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They have created the core bookAnd the foremen listen to them?and Roofing I in Spanish, but they still have notYes, because they will show them on the product done Roofing II. We were thinking about startingdata.Theywillsay,Heresthetemperature a Spanish class on August 22, which is the nextrequirementsforthismaterial,andwerenot start date in Dallas. KPost is going to select foursupposed to have the sun beating on it. Of course students, and we are hoping now, as we get morethe foremen listen to them.information out about how much these students have learned, that we will get more students fromA lot of people want to train. How does this other companies here in Dallas. The other threeprogram help?instructors can teach the class in Spanish if weWhen you have a crew whose sole job is to go get get to offer the classes in Spanish.roofs done everyday, five days a week, forty hours How is the participation from your students? a week, there is no focus on training. The focus is They are learning a lot. Not only are they learningon getting the job done so the company can bill it, the specifics about roofing and safety, they aremake a profit, and pay their employees. This is a also learning life lessons.focused, set aside time that you are dedicating to the employee to teach them something, to really Do you ever have a problem with students notdig down in roofing.getting their homework done? Areroofershavingahardtimefinding No. employees who already know this information?What do you hope will be the outcome of theI would say yes. I think its widely known in the program long-term? construction world that most of the employees are I would like to see many more students. Like Iaging. They are approaching retirement, and the said, of the eight we put through from KPost, Inumber of people to replace them isnt there. A kid would say at least six will be career roofers now,just out of high school is not going to be enthused and they learned a lot, and a lot quicker than theyabout going up on a roof when its 105 degrees. would if they were just out there working everyday.Theyre not going to be enthused about getting up Aforemandoesnthavetimetoreallyteachat 5am because they have to be somewhere at specifics. They have to tell them, Go do this.6am and theyre going to work until 6:30 at night.Six years pass before theyre finally hand-welding something. They are getting stuck. This is totallyScan with your phone for more information about the MRCA different. I have students now telling their foremen,Best Practices Bulletin Hey, were doing this wrong.Continued on page 98 www.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer'