ONLY Group Incentives
3-5 members receive 10% off each registration
6 or more members receive 15% off each registration

» March 26 – 29, 2019 | St. Louis, MO «

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» April 23 – 26, 2019 | Portland, OR «

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» December 10 – 13, 2019 | Orlando, FL «

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The concrete plant manager's position is the heart of the operations aspect of a ready mixed concrete production facility. Every plant has one. Duties differ only slightly from plant to plant. It is of utmost importance that a plant manager understands the essential aspects of Product Knowledge, Plant Safety, Environmental Regulations, Plant Operations and Business Principals. The certification exam is designed to recognize those who have the specific skill levels in these areas. The certification can be found in many jobs requirement specifications by the Army Corps of Engineers’ projects as well as state and local DOTs. They require personnel to be certified in specific knowledge areas:

►Successfully pass Product Knowledge and Operations exams:

►Certified as Ready Mixed Concrete Plant Manager

►Successfully pass Product Knowledge exams:

►Certified as Plant Operator

The Course:

Contact Us To Find Out More!

For more information, contact

NRMCA's Shawnita Dickens at

888-846-7622, x1154 or

sdickens@nrmca.org.

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This course is the only one that exists

which is specifically designed for plant

managers.

The course is three days of instruction

plus four hours of exam time.

Course instruction covers and tests on

five individual modules:

Plant Safety
Operations
Production Knowledge
Environmental
Business Concepts

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Course Outline
Day 1
Introduction
8:00^am– 8:25^am	Course Overview
8:25^am – 8:45^am	Concrete Plant Manager’s Job Description
Module I: Product Knowledge
8:45^am – 9:30^am	Cementitious Materials
9:30^am – 10:15^am	Aggregates
10:15^am – 10:35^am	Morning Break
10:35^am – 11:30^am	Admixtures
11:30^am– 12:00^pm	Water
12:00^pm– 1:00^pm	Lunch Break (on your own)
1:00^pm– 2:00^pm	Basic Proportioning (Mix Design)
2:00^pm– 3:00^pm	Moisture Content & Arithmetic of Batching
3:00^pm – 3:30^pm	Afternoon Break
3:30^pm – 4:00^pm	Hardened Concrete Properties
4:00^pm – 4:30^pm	Fresh Concrete Properties
Day 2
Module II: Operations
8:00^am – 9:00^am	Plant Design, Equipment, and Operations
9:00^am – 10:00^am	Plant Maintenance
10:00^am – 10:20^am	Morning Break
10:20^am – 10:40^am	Drivers
10:40^am – 11:00^am	Dispatch
11:00^am – 11:30^am	Material Management
11:30^am – 12:00^pm	Calculating Bin Volumes & Inventory
12:00^pm – 1:00^pm	Lunch Break (on your own)
Module III: Safety
1:00^pm – 1:30^pm	Safety Regulations, Training, & Motivation
1:30^pm – 2:15^pm	Personal Protective Equipment
2:15^pm – 2:45^pm	Lock Out / Tag Out
2:45^pm – 3:00^pm	Afternoon Break
3:00^pm – 3:30^pm	Machine Guarding and Safe Operating Procedures
3:30^pm – 4:00^pm	Hazard Communications
4:00^pm– 4:30^pm	Confined Space
Day 3
Module IV: Environmental
8:00^am– 8:40^am	Environmental Stewardship and Community Relations
8:40^am– 9:30^am	Water Quality Management
9:30^am – 10:00^am	Morning Break
10:00^am – 10:30^am	Plant Environmental Management
10:30^am– 11:15^am	Materials Storage, Hazardous Materials, Chemicals
11:15^am – 12:00^pm	Solids Management and Recycling Solids
12:00^pm– 1:00^pm	Lunch Break (on your own)
Module V: Business Principles
1:00^pm – 1:30^pm	What Makes a Business Sustainable
1:30^pm – 2:15^pm	Human Resources, Human Relations
2:15^pm– 2:45^pm	Basic Accounting Principles
2:45^pm – 3:00^pm	Afternoon Break
3:00^pm– 3:30^pm	Calculating Productivity, Benchmarking
3:30^pm – 4:30^pm	Review Session: Product Knowledge, Operations, Safety, Environmental, and Business Principles
Day 4
EXAMS
8:00^am – 9:45^am	Exam #1 on Product Knowledge & Production Technology
10:00^am – 11:45^am	Exam #2 on Business, Operations, Safety, and Environmental Principles