Professional Development

Training and Development Mission: Train, educate, certify, and professionally develop ABC members.

We offer -or support through community partnerships- training, continuing education, and professional development programming for ABC Members who:

• Work in the field as trades and crafts experts or safety professionals - from Pre-Apprentice through Master to seasoned mentor.

• Enable and support field work or projects from the office or on the road - HR, Business Development, Marketing, Communications, Logistics, Finance, IT, and Administration, etc.

• Design, lead, manage, and advise construction projects and teams - Project Managers, Legal Counsel, Project Planners and Designers, Safety Leaders, etc.

• Direct, Oversee, or Run departments or companies to ensure that operations, programs, or organizations are sustainable, efficient, effective, transparent, and accountably run - Rising management, Senior Assistants, Executive Leaders, Board Leaders, etc.

Training and development programming is delivered using both "push" and "pull" requirement signals.

• "Push" programming is driven by historical demand signal, trend analysis, committee direction, or sponsor enabled resources.

• "Pull" programming is facilitated through membership and community partners requesting or sponsoring programming for their teams, organizations, or area of work or role (crafts & trades; functional roles - Safety, HR, IT, Finance, Planning & Design, etc.; and Management or Leadership).

Learning and Development Programming - Representative and not all inclusive